General News

In the USA about 25 ski areas in around a dozen states continue skiing into May. There are a handful in Alberta, Canada. NEW

27-year old Josh Byers from North Yorkshire died on 17th April as a heavy snowstorm hit the Alps. Family friends have launched a fundraising page for his repatriation and funeral costs.

50 young people from Snow Camp charity’s London and North West programmes are experiencing the mountains for the very first time. More join from Scotland and the Midlands next week.

PlanetSKI has spent a week touring with the Ski Club of Great Britain from its base in Chamonix. As ski touring becomes more popular we report on the full experience, plus a night in a mountain hut.

Disability Snowsport UK is calling on the snowsport and travel industries to help raise £150,000 in 2025 to support grassroots adaptive snowsports in the UK. 

Indy Pass has announced that sales for the 2025/26 season will end after midnight on Monday, March 10th. It only went on sale on March 1st. NEW

Developers want to construct a slope at Merthyr Tydfil which would be the longest ski slope in the UK at 500m. It looks like a planning application will be rejected. UPDATED

The person threw a giant snowball from a chairlift in Alpe d’Huez that hit a man having lunch at a restaurant terrace below. UPDATED

The PlanetSKI month-long trip in Japan is drawing to an end, but not before we hit resorts in the Hokkaido Powder Belt. First up its was Furano, Tomamu & Kamui and now it’s Mount Racey .UPDATED

Louis Watkiss died after an accident on the slope. The indoor centre in Tamworth was fined for breaching health and safety regulations. NEW

The charity seek to raise £10,000 to support grassroots adaptive skiing and snowboarding across the country this spring.

A 14-year-old British boy has died in an accident while skiing on a family holiday in Cortina.
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His body was found at the foot of a cliff in the French resort of Avoriaz. An investigation is underway. NEW

PlanetSKI ends its 3-day stay in Tokyo as we move between the main ski areas of Japan. There is no city on earth quite like Tokyo. Period. NEW

There is no place like it anywhere in the world, and in our opinion no ski trip to Japan should miss one of the world’s greatest cities.

With its many great ski areas and a stunning city, Innsbruck ticks all the boxes for a family adventure.

The plane came down in the French resort after an incident in the air with paraponters. Two people in the plane died after it hit a chalet. UPDATED

The blaze started in a hotel restaurant in the middle of the night. A national day of mourning has taken place. PlanetSKI reports from Turkey. UPDATED