1st December 2020
December’s News in Brief
– GB Skier Pam Thorburn Retires
– Sunshine Village in Canada Wins Award
– Ice rinks for Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Go Green…NEW
General News
24th November 2020
Jobs for British Ski Instructors & Resort Staff Under Threat
Thousands of ski workers who thought they would be able to work in the EU after the Brexit transition period ends on 31st December are being told that may not now be the case.
10th November 2020
Four UK Tour Operators Cancel All Ski Holidays in December
Inghams, Ski Total, Esprit and Flexiski have announced they will not be running any ski trips this year, including over the Christmas period. The UK’s largest operator, Crystal Ski, says it still plans to operate in December.
3rd November 2020
Cairngorm Funicular Repairs Underway
Engineering works designed to get the mountain railway at the Scottish ski area up and running for next winter are starting this week.
3rd November 2020
Vancouver Bid for 2030 Winter Olympics on Hold Until Spring
A decision on whether the Canadian city should bid to hold the Games 20 years after it last did so has been delayed until next March. UPDATED
1st November 2020
November’s News in Brief
– GB Cross Country Skiers Have Best Ever Start to Season
– British Woman Missing in the Pyrenees
– Public to Choose Logo for 2026 Winter Olympics
– Fancy Some Free Family Skis? ….UPDATED
27th October 2020
Let It Snow!
The latest storm in the Alps has seen up to 50cm in places. It’s coming down in the Pyrenees and over in North America too as resorts open. UPDATED
22nd October 2020
New Initiatives To Get Kids On Skis
A drive to get more children interested in skiing and snowboarding is taking place this autumn with two new programmes about to get under way.
22nd October 2020
Details of New UK Snow Show Unveiled
It takes place in a year’s time at the NEC in Birmingham and promises to be quite an experience. Will it be able to succeed where others have failed?
20th October 2020
Crystal Ski Holidays Offers Free Covid-19 Insurance
It will include overseas COVID-19 testing costs, repatriation if medically required, self-isolation costs and new return flights home. UPDATED
17th October 2020
More for Morzine in 2020/21 ski season
The French resort in the heart of the mighty Portes du Soleil that straddles France and Switzerland has some new initiatives for this coming season. With full Covid-19 precautions in place.
14th October 2020
Huge Fire Destroys Europe’s Biggest Ski Factory
The Fischer ski factory in the Ukraine has been severely damaged in a blaze. Its cause is unknown and an investigation is continuing.
13th October 2020
Snowboarders Facing Huge Bill for Damage Caused By Avalanche
Two snowboarders who handed over their GoPro footage of an avalanche to the authorities could have to pay up to $168,000 in damages after being accused of triggering the slide.
10th October 2020
FIS Changes Wording as it Boots Out GB’s Sarah Lewis from Top Job at FIS
The former Olympic skier has been Secretary General of the International Ski Federation for two decades. She is out in a ruthless manner with immediate effect. UPDATED
9th October 2020
Cairngorm Ski Area Gets £20.5m Funding Boost
The Scottish ski area near Aviemore is to get more than £20 million to improve the snowsports centre. Most of it will go on repairing the troubled funicular mountain railway.
9th October 2020
Tirol Unveils Plans For A Safe Winter
The huge Austrian ski region, which has some of the most famous resorts in Europe, has announced its plans to try to ensure skiers and snowboarders stay safe this coming season. UPDATED
1st October 2020
October’s News In Brief
– Snow Helps Extinguish Wildfires
– Autumn Colours in the Mountains
– Tree hugging and ice floating in France this winter
– Russia Accused of Hack Attack on 2018 Winter Olympics.. UPDATED
27th September 2020
$250,000 Reward as Cables Cut Again on Gondola
The Sea-to-Sky gondola at the Canadian resort of Squamish has had its cables deliberately cut causing gondolas to plunge to the ground. It’s put the lift out of action as winter approaches. It was vandalised in the same way last year.
22nd September 2020
Eurostar Rejects Calls to Reinstate the Ski Train
The only direct rail service to the French Alps is “simply not feasible” for this winter, the company says in response to an open letter sent by 160 ski businesses campaigning for its return.
18th September 2020
‘Breathtaking’ Ski Jumping Venue For Beijing Olympics
The two ski jumping hills to be used at the Beijing 2022 Winter Games are nearing completion and will be used for two World Cup events in February.
8th September 2020
Mammoth Mountain Closed Due to Extreme Fire Danger
The ski resort in California has been forced to shut down its summer operations as a massive wildfire burns out of control nearby.
3rd September 2020
Ski Entrepreneur Josef Fischer Dies At 90
The Austrian, who was the son of the founder of the Fischer Ski brand, died at the end of August. The company and the International Ski Federation pay tribute to the ‘visionary’.
2nd September 2020
Iconic Canadian Resort RED Mountain Joins Ikon Pass
One of the original North American ski areas, RED Mountain in British Columbia, is to become part of Ikon, the multi-resort season pass from this winter.
1st September 2020
September’s News In Brief
– Switzerland Rejects Proposal to End Free Movement
– Chemmy Alcott to be lead presenter on Ski Sunday
– Suicide-Prevention Training for US Ski & Snowboard
– Call for Openness as Cairngorm Decision Nears…UPDATED
29th August 2020
Switzerland Now Under UK Quarantine
Anyone entering the UK from Switzerland now has to undergo a mandatory 14-day quarantine. PlanetSKI was in the country as the quarantine was announced and we gauged the reaction & impact before leaving ahead of the deadline.
27th August 2020
Switzerland Placed on UK Quarantine List
It is the latest alpine country where people need to isolate for 14-days on return to the UK . Austria and France are already on the list, plus all the countries in the Pyrenees. PlanetSKI reports from Switzerland. UPDATED
26th August 2020
Squaw Valley Ski Area to Change ‘Racist and Sexist’ Name
The California ski resort is to drop the ‘derogatory and offensive’ name following extensive research and consultation with Native American Groups.
20th August 2020
All North America World Cup Alpine Ski Races Axed Due to Covid-19
It is no great surprise but the racing in Canada and the USA in November and December has been called off. Other races in Europe remain under threat.
20th August 2020
Save The Ski Train Latest
It’s been a month since the news broke that Eurostar would not be operating the direct ski train from London to the French Alps next winter. So what’s happening?
20th August 2020
Courmayeur Defends Its Action On Threatened Glacier Collapse
Homes and hotels were evacuated earlier this month over fears that a massive ice block could fall from a Mont Blanc glacier. The threat has now been lifted.
17th August 2020
Cocaine Found At Home Of Cross-Country Ski Legend
The retired skier Petter Northug is one of Norway’s most famous athletes with multiple World and Olympic titles to his name. The drugs were found after he was stopped for speeding and police searched his home.
14th August 2020
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– Self-Drive holidays to Tignes, Arc 1950, Les Menuires, Val Thorens & Tignes with Erna Low
– 3 ★ Hotel Obermair, Mayrhofen from £499pp with Crystal Ski
– 4 ★ Hotel Lion, Bansko from £449pp with Crystal Ski
– 3 ★ Hotel Miravalle, Sauze d’Oulx from £495pp with Crystal Ski
– Early Bird deals from Ski Solutions
– Half Term in Norway
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10th August 2020
Visitors In The Scottish Highlands Urged To Be Responsible
Good weather and the attraction of a staycation has brought thousands of people to the mountains of Scotland this summer but they’re not all following the rules.
9th August 2020
Double Amputee Climbs the Matterhorn
A former soldier who lost both of his legs in Iraq has become the first above-the-knee double amputee to reach the summit.
1st August 2020
August’s News in Brief
– $1.4M Remote Control Avalanche System for Colorado Highway
– Detecting avalanche victims under 5 metres of snow
– Drones to replace ski lifts?
– Further Dramatic Loss of Ice in Greenland …. UPDATED
30th July 2020
New Ski & Snowboard Show for UK
It will take place at the NEC in Birmingham in October 2021. It comes as The Telegraph has axed its show in London. PlanetSKI looks at what may be on offer and examines its chance of success. UPDATED
29th July 2020
Snow Centres Delay Opening for Skiiing and Snowboarding
The Snow Centre just outside London and the Snowdome at Tamworth were to open their doors for the first time since March this Saturday, 1st August. Government restrictions have put things on ice. UPDATED
29th July 2020
Next Winter Will Be ‘Old School’ Ski Experience
So says the boss of the Aspen Skiing Co, Mike Kaplan. He’s been outlining plans for the new ski season and what will change thanks to Covid-19.
26th July 2020
St Bernard Dog Rescued from England’s Highest Mountain
The animals are more associated with helping to rescue people, rather than needing rescue themselves.
16th July 2020
Newspapers From Crashed Jet Found in Melting Glacier Ice
Several newspapers believed to have been on board an Air India Boeing 707, which crashed above Chamonix more than 54 years ago, have been found by the manager of a nearby mountain hut.
15th July 2020
Name Change for Squaw Valley Ski Resort?
The American football team the Washington Redskins has announced this week it is changing its name and the Indian head logo. Pressure is mounting for Squaw Valley to follow suit.
8th July 2020
Tributes Continue for World Champion Snowboarder who Died while Spearfishing in Australia
Alex Pullin, 32, was found unresponsive off a beach on Queensland’s Gold Coast on Wednesday. Tributes are being paid. UPDATED
1st July 2020
July’s News in Brief…
– 2026 days to go to 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic
– Investigation after 4 die in Swiss Alps plane crash
– People Turned Away from Snowdon Mountain in Wales
– FIS Reports £15.5m Profit for 2019 ….UPDATED
28th June 2020
Covid-19 Restrictions in the Mountains
With UK quarantine measures set to ease and travel in Europe possible we look at the various restrictions in place for the main countries that give access to the Alps and the Pyrenees.
28th June 2020
Coronavirus Impact on Skiing & Snowboarding
The team at PlanetSKI is reporting all the news & developments as it affects the snowsports world in our ever-popular rolling blog. If you want to see its impact and the response of skiers & snowboarders then read on… UPDATED
22nd June 2020
Tributes to French Ski Industry Legend
Laurent Boix-Vives has died at the age of 93. He helped create and develop the ski resort of Courchevel before acquiring Rossignol in 1956 at the age of 29.
22nd June 2020
Climate Report Claims Many Winter Olympic Hosts Could Not Stage Games In 30 Years
The study says that only 10 of 19 former Games locations will be able to stage reliable winter sports events by 2050 and just 6 by 2080.
18th June 2020
USA Ski Season On Course For Bumper Season Before Pandemic
It was heading for its fourth busiest winter on record before Covid-19 closed ski resorts across the country in mid-March. That’s according to figures just released.
17th June 2020
‘Black Lives Matter’ in Skiing and Snowboarding
The campaign is reaching ski resorts as Vail Resorts promises to do more and two US athletes have been disciplined for alleged racist comments.
15th June 2020
Alpine Nations Lift Border Controls as Covid-19 Restrictions Eased
The European Commission encouraged all internal border restrictions to be lifted from Monday and some have taken the advice. UPDATED
11th June 2020
Thredbo Website Struggles To Cope As Oz Ski Resort Opens Up For Bookings
The Australian ski resort is the first in the country to open up its bookings for the winter. It’s reporting unprecedented demand among skiers and snowboarders as all the major ski fields prepare for a season like no other.
9th June 2020
Treasure Hidden In Rocky Mountains Found After 10 Years
It’s taken a decade but someone has finally cracked the code and uncovered a bronze chest containing treasure worth around US$2 million.
4th June 2020
Hugo Hoff: A Tribute From Les Arcs
The death of the young extreme skier Hugo Hoff in a fall on Mont Blanc shocked the world of skiing. Here, the 21-year-old’s club and the French resort of Les Arcs pay tribute.
2nd June 2020
Ski Operators & Chalet Owners Targeted by Fraudsters
While we’re all pre-occupied with Covid-19, it seems the criminals out to steal our money are working harder than ever. A huge wave of fraud of has recently been detected.
1st June 2020
June’s News in Brief
– Woodsy gets lucky
– World’s oldest heliskier is almost 95
– Squaw Valley considers name change
– The $18m ski chalet ….UPDATED
30th May 2020
IKON Pass Announces 2020/21 Spring Promotion Extension to mid-June
Ikon Pass has announced an extension of its spring promotion to June 16th allowing people more time to take advantage of the lower prices.
11th May 2020
What to do if You’re Overseas and Your Insurance is About to Expire
PlanetSKI partner MPI Brokers provides advice on what to do if your insurance is about expire while you are abroad.
10th May 2020
CORONAVIRUS IMPACT ON SNOWSPORTS
The team at PlanetSKI is reporting all the news & developments as it affects the snowsports world in our ever-popular rolling blog. If you want to see its impact and the response of skiers & snowboarders then read on… UPDATED
7th May 2020
Cairngorm Funicular Repair Timescale Under Review
Plans to begin work on repairs to the main lift at the Scottish ski area this year are being reviewed as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak.
7th May 2020
SNOW-CAMP RAISES THOUSANDS AT VIRTUAL CHALET PARTY
The charity that aims to change the lives of inner-city youngsters by introducing them to snowsports has raised more than £21,000 at an innovative party.
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