16th October 2013
On Thursday, October 17th, we made our first turns of the 2013/14 season. If it continues in the same vein we are in for a cracker. 70cm of fresh snow, deep blue sky and the best racers in the world out training as a backdrop. James Cove reports from Solden.
9th September 2013
Skimium has 350 shops in 250 resorts across France, Italy and Andorra. It is all done online with some great prices. PlanetSKI reports on what it has to offer and the advantages of renting.
24th May 2013
People on board the Skibound coach that crashed last month have hired a firm of lawyers to seek compensation. The driver died in the accident on the road down from Alpe d’Huez. They were all resort workers coming back from a witner in the Alps.
16th April 2013
He was driving from Alpe d’Huez with 52 British resort workers when the brakes failed. He crashed the bus into the mountainside to prevent it going over the edge. It had been chartered by the company Skibound. The driver died and 3 others remain injured.
23rd May 2012
PlanetSKI reporter Squash Falconer tells us what it is really like to stand on top of the world. She tells it without the hype, hyperbole and exaggeration. It is wonderful and terrifying at the same time. PlanetSKI reports from 29,000 feet.
13th April 2012
The US company has completed the deal to buy the Californian resort of Kirkwood for $18m. It already owns Heavenly and Northstar around Lake Tahoe. The area is undergoing a transformation.
23rd February 2012
It now own three resorts in California. It has bought Kirkwood for $18m to sit along side Heavenly and North Star in the Tahoe area. PlanetSKI will be there next week and will be assessing the development.
23rd January 2012
It is one of the oldest races in The Alps and is held every January in the Swiss resort of Murren. PlanetSKI reporter, Yolanda Carslaw, got her race skis out once again. It proved to be the most dramatic race for years.
22nd September 2011
The London suburb of Surbiton is preparing to host the Surbiton Ski Sunday as competitors ski on blocks of ice by the main street. PlanetSKI was there at the inaugural event in October 2009.
9th September 2011
They are on the increase across the remote parts of The Alps. Food is in plentiful supply and they are protected as an endangered species. Is the wolf becoming a bigger danger? In France concerns are rising.
22nd January 2011
The ski-film maker’s battle with the company he sold his name to is over. A judge has thrown the case out. It is a legal battle we have followed on PlanetSKI.
12th December 2010
Flights were delayed as poor visibility and strong winds forced places to divert on Saturday. The airport serves many of the Austrian ski areas though is prone to closure.
18th November 2008
That’s the message of a recent survey to find the best low cost skiing in these times of economic hardship.
