20th July 2025
The woman who was in her late 60s fell from a white water raft near Biancon on Saturday. She was later found on the riverbank by the emergency services before being airlifted to a nearby hospital. UPDATED
18th July 2025
The Italian ski area is under formal investigation by Italy’s Antitrust Authority, AGCM, over claims of lift pass price fixing and restrictions on competition.
18th July 2025
33-year old Matthew Hall went missing last week, Tuesday July 9th, in the Italian Alps. NEW
17th July 2025
Olympic medallist and former Norway skier Audun Groenvold has died aged 49 after being struck by lightning. NEW
16th July 2025
33-year-old Matthew Hall went has been missing since last week after he went hiking in Lombardy in northern Italy. NEW
9th July 2025
Tickets for next winter’s expanded service from London to Bourg St Maurice in France via Lille are now available.
9th July 2025
It follows a ruling in Oregon after liability legislation has failed in the 2025 state legislature.
8th July 2025
32 people have gone on trial after 78 people died in a hotel fire in the ski resort of Kartalkaya last January.
1st July 2025
– VIP SKI Helps Marginalised Communities in Uganda
– Fibre Optic Cables Could Predict Glacier Collapses
– US Transgender Women Banned from Olympics
– Construction Tenders for 2026 Winter Olympics Investigated
– Well, Could You?… UPDATED
30th June 2025
Alpe du Grand Serre has announced its permanent winter closure. The resort says it is a direct consequence of climate change and insufficient snowfall.
30th June 2025
It returns to Mayrhofen in Austria from 30th March to 3rd April 2026 and promises some big names in the world of comedy.
26th June 2025
Tom Hart is already in the Guinness Book of Record for clocking up 8.5 million vertical feet in the 2023-24 winter. Last season he managed 11.4m.
16th June 2025
Eurostar has confirmed that its snow train service via Lille will run for winter 2025-26. It is on offer to April rather than February, and there will be extra dates for the return journey.
8th June 2025
The Swiss government is offering 5m CHF (£4.5m) to the Alpine village of Blatten that has been destroyed by a huge landslide.
3rd June 2025
Kirsten Lynch recently stepped down as Chief Executive Officer of Vail Resorts. She is replaced by the former CEO Rob Katz.
3rd June 2025
Snowsport England has announced the launch of the Way2Snow campaign. It aims to give people access to learn to ski or snowboard ahead of a first winter holiday.
2nd June 2025
Claire Pennell passed away last Friday. She was part of the Snowsport England senior leadership team and responsible for operations.
2nd June 2025
The village of 300 inhabitants was buried under an unprecedented landslide last week. The implications for the Lötschental Valley, Switzerland and the wider Alps are significant. UPDATED
1st June 2025
– French Senate Supports Fast-Track Olympic Bill
– Scottish Wingsuit Flyer Dies in Alps
– The History of Freestyle
– Second Body Found in Canada Rockslide
– Ski Visits to Utah Fall… UPDATED
29th May 2025
The 58-year old replaces Kirsten Lynch who has stepped down as CEO and as a director of the Board.
26th May 2025
They were located after another group saw some abandoned skis near the summit of a mountain near Zermatt with no sign of their owners. A separate avalanche in Switzerland has killed another skier. UPDATED
22nd May 2025
Goon Gear will not produce snowboards for the 2025-2026 season. It says the decision is due to Trump’s tariffs and rising costs.
21st May 2025
300 people in Blatten in the Valais canton remain unable to return to their homes. There have been minor falls and the situation has stablised, but it is still feared a major fall could happen and destroy large parts of the village. UPDATED
19th May 2025
Details have been released of two further ski deaths in Switzerland. It follows a separate accident on the Eiger that we have already posted on. UPDATED
18th May 2025
There could be more young Brits back working in the Alps under a new youth mobility scheme. It is not part of the agreement, but there is an understanding in principle. Plus UK citizens should be able to use the EU lanes at airports, but no time-frame has been revealed. UPDATED
18th May 2025
The blaze happened at the Grand Kartal Hotel at the Kartalkaya ski resort in the early hours of January 21st 2025. There are accusations of safety failures on multiple levels.
14th May 2025
Preliminary data from the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) indicates that the 2024-25 season saw the second-highest visitation on record at US ski areas.
12th May 2025
27 year old Joshua Byers, from Knaresborough, North Yorkshire was buried by an avalanche at Val Thorens an inquest heard. NEW
10th May 2025
32-year-old father of two, Donovan Romero, fell from a lift in Keystone in Colorado last December. The lift had a safety bar, but it had not been lowered. There are further calls to make their use compulsory.
2nd May 2025
The Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation, FOCA, has opened proceedings to clarify the facts and take appropriate measures. A video of the incident has been posted on social media.
2nd May 2025
It took place in Val Thorens at the end of April and the final total has been released as 18 teams took part to raise the money for Snow Camp’s work with young people across the UK.
1st May 2025
– Ben’s Bus has New Stop in La Plagne
– Swiss Air Cancels 1,400 Summer Flights
– Jackson Hole Snowboard Legacy
– VIP SKI Says Xmas Selling Out Fast
– Top Ten Cliff drops from 2025 FWT UPDATED
30th April 2025
It says prices on most of its products will increase 10–25% due to the recent global tariffs introduced by the Trump Administration.
28th April 2025
The company has been in existence for 21-years and has taken 80,000 people to the mountains, plus employed more than 500 staff. Ill health of a director is the reason.
26th April 2025
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.
24th April 2025
Brexit ended the free movement of labour and with it many jobs in the Alps for British people. Negotiations are underway to allow people under 30 to study and work abroad.
20th April 2025
The government wants to expand its ski offerings around Almaty with a focus on attracting foreign skiers and snowboarders. Skiing in Asia is on the rise.
16th April 2025
Snowsport England has a new partnership with Snowcentres Limited that it claims marks a significant step forward in the development of snowsports in the UK.
15th April 2025
The 17th edition of the International Report on Snow & Mountain Tourism examines in detail the 2023/24 ski season across the world.
15th April 2025
Ten people died in avalanches in the Swiss Alps this winter, according to the Swiss Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research. This is below the average for the past 20 years.
14th April 2025
It’s one of the fastest growing activities in the mountains and can begin with a gentle walk up a marked path and returning on a piste or by its side. Here’s how you can give it a try to see if it’s for you.
11th April 2025
It’s been another exceptional winter for GB Snowsport athletes. With all events now over, the final tally for GB is an impressive 46 medals at major competitions, 21 of them gold. PlanetSKI looks back at the season. UPDATED
11th April 2025
The Ski Club of Great Britain will give the 2025 Evie Pinching Award to 18-year old Molly Butler for her outstanding achievements in Alpine ski racing during the past year.
10th April 2025
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.
9th April 2025
The fire broke out at MMV Plagne 2000 in the early hours of Wednesday morning. UPDATED
2nd April 2025
Two chalet hosts with 15 years’ experience in the Alps are expanding their residential training courses in the UK this year, opening up possibilities for more youngsters to work a ski season. They are also donating two places to the charity, Snow-Camp. They’ve been talking to PlanetSKI.
1st April 2025
For the first time in six years, the British Snowboard & Freeski Championships are being held in the Alps. After a break during the Covid pandemic followed by a couple of years in the UK, The BRITS are in Mayrhofen in Austria this week and PlanetSKI is there.
1st April 2025
– Last Chance for Tickets to The Big Ski
– Another Fire at Derelict Sheffield Ski Village
– Gatwick Worst UK Airport for Flight Delays
– Scandinavia Glacier Melt Accelerates
– Ski Ballet Returns UPDATED
31st March 2025
The French Ski area is not the most obvious place for a late-season ski trip. All the more reason to visit in our opinion and soak up ‘slow-tourism’ as the season draws to an end.
27th March 2025
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.
14th March 2025
It had been thought the development in Merthyr Tydfil in Wales would be rejected after an official report failed to support the project. The local council ignored the advice and the Welsh Government will now consider the plans.
14th March 2025
The Schilthorn summit above the Swiss resort of Mürren is now accessible to the public for the first time in 5 months. The first track of the two new cable cars started operating on Saturday.
12th March 2025
Another three Norwegian ski jumpers have been suspended by the sport’s governing body as an investigation into cheating at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim continues. Five athletes and three officials have now been suspended following the discovery that ski suits were deliberately manipulated to improve performance. UPDATED
11th March 2025
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.
11th March 2025
Our 6th and last Gear Review for the winter we focus on value for money, useful kit suitable for ski touring.
10th March 2025
A single gondola fell off the lift as it left the base station. Several people were in the lift, but no-one is seriously injured. An investigation is underway and the resort has partially re-opened. UPDATED
9th March 2025
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
8th March 2025
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
8th March 2025
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
6th March 2025
They were hit by a massive avalanche and were buried under 30m of snow. They have been named, but their bodies have not yet been recovered as further details are reported. UPDATED
