General News

Game of Thrones is coming to the Arctic Circle in Finnish Lapland, but not quite as fans of the TV series would imagine.

Maison Sport: a name & business to know, but what is it? The future for ski instructors & finding yours.

Shiffrin rules supreme, Vail Resorts eyes up more resorts in Australia + Swiss Rail Transfer Ticket ends. NEW & UPDATED

– Chairlift carnage
– PlanetSKI tops the list
– Xmas carvings
– Cryo therapy
– Full-time avalanche dog for Glenshee

Heading for the mountains and a season in the snow with some work thrown in? Don’t forget to get insured. NEW

Two young Snow-Camp apprentices have been selected to work in Val Thorens for the winter. NEW

The company that provides travel insurance for the Ski Club GB and many other ski companies is said to be facing an investigation. UPDATED

Sensibly priced coach transfers in the French Alps so you can spend your Euros on the fun side of skiing…

Why invest in a pair of ski boots professionally fitted & moulded to your feet? Well, here are all the reasons why.

Some think the oldest ski club in the UK has lost its way. Can an ambitious new strategy turn it around? If not it faces a bleak future.

Decathlon’s ski game is strong. And to top it, here are 7 innovations to make skiing that bit more… exciting.

The party life or complete solitude? Soaking up the winter sun and beauty or skiing as much as the ski area will allow?

Ski 37 resorts in five countries next season for just £583 ($749). This IKON Pass special offer ends on December 13th.

Film premieres, Q & As with top snowsports athletes. It’s Snow Night at the Kendal Mountain Festival.

Mountains On Stage tour starts. What films are on offer this year & where can you see them in the UK?

Copenhill in Copenhagen, Denmark, is the first ski slope in the world to be built on a waste management centre.

The cables on a chairlift & other lifts in Pal-Arinsal were cut with an electric saw. Police are investigating as speculation mounts on the motive. UPDATED

Remembrance Sunday was marked in some of the ski resorts that are already open.

If you want to find out about skiing & snowboarding across the Pond there’s an event in London tonight you may want to check out. NEW

The operator Ski Independence is to work with the environmental pressure group, Protect Our Winters.

LEAD Camp is back & with a new line-up of industry experts hand picked to help us Learn: Explore: Aspire: Develop.

Purple Ski runs 7 luxurious chalets in Meribel, located in its most exclusive corners. Tempted?

Earthquake hits Alaska, Vail local dies in the backcountry, Ski Amis wins, A-Basin expands, Cairngorm report delayed + Canadian curlers disqualiifed for being drunk. NEW & UPDATED

Winter holidays need to offer more than snowsports. That’s the message going out to tour operators, travel agents and resorts. Why?

If it’s working on your off-piste skiing or touring skills check out the Action Outdoors courses for this winter to whip you into shape: NEW

Luxury ski chalet company, VIP SKI, adds two new ones to its Alpe d’Huez portfolio & is looking forward to winter in situ.

Flash floods, melting glaciers and shrinking mountain tops are the result of some wild summer weather. PlanetSKI reports.

A survey of 130 firms suggests Brexit will see the cost of ski holidays rise sharply with jobs at risk. Is it scaremongering or reality?

The holiday company that has a winter & summer programme has been sold to the same investors that have a stake in Iglu Ski.

100s of people attended the service in Les Gets, France. The GB snowboard athlete took her own life on her 18th birthday.

Peace, quiet, wonderful walks and good food in the Wildschönau Valley, a hidden treasure in the heart of the Kitzbühel Alps.

The father of the British snowboarder who took her own life on her 18th birthday has set up a foundation to raise funds for young winter athletes.

As August begins Ski Amis turns its attentions to winter. The temperature is set to hot up but Ski Amis has some cool winter thoughts. NEW

A skier who disappeared in the 1950s has been identified as the man whose remains were discovered on the Matterhorn more than 50 years later.

An 11-year old girl has died and 20 people have been injured after the brakes apparently failed on bus leaving the resort of Turoa. UPDATED

Andrzej Bargiel helps rescue a climber while preparing to ascend & ski K2. Further details are emerging. He’s also been describing what it was like to be the first person to ski down K2. NEW

The price of children’s ski lift passes globally is continuing to rise, according to a study by FIS, the International Ski Federation.

Ski Safari has been offering ski holidays in Norway for many years. Now it has come up with four different winter package adventures.

The Tiroler Zugspitz Arena is an area in Austria around Germany’s highest peak. It offers the full range of summer outdoor activities.

No more wide gaps. The news will delight fans of the Swiss chocolate who had reacted angrily to the shape change back in November 2016. NEW

The resort of Suomo in Finland is new to Crystal Ski’s Winter 18/19 portfolio… and to us. So what’s it like?

Our readers in France were watching the World Cup final on Sunday. Enjoying the result & celebrations.

And not just any old stage, it’s the iconic climb to Alpe d’Huez: Stage 12. One of our ski partners has a few rooms left in town… NEW

The tour operator’s summer programme Lakes & Mountains has won the first Silver-i Award for a certain Austrian adventure.

Innsbruck is the best of both – alpine & urban, magical mountain scenery and traditional Tirolean charm. It’s a top summer destination.

The Ski Club of Great Britain has announced a Young Leader Award, giving the under-25s a chance to win a free place on its leaders’ training course in the Alps this winter.

Zermatt’s latest lift, The Matterhorn Glacier Ride, is scheduled to open at the end of September. It’s quite a project. UPDATED

The UK’s largest ski tour operator is offering Garmisch Partenkirchen in the Bavarian Alps. So, what’s it like?

Bad news this week for potential bidders for the next but one Winter Games. One has announced a referendum and another has seen a fall in public support. NEW