29th September 2024
Ski Solutions is Britain’s original specialist ski travel agency and tailor-made tour operator and has been arranging ski holidays for more than 35 years to Europe and North America.
29th September 2024
The rise is put down to improvement in equipment, better search & rescue, improved medical treatment and more training.
28th September 2024
If launched the new digital system, EES, will impact UK skiers heading to the mountains of Europe this winter.
26th September 2024
* Discounts on Youth Ski Pass for Portes Du Soleil
* Big savings on Ski Rentals with Intersport
* Sunweb Deals NEW
25th September 2024
The accident happened in Arrowsmith, a remote area in the Southern Alps range. There have been several avalanches and the authorities are urging caution off piste. UPDATED
18th September 2024
Ben’s Bus has posted about the changes coming in November with the new EU Entry/Exit system and what it means for its customers next winter. The new travel measures will apply to us all. UPDATED
17th September 2024
The President of the International Ski & Snowboard Federation, Johan Eliasch, has thrown his hat into the ring to become President of the International Olympic Committee.
16th September 2024
Austria has seen the best of the autumn snow with up to 2m falling in places. The glaciers resorts are benefiting, but there have been severe downsides in the Alps and elsewhere in Central Europe. UPDATED
14th September 2024
Louis Watkiss died in an accident at the indoor ski centre in September 2021.
12th September 2024
Mountain High turned on its snow guns to battle the blaze and other ski areas have been watching the fire closely. UPDATED
11th September 2024
The black run in the Portes du Soleil is seen as one of the most difficult black runs in the Alps. 47-year-old Grahame Chapman ignored a closed sign & plunged to his death down the 37 degree slope last February.
11th September 2024
The new film from Warren Miller entitled “75” marks the 75th anniversary of the Warren Miller film franchise.
11th September 2024
Two Italian and two South Korean climbers went missing at the weekend. Another climber has perished on Monte Rosa with four injured after the group was hit by an avalanche.
8th September 2024
Darren Blanks has been running from Land’s End to John O’Groats and has just completed his challenge. He’s been completing more than a marathon a day to raise money for the Visually Impaired Ski Club. PlanetSKI has been following his progress. UPDATED
5th September 2024
27-year old Andrea Marshall from Dunoon was was a ski instructor on an exchange programme. UPDATED
4th September 2024
Official figures from last winter have been released. We look at what Austria offers, with links to some of our past visits and we report from the Austria ‘Winter Launch’ event in London.
2nd September 2024
Darren Blanks is now in Scotland on his way to John O’Groats and he is just short of his £10,000 target as he raises money for a ski club that helps veterans with sight difficulties. UPDATED
1st September 2024
– Telford Snowboard & Ski Centre Closes for Upgrade
– Summer Riding in Colorado
– Snowsport Scotland is on the Move
– British Hiker Missing in French Alps
– The Jackson Hole Snowmakers…UPDATED
28th August 2024
Whether you take a 1-week holiday, go multiple times or are fortunate enough to own a property here are the facts you need to know for next winter.
24th August 2024
The EU’s post-Brexit Entry/Exit System, EES, is set to be introduced on 10th November ahead of the ski season. There are fears of long travel delays. Plus it will impact how long people can be in the mountains across the winter. UPDATED
21st August 2024
There are 160 holidays with 21 new to the programme. They start November 2024 and run through to early May 2025.
17th August 2024
The historic town in Alberta, Canada, was hit by a huge wildfire last month. Residents have now been allowed to return home to try to salvage what they can.
13th August 2024
Last winter was poor. Snow was in scant supply and new figures reveal skier numbers were sharply down, but there is some cause for hope.
8th August 2024
It comes from the ski travel agent, Iglu Ski, and the high street retailer, Ellis Brigham.
6th August 2024
That’s the finding from a research project conducted by scientists from the University of California.
1st August 2024
– Fancy Working in the Alps Next Winter?
– First Snow of Approaching Season in USA
– Three South Korean Ski Racers Die in NZ Car Accident
– Tourist Dies in Ice Cave Collapse in Iceland
– Melting Ice in Norway Reveals Historic Artefacts…NEW & UPDATED
29th July 2024
The Canadian ski resort is 8-miles south of Jasper that has been devastated by fire. It was feared the flames may have reached the resort. UPDATED
25th July 2024
The historic ski town of Jasper in Alberta that gives access to Marmot Basin is a smouldering ruin in many of its areas.
24th July 2024
Disability Snowsport UK is encouraging people to get active and raise money during the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games. It hopes to raise £10,000 to support grassroots adaptive snowsports in the UK.
16th July 2024
The legendary Swiss extreme skier, Sylvain Saudan, has died. He was 87-years old. UPDATED
5th July 2024
A new automated European Union border IT system is due to start this October ahead of the 2024/25 ski season.
1st July 2024
Discounts on ski equipment hire, ski & snowboard lessons, plus discounts on airport transfers to your ski resort. Check out the deals. NEW
1st July 2024
– World’s Largest Indoor Snow Centre Set to Open in China
– Hirscher is Back
– GB Snowsport Announces Ski & Snowboard Cross Squads
– NZ Glacier Keeps its Miss-spelt Name
– FIS Races Start in South America …UPDATED
29th June 2024
It is ranked 63rd in the 2024 edition of the The Sunday Times 100 ranking Britain’s fastest-growing companies & secures £5.6m in additional funding.
20th June 2024
It would depart from Brussels with connections from the UK. It is claimed there is a growing interest in train travel from British skiers, but numbers remain very small.
1st June 2024
– Congratulations to Zak Carrick-Smith
– Save £100 on Lift Pass & Ski Hire with Inghams Ski
– 3 Teachers Jailed after Japan Avalanche Kills 8
– Verbier is Most Expensive Resort in the Alps for 2nd Home
– Snow Camp Looks Back on 20th Birthday Year… LIVE & UPDATED
1st June 2024
Book Early to save money for Winter 2024/25.
★Group Discounts & free Child places with Inghams.
★Ski Rentals – book ahead for deals.
★Ski Lessons through Maison Sport UPDATED
1st June 2024
– Decline in Skier Visits in Colorado
– Swiss Glaciers Benefit from Heavy Spring Snow
– Olympic Torch Summits Aiguille du Midu
– FIS President Nominated for IOC
– Record Number of Mountain Rescues in Japan… LIVE & UPDATED
30th May 2024
It is set to take place at the Chill Factore indoor snow centre in Manchester on October 4th and 5th.
28th May 2024
There were 23 deaths last winter. The average annual number over the past 20 years is 21. Elsewhere in the Alps overall fatalities were down.
20th May 2024
The survey from the Ski Club of Great Britain & the Mountain Trade Network compares data from before, during & after the pandemic. It makes interesting reading. UPDATED
20th May 2024
Three people died in avalanches, while a fourth ski tourer slipped and fell to his death. UPDATED
17th May 2024
The man went missing on April 1st after an avalanche in the Riffelberg area of the Swiss resort. Three other people died in the accident.
10th May 2024
The Swiss Institute for Snow & Avalanche Research has been using Artificial Intelligence, AI, in a three-year research project.
8th May 2024
Another UK ski operator ceases trading as the fallout from Brexit continues. There’s a rapidly changing ski holiday market for the UK business model. UPDATED
6th May 2024
63 people died last season with the seasonal average at around 100. In the USA numbers were also down, but they remained at the annual average in Canada.
3rd May 2024
It is the second resort in Switzerland to be partially owned by the US company. It promises further investment, but some are concerned about US ownership of resorts in the Alps.
1st May 2024
– Candidates for 2030 & 2034 Olympics Present Their Cases
– Social Media Used to Find Hit-&-Run Snowboarder
– Swiss Village Considers Tourist Tax to Limit Day Trippers
– NZ Resort of Cardrona Prepares for Winter
– Milan-Cortina Olympics HQ Raided by Police… LIVE & UPDATED
1st May 2024
Book Early to save money for Winter 2024/25. We’ve collated some offers from key tour operators. UPDATED
21st April 2024
Brexit cut the widespread ability of people to work in Europe with the end of the free movement of labour. Now the EU is proposing a deal for young people, but UK politicians are lukewarm.
16th April 2024
It lists and analyses data from nearly 2,000 ski resorts in 68 countries around the world. Facts, figures, investments, visits, trends, snowfall and more.
11th April 2024
A fourth person is being treated in hospital. All were part of a group of ski tourers from Holland. UPDATED
9th April 2024
With the winter season soon to close, seize the chance to find an amazing ski deal for next year. Check out the Earlybird offers. UPDATED
3rd April 2024
The N90 road leads to some of the major resorts in France and at weekends can be gridlocked. There are growing calls for something to be done. UPDATED
3rd April 2024
The accident happened on the Petit Combin across the valley from the Swiss resort as a British group was on a heli-skiing trip.UPDATED
1st April 2024
One is a US teenager. An avalanche came down off piste below the Riffelberg area of the Swiss resort. A fourth person was seriously injured. UPDATED
1st April 2024
– Electric Snowcat on Trial in Arapahoe Basin
– Swiss Ski Resorts Claim Success
– Alterra Buys Mike Wiegele Helicopter Skiing
– Good April Snowfalls in the USA
– Bear Cubs Filmed Climbing Steamboat Gondola Pylon… UPDATED
25th March 2024
Two ski tourers have been killed in an avalanche near the resort of Klosters in southeast Switzerland. An investigation has been launched.
22nd March 2024
She is, quite simply, the best. Jasmin Taylor has ended her season with not one but two crystal globes. She has topped the Women’s Telemark standings in both Sprint and Overall.
19th March 2024
YETI Xtreme Verbier has been confirmed for this weekend with a weather window spanning March 23-31, 2024. UPDATED
