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As climate change impacts snowsports the UK’s most successful alpine skier says races should be moved further up the mountain.

The cross- border ski race has been unable to take place for the past two years. It has now been dropped from the calendar for the 2024-2025 season.

17-year old Mia Brookes wins the Dew Tour on her debut, as 28-year old Charlotte Bankes tops the snowboard cross podium again. And there’s a silver for GB freestyle skier, Zoe Atkin. UPDATED

The Snowboard Cross athlete has picked up the top spot at the latest World Cup competition. While Team GB had two slalom skiers in the Top Ten in Aspen. UPDATED

Earlier the GB athlete took bronze at the Calgary Freeski Halfpipe World Cup and now she has gone one better. Atkin has now made the podium in every World Cup competition entered this season.

Great Britain’s halfpipe skier, Zoe Atkin, has won World Cup bronze.  It adds to her impressive tally of medals so far this season. NEW

Charlotte Bankes took top spot in the World Cup snowboard cross in Gudairi, Georgia. It is the latest success for GB winter athletes. UPDATED

16-year old Zak Carrick-Smith has added a silver medal to the gold he won in the men’s combined race at the Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games in South Korea. UPDATED

GB’s greatest skier, Dave Ryding, came 5th in Kitzbuehel. Billy Major and Laurie Taylor were 13th & 19th respectively – both personal bests. UPDATED

The 13th edition of World Snow Day, run by the International Ski & Snowboard Federation, is being celebrated around the world. UPDATED

The President of the International Ski & Snowboard Federation has issued his annual message looking back on this year and ahead to 2024. NEW

The girl has only just gone and done it! It follows a Crystal Globe at the weekend. UPDATED

Mia Brookes secures the 2023/24 season Freestyle Snowboard Big Air Crystal Globe with third place at the Copper Mountain World Cup. Andrew Musgrave wins silver in cross-country in Norway. Menna Fitzpatrick, guided by Katie Guest, takes gold & silver in the downhills in Para-alpine World Cup in St Moritz, Switzerland. UPDATED

The US superstar claimed victory in St Moritz, Switzerland, to extend her record as the greatest Alpine skier of all time. She now has 91 victories with just four in Downhill. NEW

Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale won the team snowboard cross in Les2Alps. It follows a second place for Kirsty Muir in the World Cup Big Air competition in Beijing. UPDATED

The IOC says it would now continue ‘targeted dialogue’ with the two candidates. Others are left out in the cold. UPDATED

First there were some serious contenders, then they all dropped out. Delays happened with no viable candidates but now serious contenders are back with battle underway this week.

Dave Ryding came fourth in the first race of the season as he embarked on his 15th World Cup campaign. On the eve of the race he said he has no intention of retiring.UPDATED

The first event is due to take place in 2028 with St. Moritz/Engadine in Switzerland and Lillehammer/Hafjell in Norway throwing their hats into the ring.

The International Ski & Snowboard Federation has held its autumn meeting. It dealt with the appointment of technical officials, reports from future major events and proposals from the FIS Technical Committees.

It’s the Big Air Chur FIS Freeski and Snowboard World Cup in Switzerland. On Friday freeski takes the spotlight, followed by snowboard on Saturday. British eyes will be on Mia Brookes in the women’s snowboard. NEW

The dates and venues for the 2023/2024 FIS alpine ski World Cup season have been revealed. We look at what’s in store.

It’s the 17th edition of the Freeride World Tour and Georgia is a new location. As always the event concludes in Verbier in Switzerland.

Bobsleigh, luge and skeleton competitions will not take place in Milan, Cortina or any other Italian site. Innsbruck in Austria is the most likely venue.

Britain’s greatest ever Paralympic Downhill Skier, and 4-time Paralympic Medallist, Millie Knight, has announced she is retiring from the sport. It marks the end of a remarkable and inspirational career. NEW