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It follows the arrest of 5 athletes at the Seefeld World Championships as investigations continue.

Police claim to have broken an ‘internationally active doping network’. PlanetSKI reports from Seefeld. UPDATED

GB’s Dave Ryding has a good record in the parallel slalom knockout format but it wasn’t to be in Sweden on Tuesday night.

British snowsports athletes have clocked up a series of strong results as World Championships season continues.

It’s his best result at a World Championships and is thanks to a brilliant second run after a disappointing first.

Telemark skier Jasmin Taylor has clocked up her 29th podium, equalling the all-time British record.

A campaign to save one of the oldest dry ski slopes from closure has suffered a setback. The council wants to build houses on the site.

In a recent social media post the greatest current female skier outlines her philosophy. We re-produce it here.

The greatest female skier of all time has ended her career on the podium in a fairytale finish. PlanetSKI pays tribute & looks ahead to her future.

GB skier James ‘Woodsy’ Woods has taken the title in ski slopestyle at the Freestyle World Championships in Utah.

Lindsey Vonn crashed out in the Super G as her career ends at 2019 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Are, Sweden.

At the Freestyle World Championships Charlotte Bankes won silver and Izzy Atkin bronze. Watch the video of their medal-winning runs.

The Queen of Speed hangs up her race skis after the World Championships in Sweden next week.

It is early days but a look at the results being clocked up by British skiers and snowboarders show the dream is still on.

More than 150 girls from 36 schools have taken part in the 60th edition of the British Schoolgirls Races in Flaine.

The British team of young winter athletes for Sarajevo 2019 is dominated by skiers and snowboarders.

Menna Fitzpatrick & guide Jen Kehoe have gold in the Super G to go with their downhill victory at the Para Alpine Worlds.

GB Snowsport has announced its squad for the World Championships which begin in Utah this week.

The British number one Dave Ryding made it into the top 10 in the night slalom – his last race before the World Championships. NEW

Telemark skier Jasmin Taylor won silver on Tuesday. On Wednesday it was bronze. It’s her fourth World Cup podium this month.

Swedish ski racer saved a helper’s life as victim had heart attack in gondola. It came at Garmisch World Cup race this weekend.

James Woods is on the Big Air podium, GB has the new Junior World Halfpipe Champion & there’s a win in the telemark World Cup.

The British squads have been chosen for the World Alpine Ski Championships, the Junior Alpine & XC Worlds. NEW

We’re going to be watching it, rather than doing it as the superstars of ski jumping take to the skies above Innsbruck next month. NEW

GB’s Menna Fitzpatrick and guide Jen Kehoe have a silver to add to their bronze at the World Para Alpine Championships.

The Queen of Speed may be about to hang up her race skis and bring the curtain down on a stella career.

GB Snowsport athletes are in action across the next two weeks. Who’s competing for GB Snowsport?

The action continues with 2019 World & Junior World Championships plus World, Europa and Nor-Am Cup events. UPDATED

More than 150 racers take to the slopes of Flaine on Monday and Tuesday for the annual British Schoolgirls Races. UPDATED

GB’s Dave Ryding added a race to his busy schedule and made the podium in a one-off slalom in Crans-Montana on Wednesday night. UPDATED

The cross country skiers and GB’s newest snowsport athlete were the top performers of 30 Britons in action at the weekend. NEW

GB’s leading alpine racer Dave Ryding could not complete the first run in the snow in Switzerland on Sunday. It’s another win for Hirscher.

More than 30 Brits, including Dave Ryding, will compete in World Cup and Europa Cup events over three days.

It’s been confirmed that the mountain railway at the Scottish ski resort will be out of action for the whole season.

The British snowboarder is back in training and pain-free for the first time since the devastating injury that ruined her Olympics.

GB’s best ever skier goes again this weekend after his World Cup silver on New Year’s Day. Can Dave deliver again? NEW

It starts on Friday as the Freeride resort in the Alps hosts a series of events. Freeride is on the up!

The head of skiing’s world governing body says snowsport and the environment will be a key theme for the organisation this year. NEW

That makes 2 silvers for GB’s Dave Ryding, as he came in 2nd in a World Cup race on 1st Jan. What’s next for our top alpine racer?

Jan Farrell was 5th in last year’s FIS Speed Ski World Cup. He’s strapped himself to the roof of a car to ski faster!

Mikaela Shiffrin, has become the women’s all-time World Cup leader in slalom wins. PlanetSKI first met her back in 2012.

The final World Cups of the year are about to take place with Dave Ryding and Andrew Musgrave in action. NEW

He just missed out on a podium place and came 4th. It was an astonishing race. Check out the video. UPDATED

Marcel the Magnificent. Hirscher is officially the best Austrian skier of all time after his win in the World Cup slalom at Saalbach. NEW

A month since changing allegiance from France to GB, Charlotte Bankes is on the podium in her first World Cup race of the season. NEW

GB’s Dave Ryding has a disappointing second run in the Saalbach slalom as Marcel Hirscher takes his 63rd World Cup win.

It was a snowsport extravaganza at the weekend with some breakthrough results for GB & more World Cup action to come this week. NEW

The excitement about the start of the winter season has already begun here in the UK on home soil: NEW

This season will see World Cup events in snowboard cross, telemark and cross country skiing.

Musgrave leads British World Cup charge after a busy weekend for GB athletes: UPDATED

Freestyle skier Molly Summerhayes can’t afford to go on. There’s huge sympathy & frustration at her plight.

Cross country skier Andrew Musgrave has achieved one of the best performances of his career at a World Cup. NEW

GB athletes are in three continents contesting World, Europa + Far East Cup competitions.

The company that runs the Scottish ski area is in administration after suffering ‘unsustainable’ cash flow problems.

In her first race for GB Snowsport Charlotte Bankes wins a Europa Cup event in Pitztal. It bodes well for the future.

The operators of The Snow Centre in Hemel Hempstead are to open a second indoor real snow centre.

GB athletes saw action in World Cup, Europa Cup and FIS competitions in Austria, Norway, Canada & USA.

Publication of the report into the closed furnicular has been delayed until at least mid-December. It’s another blow for the resort.

Freestylers, alpine skiers, cross country skiers + our ski & snowboard cross athletes are in action.