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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.

It was British Ski & Snowboard but now the sport’s governing body has changed its name and image. Why? Does it matter?

The 34-year old US racer injured her knee in training. It’s another setback as she tries to be the greatest ski racer ever.

Britain has got itself one of the world’s best snowboard cross athletes as Charlotte Bankes joins the team.

The ski centre is the latest in Scotland to guarantee an opening and closing date after buying a snowfactory.

Dave Ryding was 12th in his opening World Cup race of the season. There were mixed results for other GB athletes.

The first men’s World Cup ski race of the season takes place in Levi, Finland on Sunday. GB’s Dave Ryding will be in action.UPDATED

Voters in a referendum voted 56.4% against hosting the Games in the Canadian city. It is another massive blow to the IOC. UPDATED

An ambitious plan has been unveiled to boost winter & summer activities at the Scottish ski area. It involves new high-speed chairlifts.

The Scottish ski area has splashed out after a successful trial last winter. It’s planning to open up in early December.

The first World Cup Big Air contest of the season in Europe took place at the weekend with teenagers taking all four top spots in ski and snowboard.

The McCormick brothers, Matt and Chris, are in action for GB this weekend in the first Big Air World Cup of the winter in Europe.