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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.

Anna Gasser from Austria pulled off the trick at the pre-season Prime Park sessions at Stubai glacier in the Tirol in Austria.

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

Sean Pollard lost his left arm and most of his right arm in 2014. Now he is a medallist at the Parasnowsports World Cup in Dubai.

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.

The UK’s leading disabled snowsport charity is to open an adaptive ski and snowboard school in England after receiving its biggest ever donation.

The landowners of the Scottish ski area agree to spend the money in a last-ditch attempt to rescue Cairngorm’s winter.

Instructors at the Scottish ski area have been told there’s no work for them this winter. Disabled skiing lessons are also in doubt & a festival is cancelled.

Dreams of Olympic glory turned into a nightmare for GB’s top female snowboarder. 8 months on she is back on crutches after operation number 7.

The men’s World Cup GS race was cancelled on Sunday due to the weather. The women were luckier on Saturday. PlanetSKI reports. UPDATED

The race will have its last stage in the highest resort in the Alps: Val Thorens. The mountains are saved till last.

The GB freestyler skier has suffered another serious knee injury. However another Katie is on the mend.

A record 13 young British skiers and snowboarders are to get help with their costs for the coming winter season.

After debates and delays a joint bid from Turin, Milan and Cortina has emerged. Will it prove successful?

The snowboarder took her own life on her 18th birthday. Tributes have been pouring in from across the snowsports world.

It’s one of five new ski and snowboard disciplines to be included at the next Winter Games, but there’s no place for Telemark skiing. UPDATED

One of the UK’s oldest dry ski slopes has been saved from closure after plans for a housing development were withdrawn.

The Italian government will support one of three cities considering a bid, but the choice by the National Olympic Commitee has been postponed.

Athletes and coaches are announced for the British ski cross and snowboard cross team for next season. NEW

Gender pay gap? Not in ski racing. The top 18 female alpine racers all earned more than their male counterparts last winter.