Fitness training for skiing

How do you get fit for your annual family ski holiday?

Some cycling perhaps?… running up and down the stairs?… sitting with your back to the wall?… taking the kids to the local swimming pool?

Martin Bell recently ran through some … Read More

Affordable family skiing in France’s Maurienne valley

The first of a series of WHERE TO TAKE THE FAMILY SKIING features for the forthcoming 2014/15 ski season…

Briony Key explores some of the lesser-known French resorts of the Maurienne valley, with high family appeal at surprisingly low prices.

Waking … Read More

Ban Oxygen for Everest

British actor and adventurer Brian Blessed claims that “Oxygen should be banned on Mount Everest” because they are “diminishing the adventure” and “achieving nothing”.

The celebrated actor, who first became famous for his early acting role in police drama Z-Cars … Read More

Youth Olympic Games

The 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG) are currently in full swing in the Chinese city of Nanjing, running from 16-28 August.

This, the second ever Summer YOG, is an international sports, education and … Read More

Swiss train derails on the Albula line

A Swiss train was derailed by a mudslide today. 

Our FamilySkiNews.com editor was on another train due to pass along the very same track just a few minutes later!  

Of the 140 passengers on the regional train, … Read More

Ski Train tickets now on sale

Eurostar is opening ticket sales for its popular Ski Train this morning – Thursday 31 July – for trains to the French Alps.  You’ll need to set your alarm early and have your laptop fired up ready if you’re hoping … Read More

Matterhorn project thwarted

Swiss plans to hire Nepalese sherpas to build a trail to a hut below the Matterhorn have been thwarted.

This week marks the 149th anniversary of the first ascent of the iconic Swiss mountain.

As the celebrated ski resort town … Read More

Swiss Chocolate Heaven

Two world class sports personalities met together at the the top of the Jungfrau in Switzerland today.  

Roger Federer played tennis with American ski-racing legend Lindsey Vonn at the top of the nation’s celebrated mountain.  It was … Read More

Schumacher no longer in a coma

Finally some good news for Michael Schumacher fans….

The F1 racing driver is no longer in a coma and has been moved to a hospital in Lausanne.

The BBC confirmed reports earlier today that the seven times F1 world … Read More

Indian girl, aged 13, climbs Everest

Indian schoolgirl, Malavath Poorna, has become the youngest girl ever to scale Mount Everest.

Aged just 13 years and 11 months, Malavath Poorna hails from Telangana in India.  She reached the summit and secured a place … Read More