UK ski show season is in full swing

The UK Ski Show Season is in full swing… which means the season’s nearly here and soon we’ll all be in the mountains again.

However it didn’t get off to the greatest of starts…

It should have begun on 18 October with … Read More

LISTEX – the UK’s unique ski trade show

This week marks the start of a busy week in the UK Ski industry, starting with the London International Ski Travel Exchange (LISTEX) today and tomorrow – a series of presentations, forums and lively discussions on various issues facing the … Read More

Skiing in central London

Did you go skiing in central London this week?!

This weekend, a real snow slope was constructed in Covent Garden for skiing and snowboarding, as part of the Slide2Sochi Roadshow.

With just 102 days until the 2014 Winter Olympics start in Sochi … Read More

North Korea builds Asia’s biggest ski resort

North Korea is constructing a massive new ski area, according to the country’s news agency in Pyongyang.  Leader Kim Jong Un has reportedly made a recent visit to the site of the Masik Pass Skiing Ground, currently being built by … Read More

Travel delays… UGH!

There’s nothing worse than airport delays when you have family in tow and can’t simply take refuge and drown yourself in coffee in the business lounge.

That’s what passengers have found in the past few days, following EasyJet’s major Europe-wide … Read More

Skiing by the sea in Slovenia

This weekend, families in Slovenia were able to ski beside the seaside.

The picturesque resort town of Portoroz, on the Adriatic Ocean, staged a unique snow event called the ‘White Circus by the Sea’.

the ‘White Circus’ – an artificial ski slope – was … Read More

First snowfall for Sochi

The first snow has fallen in the Sochi mountain range, scene of the next Winter Olympics in February 2014.

The slopes in the Extreme Park at Kasnaya Polyana/Rosa Khutor sites are nearly complete – 130,000 square metres of sculpted terrain … Read More

World Snow Awards public vote

Tomorrow is the last chance to vote for the World Snow Awards.

Two categories are to be judged by a public vote.  They are ‘UK Specialist Retailer’ and ‘UK Tour Operator’.

In the running for best UK Specialist Retailer are … Read More

Fresh powder for the Kaunertal Opening

If this new YouTube clip from the Tirol doesn’t get you in the mood for skiing this winter, we don’t know what will!

It was filmed at the weekend at the opening of the Kaunertal Glacier, following half a … Read More

Where is Beitostølen?

Good question!

The tiny ski resort of Beitostølen is actually a very well-kept secret.

This small Norwegian village resort is little-known in the UK, but that looks set to change as Crystal Ski has added it to their new brochure … Read More