Flooding in the Alps – the massive clean-up begins

With news of widespread flooding in Central Europe this week, anyone with a forthcoming holiday to Austria and Switzerland may well be anxious!      

The flooding is due to heavy rainfall – up to a month’s worth of rain in just … Read More

Sochi 2014 unveils Olympic medals

The Olympic and Paralympic medals for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games have been revealed in St. Petersburg during the 11th SportAccord Annual International Sports Convention.

This unveiling ceremony is traditionally held the year before the Games.  Guests of honour … Read More

Tourist bus rolls into Lake Geneva

Don’t leave any valuables inside a tour coach, in case this happens!… 

This coach was parked in an official car park beside Lake Geneva, in the market square of the historic Swiss town of Vevey. It simply rolled into the lake!

Luckily … Read More

Verbier not reopening!

We announced yesterday that Verbier was considering reopening some of its lifts for one day this Saturday 1 June for the weekend in our story Verbier may reopen!

However, due to a bad weather forecast, they left the decision until … Read More

Everest record-breakers – following in the footsteps of Hillary and Tensing Norgay

As we celebrate the first ascent of Everest sixty years ago, FamilySkiNews has been looking into the summiteers of the past couple of weeks, all keen to follow in the fabled footsteps of Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay’s great feat … Read More

Everest’s 60th anniversary celebrations

Sixty years ago today Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay stood atop Everest – the first men ever to reach the summit at 8,848m (29,000ft), on 29 May 1953.   A great feat of courage and endurance, it was announced to the … Read More

Verbier may re-open!

If you thought the ski season was long gone, think again!

The Swiss resort of Verbier has received so much snow over the past few days that it is considering reopening some of its lifts this Saturday (1 June). 

Over … Read More

Ski Racer in sailing race

This summer, Britain’s number one Ski Cross racer Emily Sarsfield is taking part in one of Britain’s most prestigious sailing races – around the Isle of Wight.

Emily is taking part in this year’s JP Morgan Asset Management Round The … Read More

Kenton’s Cool feat – first ‘Everest Three Peaks’

Kenton Cool has just summited three Himalayan peaks in three days, with Sherpa climbing companion and friend, Dorje Gylgen. 

In the past few days, they have climbed Nuptse (7,861m), Everest (8,848m) and Lhotse (8,516m) in what Kenton called the ‘Ultimate … Read More

One hundred not out… and still skiing!

When Elsa Bailey skied on her 90th birthday, she vowed she’d return 10 years on. 

True to her word, she has now celebrated her 100th birthday on skis at Arapahoe Basin in Colorado.   

She actually spent her birthday dancing! 

Then, on … Read More