Child-friendly Swiss chairlift scans kids

The swanky Swiss resort of Klosters has come up with a new high-tech chairlift for this season.  Designed especially to be child-friendly, it scans skiers and snowboarders as they approach and adjusts seat height accordingly.

We all know that … Read More

Esprit Ski wins Best Family Ski Tour Operator award

Esprit Ski has been voted the ‘Best Family Ski Tour Operator’ in the annual Family Traveller Awards.

The Family Traveller Awards celebrate the crème de la crème of the family travel industry, with expert judges creating a shortlist of … Read More

World Snow Awards 2016

Hurry and vote for this year’s World Snow Awards. Public voting closes at 5pm on 8th October. The winners will be announced at the The Telegraph Ski & Snowboard Show London which takes place this year at Battersea Evolution from … Read More

National Schools Snowsport Week success

National Schools Snowsport Week (22-29 April) has been a huge success with over a thousand schoolchildren trying out skiing and snowboarding across ski slopes in England.  

One hundred and forty-nine schools and 1066 children were involved in Snowsport England’s  … Read More

Watch Eddie the Eagle movie and win a ski holiday

If you didn’t get to see the new Eddie the Eagle movie over the Easter holidays, make it a treat for your kids over the summer. It’s a great feel-good film for all the family to enjoy. 

Eddie the … Read More

The other side of St Anton

Think St Anton, think super fast skiers/boarders; lots of long, crazy off-piste descents; views atop the Valluga; and apres-ski party central.

Well, FamilySkiNews has found another side to this fabled resort of 97 lifts and 250kms of pistes – a … Read More

En Famille in the French Pyrenees

Vanessa Fisher and her young children are seasoned family skiers but this year they decided to avoid the better-known resorts and try somewhere new – the French Pyrenees.  See how they fared here: 

As a family of skiers, we have … Read More

William and Kate’s first family ski holiday

The Duke and duchess of Cambridge have been holidaying with Prince George and Princess Charlotte in the Alps.

The royal couple, William and Kate, have returned from a secret family ski holiday in the Alps with their two … Read More

Dress your snow angel like Princess Charlotte

Princess Charlotte and Prince George have just returned from their first family holiday playing in the snow. George is now 2 years old and baby Charlotte is just ten months old – a veritable snow angel.

While Prince George … Read More

National Schools Snowsport Week is coming soon

National Schools Snowsport Week – a brand new initiative from Snowsport England aimed at encouraging more schools to introduce their pupils to snowsports will commence this spring at 21 slopes across England.

National Schools Snowsport Week is being backed by … Read More