Learn how to ski off-piste

The International Academy in  Chamonix is launching a brand new weekend course this coming ski season to teach key off-piste skills.

An increasing number of British skiers are enjoying off-piste skiing in the Alps these days, and this course is … Read More

New ‘Go Ski Go Board’ campaign

We all know skiing starts at home!

Ok, Ok… we may not have any decent mountains in England… but we do have some excellent indoor and outdoor snow centres – and, what’s more, there’s one near you!

That’s why Snowsport … Read More

New alphorn world record

Over 500 alphorn players assembled on the Gornergrat ridge near Zermatt last week to break the world record for the largest ever alphorn group performance.

Five hundred and eight musicians from Switzerland and beyond – many dressed in traditional costumes … Read More

Birmingham Ski Show cancelled

Birmingham’s new ski show, InTheSnowLive, has been cancelled.

It was scheduled to take place this October in Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre on dates which coincided with Manchester’s Ski & Snowboard Show North.

When the new-style InTheSnowLive Show was first announced … Read More

Snow cools elephants at Whipsnade Zoo

What do you do with a hot elephant?

No, it’s not a joke!…

The elephants at Whipsnade Zoo near Dunstable in have been feeling hot and bothered in the recent hot weather.

So the Zoo has called upon The Snow … Read More

Crystal axes ski hosting in France for next season

As France once more draws more UK skiers to its slopes than any other country, FamilySkiNews wonders whether the debacle with the French authorities over ski hosting in French resorts may cause a tide of change.

Last season, a ruling … Read More

Growth in UK ski market

The UK ski industry is set to rise again, according to the Crystal Ski Industry Report 2013, which was published today.

The report shows a growth in the market for the first time in five years.

Crystal Ski, the UK’s … Read More

Swiss Mountain ice-cream

Wimbledon week two… the weather’s getting warmer… it must be summer, finally!

That’s why we’ve just posted up our luscious Swiss Mountain ice-cream recipe in the Alpine Cuisine section of the FamilySkiNews website.

It’s a really simple recipe inspired by … Read More

Lindsey Vonn’s race suit sells on eBay

Lindsey Vonn has sold this rather jazzy Spyder race suit on eBay to raise money to help a girl from Buck Hill, Minnesota, attend a summer ski camp.

The suit, which was signed by Vonn, the greatest alpine skier in … Read More

Sochi 2014 Olympic Torch spacewalk confirmed

It’s official.  The Olympic Torch will travel into space at the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014, where it will be taken on an historic spacewalk.

It seems only fitting that Russia will be the first country to send the Olympic Torch … Read More