What’s in a piste?… Alpe d’Huez’s celebrated La Sarenne

FamilySkiNews.com’s editor, Teresa Fisher, skied Alpe d’Huez with her husband and two sons earlier this season. During her stay, they all took on La Sarenne – one of France’s big skis and reputedly the longest black run in the world.  … Read More

Lift strike in Les Deux Alpes

Getting all the family to the Alps for half-term is no mean feat. It usually requires lots of pre-planning, ski kit purchasing (if your kids grow half as fast as mine) and possibly even a few lessons on a local … Read More

Family friendly Arc 1950

Our roving alpine reporter Briony Key continues her quest to find the most family-friendly resorts in the Alps. This month she’s in France, in the celebrated Savoyard  resort of Les Arcs and, in particular, to Arc 1950.  Here’s how she got on: … Read More

Try The Jump’s sports for yourself in the Austrian Tirol

Many of us sit glued to The Jump on Sunday evenings, holding our breath as top athletes and soap stars converge on the slopes of Igls in the Austrian Tirol, battling it out in the skeleton, ski cross and ski … Read More

Piste princess or mile muncher?

What type of skier or boarder are you?…. this is the question posed in this year’s promo video for Crystal Ski, the UK’s leading ski operator and one of our partners here at FamilySkiNews. 

Crystal’s video, filmed on the Hintertux … Read More

Airbnb and skiing

Our editor chose one of the busiest weeks of the ski season to try out her first Airbnb. Her aim was to find some cheap but pleasant family-friendly accommodation in one of France’s most popular resorts.   Did she succeed to … Read More

What a difference a day makes in the mountains

Alpe d’Huez: We’ve just arrived in resort to find remarkably little snow for the time of year (27 December), and astonishingly warm temperatures for the season.  It’s hard to believe it’s nearly New Year, one of the busiest weeks of the year, … Read More

A Christmas Carol

On Christmas Eve 1818 in Oberndorf, a delightful village just outside Salzburg, two men inspired by the Christmas atmosphere, composed a simple song to celebrate Midnight Mass:

“Silent night, holy night, all is dark, save the light…”

They never thought … Read More

Merry Christmas from FamilySkiNews

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all the team at Family Ski News: Teresa, Peter, Carl, Sarah, Emmanuel and Katie… and from all our regular contributors too.

We’re off to the Alps for Christmas – … Read More

Les Menuires is Best Family Resort for 2015

The World Snow Awards have named Les Menuires the Best Family Resort of 2015. This charming, small French resort nestles beneath Val Thorens at the heart of Les 3 Vallées – the largest ski area in the world, with some of … Read More