Royal date with William and Kate for British number one skier

Britain’s top male ski racer had a date with royalty today when the torch relay reached Buckingham Palace. 

Thomas Baldwin – nicknamed TJ – is currently British champion in four skiing disciplines (super-G, giant slalom, downhill and super-combined), a remarkable feat … Read More

Hotels with ski pass included

Next ski season, hotels in the Engadine (in the Swiss canton of Graubünden) are offering a “Hotel Ski Pass included” package to any guests staying at least two nights.  The pass will be valid for the duration of their stay … Read More

Chemmy carries Olympic flame

Skier Chemmy Alcott carried the Olympic flame today, as it continues its route through London on Day 67 of its 70-day tour.  It has also ridden on the London Underground – from Kingston to Ealing.

In Ealing, 30-year-old Chemmy – a … Read More

Happy hiking

In these days of computers, iphones, social networking and sedentary distractions, it can be hard to enthuse the younger members on your family holiday to go out hiking.

Taking a bunch of kids up a mountain, bringing them all down … Read More

Ed Drake to carry Olympic torch

One of Britain’s top male ski racers, Ed Drake, is carrying the Olympic torch through Hastings in East Sussex tomorrow morning as it heads ever closer to London – ready for the start of the Games in just nine days … Read More

Google films Zermatt’s pistes

The Google “Street View” programme has hit the ski slopes!

It is currently filming in Zermatt– the first phase of a plan to film the pistes of all major European ski resorts.

However, this is not the first time the internet search giant … Read More

France remains most popular skiing destination

The latest Crystal Industry Ski Report, which came out yesterday, shows that increasingly Brits prefer to book a ski package holiday with a tour operator rather than booking their family ski holidays independently.  This is the fourth consecutive year of decline for the … Read More

Fewer Brits skied last season

Crystal Ski, the UK’s largest Ski operator, today released its annual Ski Industry Report in London – the definitive guide to the state of the UK ski industry over the past 12 months, as well as future trends.

Despite such superb snowfalls this past … Read More

Swiss tennis champion – world number one again

The FamilySkiNews team are just back from a fantastic day on centre court at Wimbledon cheering on Roger Federer as he entered the record books tying with Pete Sampras on seven Wimbledon wins.    Today he also matches Sampras’ as yet unsurpassed … Read More

International Youth Camp in Schladming 2013

The climax of next year’s FIS Alpine World Ski Championships is to take place in Schladming in Austria from 4-17 February 2013. 

And now the Organising Committee has announced that there will also be an International Youth Camp in Schladming … Read More