Glacier skiing

With the glacier at Cervinia opening last weekend, it’s a great time for a spot of glacier skiing.  

Conditions are better than in the past few years, thanks to last winter’s superb base and even some fresh snow and colder … Read More

Swiss Alpine Garden

Don’t worry if you can’t get away to the Alps this summer. Switzerland’s bringing them to you!

The Swiss Alpine Garden will endeavour to evoke the character and atmosphere of the Alps at this year’s RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. 

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Freestyle skier Ellie Koyander to carry Olympic torch

British freestyle skier Ellie Koyander once described the Olympics as “the greatest show on earth”.  Now the Games are on home soil, she will be carrying the Olympic Torch for a leg of torch procession – through Burton upon Trent at 8.20am … Read More

Summer holidays in the Alps

For anyone travelling with kids, summer in the mountains is the perfect choice… 

There’s plenty of opportunity for fun, adventure, simple pleasures and discoveries… to experience new places and try new things…. for nature trails, sporting activities, picnics, or just … Read More

Innsbruck to London Olympic sponsored cycle for Disability Snowsport UK

The Tirol cycle team announced that it will cycle from Innsbruck to London in July to raise money for Disability Snowsport UK (DSUK).

Having hosted the first Youth Winter Olympic Games in Innsbruck earlier this year, as FamilySkiNews.com reported here, … Read More

Katie Summerhayes carries Olympic torch

Britain’s Ski Freestyle Champion, 16-year-old Katie Summerhayes carried the Olympic torch through her home town Sheffield today.   She is one of Britain’s medal hopefuls – not for London 2012 but for the X Games and for next Winter Olympics in Sochi … Read More

Chemmy Alcott blogs about Olympic hopefuls

Chemmy Alcott has been blogging this week in London’s Metro newspaper. 

She has been contemplating the trials and tribulations of aspiring Olympians hoping to get picked for those last elusive life-changing places in various teams to compete in front of … Read More

Buy your own mountain

Here’s the perfect gift idea for the skier who has everything….. Echo Mountain ski area in the USA is up for sale by auction in early August!

The small resort, straddling Squaw Pass, just 35 miles from downtown Denver, was purchased … Read More

New cable car for London

You don’t have to be in the mountains to travel by cable car. On 28 June, a new cable car service will open in the East End of London. 

The ‘Emirates Air Line’ will be the first urban cable car … Read More

Las Lenas voted Best Ski Resort in Southern Hemisphere

The Argentinian resort  of Las Leñas has once again been voted “Best Ski Resort in the Southern Hemisphere” by over 14,000 ski fans and readers of the leading Brazilian tourism magazine Viagem. 

The resort is currently gearing up for a … Read More