Lindsey Vonn 50th World Cup victory

Last weekend, American ski-racer Lindsey Vonn clocked up her 50th victory on the World Cup Circuit.  She was participating in the Kandahar downhill race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria, Germany.  In chilly temperatures of  minus 16 degrees, this challenging course was … Read More

School ski trip planning

For all those anxious parents (including us!) about to send their precious child off on their first school ski trip this half term, FamilySkiNews.com has produced the definitive guide specifically to help parents and their children in preparing for a … Read More

Freezing temperatures set to continue

It’s freezing in the Alps. 

Temperatures fell as low as -27 in several locations in the Alps this weekend.  In the Swiss Jura, the small village and cross-country skiing centre of La Brévine – reputed to be the coldest place … Read More

It’s Snowman Week

It’s Snowman Week (Schneemann Woche) this week in Lower Austria in the ski resort of Göstling-Hochkar, 160km (100 miles) south-east of Vienna.  This small little-known town of around 2,000 inhabitants currently holds the world record for building the most snowmen … Read More

Vienna – great city for a ski break

When Teresa Fisher, our content editor, is not skiing, she’s out writing guidebooks… often to alpine destinations.  Her latest book – Day by Day Vienna, published by leading American travel publisher, Frommer’s – is due to hit the bookshelves today.

Teresa … Read More

Après Ski biscuits – too good to dunk!

Forget those stodgy chalet cakes that don’t rise properly at altitude.  Next time you’re in the Alps, be sure to pack this “Après Ski” tin of biscuits with you for a teatime treat. 

Containing everything you could possibly need for … Read More

Helmet Safety

Since the death of freestyle skier Sarah Burke earlier in the month during halfpipe training, there has once again been considerable debate about safety on the slopes and especially the pros and cons of helmet wearing whilst skiing/snowboarding.

Even though Burke … Read More

Yet more snow…

Wrap up warmly if you’re skiing today.  It’s a blue-sky day in Bad Gastein in Austria today, according to our FamilySkiNews.com reporters, but it’s perishingly cold and quite windy too. 

But the big news is that there has been heavy snowfall in … Read More

Kids go free!

Looking to book, but worried about the cost of a family ski trip? Choose your resort carefully as many resorts offer a variety of special ski pass rates for young guests. 

Thankfully, infants ski for free in most European resorts!  But … Read More

French Children don’t throw food

Here’s food for thought on your next French ski trip… as you sit in a mountain-top restaurant, trying to savour your tartiflette, while your children stick chips up their nostrils, spill their drinks and hurl croissants like boomerangs across the … Read More