Uppsala Ice Festival

The city of Uppsala is holding a Festival of Ice this week in the Stadsträdgården (City Park) and FamilySkiNews’ copy editor, Teresa Fisher, has gone out to Sweden to report on the event.   

It is the nation’s largest display of ice sculptures in a city setting, featuring 14 … Read More

Kaiserschmarrn – the Emperor’s Mess

Instead of serving your usual pancake recipe on Shrove Tuesday (12 February), why not feed the kids Kaiserschmarrn  – a delicious (and very filling) Austro-Bavarian pancake whose name means the ‘Emperor’s Mess’.  

It is traditionally eaten either as a main course … Read More

FIS Ski Racing: the good news and the bad

The good news is….

One of Britain’s top Slopestyle skiers, 17-year-old Katie Summerhayes won a silver at the World Cup in Switzerland.

It was an especially impressive result, as this was her first event back on the circuit after a knee … Read More

Zurich in blockbuster TV series

The Swiss city of Zürich has been chosen as the setting for a Chinese blockbuster TV series. 

The mountainscapes of Switzerland have long been the setting of many Indian movies, as we reported in our feature Bollywood in the Alps.  But … Read More

Carnival season in the Alps

It’s Carnival season in the Alps – the frivolous festive period immediately before Lent. 

This weekend, towns and villages across the region will take to the streets in garish fancy dress costumes for several days of wild street parties – with oom-pah band parades, street entertainment … Read More

Lindsey Vonn out of action

Lindsey Vonn suffered a serious knee injury after an accident in the Super G on Tuesday, at the first day of the World Championships in Schladming in Austria.

The four-time overall World Cup winner and 2010 Olympic downhill champion received … Read More

GB ice hockey in final Games qualifiers

All eyes are on the GB ice hockey team this week.  If they win the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Latvia, they will become the first British ice hockey team to compete at an Olympic Games since 1948. 

Admittedly, a Sochi … Read More

Amy Williams appointed Olympic Ambassador

Exactly one year before the next winter Olympic Games in Sochi 2014, Amy Williams has today been announced as the first official Team GB 2014 Ambassador by the British Olympic Association.

Most people will remember Amy as our sole gold … Read More

New sponsor for British Snowsports

A new headline sponsor has today been named for the British Alpine Ski Team, with exactly 365 days to go until the next Winter Olympics in the Russian town of Sochi.  It is Delancey, a specialist property investment advisor and development … Read More

Exactly one year to Winter Olympics – what are Britain’s medal chances?

The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games start exactly one year today.  So, what are the chances for Team GB in the various disciplines?

Despite substantial cuts in funding in recent months, we are optimistic that our winter athletes have a successful … Read More