Where to ski in Europe in June

Now the main ski season is well and truly over, the only lift-served skiing in the Alps is on the glaciers.  However only some are currently open.

At the moment, Zermatt and Titlis in Switzerland; the Presena in Italy; and … Read More

End of Scottish Ski season

The 2011/2012 ski season in Scotland finally ended this weekend.  What an odd season it’s been, with skiing so late into May after what was, quite frankly, otherwise a pretty forgettable season.

In fact, it ended a while ago, but … Read More

Chemmy back on skis

Chemmy back on skis

Great news!  Chemmy is back on skis…

29-year-old Chemmy Alcott is Britain’s number one female alpine ski racer, competing on the World Cup circuit in all five ski disciplines – downhill, super G, giant slalom, slalom and … Read More

Kenton Cool’s Olympic Everest pledge

Kenton Cool has summited Everest for the tenth time – more times than any other British mountaineer. 

This climb was particularly significant, as he took with him an Olympic Gold Medal that was presented to Arthur Wakefield for his part … Read More

Russian Green Marathon

While everyone focuses on the imminent London Olympics starting in 63 days, preparations are already well underway for the next Games – the Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Sochi, Russia in 2014, which starts in just 624 days.

Thousands of … Read More

Disabled skier carries the Olympic torch

The Olympic torch is currently making its 70-day journey around the country. 

It is being carried by 8,000 torchbearers, from all walks of life.  These include a number of Britsih snow sports athletes – Chemmy Alcott, Ed Drake, Katie Summerhayes … Read More

New Mount Everest record

A Japanese woman stunned the mountaineering world this morning by successfully climbing Mount Everest at the age of 73, setting a new world record for the oldest woman ever to reach the summit. 

Tamae Watanabe, a retired office worker, scaled … Read More

The mystery of the missing ski lift

An entire ski lift has been stolen from the Czech resort of Desna.  Thankfully the incident took place last month after the ski season ended as the resort only has four slopes and three lifts (a four-seat chair lift and … Read More

Olympic torch relay begins

The Olympic torch relay started today at Land’s End, with Britain’s top sailor and triple Olympic gold medallist Ben Ainslie.

Ainslie was the first of 139 torchbearers today, at the start of a 70-day, 8,000-mile relay leading to the Opening Ceremony … Read More

Euro exchange rate improves for Brits

Considering your next ski trip to the Alps?  There’s excellent news on the financial front…

European trips are currently offering excellent value as sterling continues to rise against other world currencies. 

Last week, it hit its best exchange rate against … Read More