In a large part due to climate change, the risk of avalanches is increasing at ski resorts around the world. Many avalanche safety teams (that deliberately set off avalanches on close slopes) have been caught out in

Ask someone that works in the ski industry to name the biggest threat to the sector and you will get plenty of answers. Probably focused on Brexit, the price index, and a potential financial recession. How many

It’s always good when you arrive at the resort to find there has been a huge snowfall recently. No scraping over grass and rocks for you. But then you overhear someone complaining about crud snow, or someone

For many people, the thought of dishing out hundreds (or thousands) of pounds for a ski trip, only to find out some family or friends hate it, or don’t enjoy themselves because they haven’t the skills to ski without

As the ski resorts of Europe and North America start to open for the winter season, we thought we would have a check on this seasons lift pass prices and how they differ across resorts and give you some tips on how to

Situated on the border between France and Switzerland, the Portes du Soleil (‘Doors to the Sun’) ski resort chain claims to have 650km of pistes for people of all abilities. Though it is low-lying relative to

There are sports you can easily enjoy all-year-round – and skiing is not one of them, right? Wrong! If you think outside the box and are not afraid to try something new, you have plenty of options for year-round

Competition in the snow-sports industry has never been fiercer. Snow sports enthusiasts demand more and more value from their travelling agencies, hosts and resorts, forcing them to constantly evaluate and improve

After years of delays, the famous Ski Circus area in Saalbach, Austria, will finally be connected with the neighbouring Zell am See-Kaprun with a new ski lift. This means that the already gigantic winter sports

Not all resorts are the same. They’ll all have mountains, hotels, chalets, restaurants and other amenities, but they’ll each have them in a different style and ratio. The skiing, too, will be geared toward