Believe it or not in one month’s time the winter season gets underway in Tignes! From 26th September it’s all go with the Tignes ski area opening gradually, starting with the Grande Motte glacier at an altitude of more than 3000m. Then on 28th November the whole of the Espace-Killy Tignes-Val d’Isere area will open, [...]
Fancy yourself as the next Chemmy Alcott or Shaun White? Well the British Snow Tour 2009 kicks off next month and pre-registration is now open. Riders will get the chance to not only win British Championship Titles, but gain World ranking points and an overall position alongside the like of snowboarding megastars Shaun White and [...]
So the snow on the other side of the World has been pretty epic this year if you listen to our southern hemisphere friends on Twitter. As I get the daily updates of how much is falling where, I started to think maybe I need to try a ski holiday over there one year. It might be getting [...]
High in the Upper Tarentaise Valley, Les Arcs is a gem of a resort with plenty of accommodation choices and some brilliant skiing for beginners and advanced skiers. It was linked to La Plagne in 2003 via the Vanoise Express cable car and now includes over 260 miles of piste and 175 lifts. This new [...]
Ryanair have announced that they will be adding three ski routes from Edinburgh Airport. They are keeping us in suspense as to which ski routes these will be, and Ryanair are suggesting that they will announce them in the next two weeks.
Lesley Kane, head of sales and marketing at Ryanair, said: “To celebrate these new [...]
Finding ski/snowboard related news to blog about in the Summer isn’t a particularly easy task! So sitting here today we got thinking about what it is that makes us, in the middle of summer, dream about being in the snow… here comes our ‘Why we love skiing’ post!
Skiing isn’t just a sport, it’s a way [...]
Ski holiday packages are available from 5 major ski holiday companies:
Browse Thomson Ski holiday packages
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Browse Thomas Cook ski holiday packages
Browse Neilson ski holiday packages
Browse First Choice ski holiday packages
Why book ski holiday packages?
Booking ski holiday packages allows you the benefit of having one holiday company organise all aspects of your ski holiday leaving your [...]
10% off luxury chalet in 3 Valleys
Green Mountain Chalets have a chalet in St Martin de Belleville in the 3 Valleys sleeping 13. It’s a very luxurious chalet which offers the height of modern chalet living. They are currently offering 10% off all but “premium weeks” if booked before the end of September, plus it’s not [...]
Itching to get back on the slopes? Well why not take part in Snowball Rally 2009, a brand new event set up to raise funds to support the work of youth charity Snow-Camp. Snow-Camp enables young people who would never otherwise have the opportunity, to have the chance to learn to ski and snowboard and [...]
Robbie Williams has apparently invested in a ski apartment in the Swiss ski resort of Zermatt. Zermatt sits on the Italian border at the foot of the Matterhorn. At a height of 1620m with the top lift at 3820m it is one of the most snow sure areas in Switzerland.
Zermatt ski resort is favoured by [...]
