Skiing

Winter sports: Rockies road to skiing perfection

Saturday, 2 October 2010

Spectacular scenery, excellent resorts and slopes for all abilities make Canada a perfect family destination, says Patrick Thorne

Traveller's Guide: The 2010/11 ski season

Saturday, 25 September 2010

Winter starts here. Early snow, new destinations and increased capacity could make this the comeback year for the ski industry, says Stephen Wood

A ski break doesn't have to be a guilt trip

Sunday, 28 March 2010

Parents with toddlers can feel comfortable about taking 'me' time at this French resort, says Susie Mesure

America's Epic Pass offers a jam-packed ski holiday of a lifetime

Saturday, 20 March 2010

The pass covers some of America's most famous and varied resorts

All you need on the slopes is a bit of Back-Up

Sunday, 14 March 2010

As the Winter Paralympics open in Vancouver, Colin Nicholson goes to Are, Sweden, where even serious spinal injury is no barrier

Méribel: A very British ski resort

Saturday, 13 March 2010

Plenty of UK skiers visit Méribel each year, but there's still something special about this part of France

Snow Report: The land of the rising sun is also the place to go for powdery snow

Sunday, 7 March 2010

Alongside the established ski resorts in the brochures, new locations are tested each season. In the past few decades we've seen Turkey, Alaska, India, Poland, Germany, and even South Korea appear on the novelty list. Most recently, Japan, and particularly the resort of Niseko (niseko.ne.jp), is the long-haul, unusual destination of choice.

Join the Tatra pack

Saturday, 27 February 2010

Skiers can expect low costs and high excitement in Slovakia

Snow report: St Moritz is where it all began – but it's not where it has to end

Sunday, 21 February 2010

St Moritz is where winter sports holidays began in 1864, and the world famous resort has dominated its south-eastern corner of Switzerland ever since.

Megève: Less is more for chic French skiing

Saturday, 20 February 2010

Megève is steeped in ski heritage, but this smart resort has few British winter visitors. Stephen Wood relishes the upmarket ambience

Jail threat to skiers who go too far off-piste

Tuesday, 9 February 2010

Italy expected to rush through legislation after deadly weekend on slopes leaves eight dead.

Snow report: It's all quiet on Whistler's pistes – but are there any rooms left?

Sunday, 7 February 2010

When the resort of Whistler opened 40 years ago, its dream was to host the Winter Olympics.

Best for reluctant downhillers: Sainte Foy

Saturday, 6 February 2010

I have to admit that I'd never enjoyed skiing. So the prospect of our first "family" trip to the Alps, with all its potential for hellish whingeing from frozen, bruised children, left me feeling distinctly – well – chilly. And why blame the children? Let's face it, zooming down icy mountains at breakneck speed just isn't my thing. With a string of disaster stories behind me I was horrified I'd be unmasked to my offspring as a quivering, lily-livered wreck, at least when faced with a snow-covered slope, unable to subsume my own fears and grumbles for the benefit of their holiday enjoyment. After all, what kind of a mother am I?

Get on the VIP list in Val d'Isère

Sunday, 31 January 2010

Andrew Tong lives the high life in the French Alps thanks to a new ski package that won't break the bank

World class resort: Revelstoke aims high

Saturday, 30 January 2010

British Columbia's resort, which offers more than 3,000 acres of skiing, is up there with the world's greatest ski areas.

Snow report: There's no room at the inns this half-term holiday. So, think outside the Alps

Sunday, 24 January 2010

The February half-term holidays are nearly upon us. It's an ideal time to hit the slopes with the family; we're all ready for a break after grim old January and the snow has had a chance to build a healthy depth.

Quarter of skiers still drunk morning after

Monday, 18 January 2010

Almost a quarter of skiers are unknowingly taking to the slopes still drunk from the night before, a survey today shows.

Going skiing should be a pleasure, not a slog

Sunday, 17 January 2010

Simon O'Hagan just wanted an easy journey, a pretty resort and a choice of manageable runs. He found it all in Paradiski

Forgotten slopes: Why has Adelboden has drifted off the British radar?

Saturday, 16 January 2010

While many of us head to Switzerland each season, somehow the pretty village of Adelboden in the Bernese Oberland has remained off the mainstream radar, despite an impressive history for British skiers.

America's backwoods ski resorts offer new challenges

Saturday, 16 January 2010

The real beating heart of the US ski industry has always been resorts that cling to America's steeper mountains.

Skate expectations: Head to Norway to master skate-skiing's V-shaped gait

Saturday, 16 January 2010

Like many cross-country skiers I have long basked in a feeling of superiority over my downhill rivals. Speed? Pah! Who needs it? It is surely more worthy to go under your own steam. But recently, to my annoyance, I have noticed that I am forever being overtaken by other cross-country skiers. They are practitioners of the modern skate-skiing or "freestyle" technique, whereas I (like most British cross-country skiers) adopt the "classic" technique – my skis kept parallel by grooves cut in the snow.

Peter Lunn: 'I was furious if I didn't fall'

Saturday, 16 January 2010

Peter Lunn shares the ups and downs of his long life in skiing with Adam Ruck

Ski news: Gatwick airport in disarray

Saturday, 16 January 2010

Ski gear to get excited about

Saturday, 16 January 2010

With the new season upon us, it's time to update your armoury

Meet my mountain man: How ski guides can help you get more out of your snow expedition

Saturday, 16 January 2010

Klaus Jehle is no ordinary ski instructor. In St Anton, he has near mythical status. Regular clients book him by name and guard him jealously. In fact, people arrange their holidays around Jehle 's availability. He's so good that he teaches the course that already very good instructors have to pass to qualify for the top level of Austrian ski instructors. If this were football, he would be coaching Sir Alex Ferguson to coach. And he makes fantastic honey.