European Skiing News

8th March 2010

Tignes Winter X Games

The first Winter X Games in Europe is due to be staged on the slopes of French resort Tignes, from...

12th January 2010

Winter X Games 2010 - Tignes

Winter X Games 2010 comes to Europe! Tignes will be hosting the Winter X Games March 10th - 12th...

4th January 2010

Full moon skiing at Les 2 Alpes

Les 2 Alpes is once again offering some brilliant full moon skiing sessions. You head up the...

4th January 2010

Dog Sledding

One of the worlds toughest dog sledding races in the world, La Grande Odyssée is being raced...

4th January 2010

Heavy snow across the alps

Snow resorts across the Alps are reporting at least 20cm (eight inches) of new snow...

16th October 2009

Heavy snow falling across European resorts

Heavy snow has been reported falling across Europe’s glacier ski areas in France, Italy,...

6th October 2009

Helmet Cam captures the horror of an avalanche

Scary stuff this.. But but seeing the risks, hopefully more people will look to take the...

6th October 2009

Sure snow ski resorts for this winter

When you're shelling out for a skiing holiday the last thing you want is no snow.. So play safe and...

2nd October 2009

How Skiing has changed the Austrian Tyrol landscape

Lovely collection of photographs on the Telegraph's website showing the transformation of Skiing...

26th September 2009

Money saving tips for creditcrunch ski holidays

With a recesssion and the high price of the EURO Brits are looking to cut costs and considering...

30th July 2009

Alpe d'Huez and Les Deux Alpes link to open in 2012

The new link will go from Mont de Lans in the Deux Alpes area to Auris in the Alpe d’Huez...

9th July 2009

Snow train not running next year

Blamed on the credit crunch, the snow train was a great fav. amongst the short get-away-ers (is...

29th March 2009

Haute Route

Over 70% of the route is uphill, with skiers climbing 28,000 feet in the six or so days it takes...

17th March 2009

Les 2 Alpes cuts ski lift prices

Lift tickets are around 20% less reduced to €30.33 per day when you buy 6 consecutive days...

16th March 2009

French Ski Resort Drops Prices

The French ski resort of Les 2 Alpes, one of Europe’s most renounced resorts for great snow...

12th March 2009

Freeride World Tour starts in Tignes - Video

The competition, which has been delayed several times due to bad weather and too much snow, will...

12th March 2009

Paradiski increases artificial snow resources

Paradiski ski area - you know the MASSIVE area that includes Les Arcs, Peisey-Vallandry and La...

10th March 2009

X Wing Rally - 3 valleys

The 3 Valleys will host the 2009 X Wing rally on April 13th. Whatever your standard and age there...

10th March 2009

Ferrari relax in Val Gardena

The F1 season kicks off in less than a month, and remember it's on the beeb this year with I...

1st March 2009

Vonn wins Super G in Bankso

Vonn won in 1 minute, 14.49 seconds. She'll be setting her sights on World Cup super G title. Vonn...

28th February 2009

First Womens World Cup in Bansko

Fabienne Suter from Switzerland has previous only podiumed in World Cup super G races dominated...

28th February 2009

Bansko hosts Alpine World Cup - Initial Report

The alpine World Cup was hosted for the first time in Bulgaria in teh country's top ski resort of...

23rd February 2009

Italy - Avalanche Safety Gear Required

Daily security ski teams are out looking for potential hazards before you even hit the slopes....

22nd February 2009

Tignes Freeride World Tour

The Freeride World Tour, which was in Chamonix recently, is going to be coming to Tignes next...

16th February 2009

Carlo Janka wins giant slalom in Val d'Isere

Carlo Janka (22), initially overcompensated on VERY icy and rutted Val D'Isere Bellevarde course...

15th February 2009

Chamonix Freeride 2009

Chamonix is hosting the Freeride World Qualifier this weekend. With 11 independent competitions...

31st January 2009

KIds ski free Saalbach Hinterglemm in March

Saalbach Hinterglemm has a famous and highly acclaimed ski school for kids. Additionally children...

31st January 2009

New safe lifts in Courchevel

This new Magnetic chair lift, (called the Magnestick system) has been specially designed to hold...

31st January 2009

Lift pass deals in Les Gets and Morzine

Yep, Credit crunch busting ski weekends are being offering in The Portes du Soleil. Save money on...

31st January 2009

Super G in Alpe d'Huez

The event is part of the Arnold Lunn circuit organised by the Grenoble University Club. Events...

25th January 2009

Skiing World Championships 2009

The final preparations are underway for this years Skiing World Champs held in Val d'Isere, and...

25th January 2009

More amazing snow conditions in Europe

Resorts across Europe are reporting half a metre of fresh snow in less than 24 hours and...

24th January 2009

Snow Polo this weekend at Courchevel

The worlds highest polo pitch will actually be the high altitude airstrip above the ski resort of...

22nd January 2009

Scott Macartney will miss Kitzbuehel

Kitzbuehel was where Scott Macartney had his 2008 crash that ended his season. Macartney, who has...

21st January 2009

Snowside festival 2009 Nassfeld

From March 23rd- 29th it's going to be a good mash up, it's run by Eddy Temple Morris’ The...

17th January 2009

Free avalanche and offpiste sessions in Chamonix

Note that these sessions get booked up pretty quick so book your place in advance. Off piste...

16th January 2009

Bankso improvements of nearly 8m euros

There will be a new road between Bansko and the Vihren mountain lodge and new work in Gramadeto and...

15th January 2009

Half price skiing for women in Skiwelt

I'm a lady... The Skiwelt, Austrias large ski area with 279km of pistes offers half-priced ski...

14th January 2009

BBC Brings Back Ski Sunday

So what's going on with Ski Sunday - a programme that has undergone significant changes in...

14th January 2009

Moonlight Skiing the Longest Black Run!

Take last lift of the day enjoying the alpine surroundings and stunning views of Mont Blanc to...

14th January 2009

Have a go at Piste Bashing

Piste bashing is a proper art. These masters of the slopes prepare perfectly groomed pistes for us...

13th January 2009

The Austrian Open

Mayrhofen's Penken Park quarterpipe is the same size as the famed obstacle of Innsbruck's legendary...

8th January 2009

Free Ryan Air ski flights

Credit crunch busting Ryanair has announced it's offering 10,000 FREE ski flights. Yep! That's...

7th January 2009

Track your ski distance through Skiline

The Skiline service makes it possible to learn the total number of metres you've skied during the...

6th January 2009

Win the chance to play at Snowbombing

Gigwise and Snowbombing have annouced a new competition called King Of The Mountain where unsigned...

6th January 2009

Kylie Minogue snowboarding in Chamonix

Kylie Minogue and her Spanish boyfriend Andres Velencoso stayed in Chamonix over the new year....

5th January 2009

Beautiful European Runs

Grande Motte, Tignes, France Take the underground funicular up from Tignes, Val Claret. You then...

5th January 2009

Cervinia top five runs

Cervinia now has an overhauled ski lift system. With good snow and sunny weather Cervinia is an...

4th January 2009

Big Mountain Pro 2009

Now in it's third year the Big Mountain Pro is a bit of an oddity. The riders judge each others...

4th January 2009

Flaine 40 years young

Flaine hosts a series of sports events, shows, entertainment, for all to enjoy last month and in...

4th January 2009

Celeb watch on the slopes this new year

We expect Heat magazine to be stuffed full of Celeb's on the ski slopes of Switzerland, We're not...

4th January 2009

Champery annouces a host of improvements

Champery, can be found on the Swiss side of the massive ski area Portes du Soleil. Portes du Soleil...

4th January 2009

Chamonix night time FIS 2009

Start 2009 with a bang and see some top class ski racing at Chamonix. Friday 2 January 1st race...

21st December 2008

Brits prefere skiing in France

According to the 2008 edition of the annual Ski Industry Report, France accounts for 37.5 per cent...

14th December 2008

Zermatt expands freeride area

Zermatt is Europe’s highest ski area one of only two resorts that remain open 365 days a...

14th December 2008

Wengen top runs

Wengen shares it's ski area with Grindelwald. The majority of the runs in the Wengen-Grindenwald...

11th December 2008

Meribel guide to the top ski runs

The valley sits north to south, meaning you can ski in the sun all day long. Although a...

9th December 2008

Leona lewis learns to snowboard in Ischgl Austria

X factor winner and the latest world record breaker for the fastest download seller ever (her cover...

7th December 2008

Skiing and Music events

Snowbombing the daddy of the snow bound music festival, has been going for ten years and is getting...

4th December 2008

Backcountry ski tours in Austria

Freeride Experience, run by Volker Hölzl, who was born and lives in Zell am See has been...

4th December 2008

Record breaking snow across Europe

The Italian Dolomites have got the best of it, with over 150cm (five feet) at Cortina falling in a...

29th November 2008

Altitude festival returns to Meribel

There has been a strong comedy lineup in Meribel over the years, but last year the first comedy...

29th November 2008

Courchevel ski resort improvements

There is a new short piste in Courchevel - a blue run from the top of Pralong chairlift to the...

29th November 2008

Meribel Resort News

Snowparks Méribel’s Moonpark has been moved a short distance onto the Grive piste....

29th November 2008

Middle of Feb 2009 in France could be hectic

If you are planning on going skiing over the February school break and have yet to book, we'd...

29th November 2008

Criterium de la Premiere Neige

This year the event has even more significance as it will be used as a testing ground for the 2009...

15th November 2008

Budget Ski Resorts

France  - Skiing on a budget Flaine The ski resort of Flaine is the highest resort in the...

15th November 2008

Tignes Events

Tignes New Years Eve Party with David Guetta December 31st David Guetta recently picked up...

15th November 2008

The Italian ski resorts in Dolomites improve lifts

Fassa-Carezza ski resort has two improvements - the Carezza-Costalunga ski area with a new...

11th November 2008

Get the train to ski in Austria this winter

The Bergland Express train is a direct train from London to Austrian ski resorts such as St Anton,...

11th November 2008

Verbier Run Guide

Verbier is a beautiful village situated on a steep mountainside that looks traditional but was...

11th November 2008

Heavy Snow across Europe

Hintertux, in Austria, already has an amazing 120cm of snow with a further 55cm of snow due over...

8th November 2008

Snow conditions in Europe 1st week November 08

Switzerland Glacier 3000, above Les Diablerets and Gstaad, Zermatt, Engelberg and Saas Fee are...

8th November 2008

Five great runs in Les Arc

Valle de l'Arc A great long, meandering blue run from the summit of Col de la Chal down to the...

8th November 2008

Courchevel building green chalets

Courchevel will have six environmentally friendly chalets by the end of 2009. "With a great...

8th November 2008

Top ski runs in Davos and Klosters

The slopes The Davos-Klosters ski area has five mountains on both sides of a valley. The...

8th November 2008

Italian ski resorts open early

Passo Tonale is the latest ski resort to open its ski lifts. It opened yesterday, Friday November...

3rd November 2008

Mountain Top Restaurant for Crans Montana

The restaurant called "Les Violettes" is going for the top end - offering real luxury and top...

29th October 2008

Les 2 Alpes opens for winter 2008

The 19th Mondial du Snowboard will be on at Les 2 Alpes this weekend 1st – 2nd November.There...

28th October 2008

Scrapbook Project - Finnish Snowboard Film

Showing off Finland as well as the up and downs of snowboarding. The filming took place during...

27th October 2008

Tignes Tufs Lift improvement

This winter Tignes will have a new six-seater chairlift replacement on the Tufs lift increasing...

25th October 2008

Vanoise Express double decker cable car to open this winter

The lift was closed all of last winter due to a technical issue with a bus service running as a...

25th October 2008

Early Snow across the Alps this October

  Tux is one of around 20 European ski resorts with fresh snow on the glaciers. Other...

25th October 2008

Roller Coaster at Zell am Ziller

The Arena coaster is a metal roller coaster that following a ski lift up the top of the mountain...

25th October 2008

Brightly coloured ski lift in Solden

This brightly coloured ski lift  up Giggijoch will replace a triple chair that dates back to...

6th October 2008

Have the Espace Killy to yourself

The 300 lucky skiers and boarders will be selected by playing an online game at...

3rd October 2008

London Freeze 2008

London Freeze 2008 is the best way for Londoners to get in the mood for this seasons snowboarding...

3rd October 2008

Speed Riding - A safe extreme winter sport

A bizarre fusion of skiing and flying comes with an incredible get-out-of-jail-free card...