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Niseko officially opens on piste and off

Heavy snowfalls over the past couple of days have primed Niseko's powdery slopes for the much-anticipated season opening.

24 hour skiing in snow sure Mont Tremblant

The province of Québec is home to one of North America’s top ski resorts - Mont Tremblant. The resort will kick off the 2009 season with early winter’s hottest event ‘The 24h of Tremblant’, which runs from December 11 to 15.

Graham Bell’s guide to ski kit – what you’ll need this season

For those people lucky enough to be hitting the slopes this season, booking your ski holiday is just the start of the adventure. Before you even touch any snow there will be much agonising over what kit you should be taking.

The greener route to the white stuff

For skiers keen to minimise the impact on the environment of their journey to the slopes, coach travel accounts for the lowest CO2 emissions of any mode of motorised transport.

Geilo - the best place to introduce ‘reluctant’ partners and kids to skiing

According to specialist ski tour operator, Alpine Tracks, Norway’s oldest ski resort, Geilo – with its wide open slopes, modern chair lifts and friendly, English-speaking instructors - is one of the best places in the world to learn to ski.

Marmot Basin reports best November conditions on record

Once in a while, the stars align and the heavens open up and you are in the right place at the right time. Right now those days are at Marmot Basin in the Canadian Rockies. The ski hill has received a stunning 60 centimeters, two feet, of powder over the past 48 hours and 85 centimeters in the last seven days and it is still snowing.

Christmas sales start early in the Austrian Tirol

If you want to escape the commercialism that surrounds Christmas in the UK, then head to the Austrian Tirol. Known to locals as ‘Die Stille Zeit’ (the quiet time), you won’t find garish gifts, tacky Christmas lights boosting energy board profits or have to endure cheesy Christmas tracks on repeat every time you enter a shop.

Flight-inclusive weekend ski breaks to Saas Fee are just the ticket

Skiweekends.com, the specialist in ski short breaks by coach and by air, has expanded its programme for the coming season to include air-inclusive, four-night weekend breaks to Saas Fee in Switzerland.

Luxury skiing in Geilo, Norway

Ski specialist, Alpine Tracks, has further expanded its Norway programme by introducing the Havsdalsgrenda ski complex in Geilo. The complex consists of luxury chalets and apartments right on the resort’s ski slopes for ski in, ski out and easy access to the Geilo and Hardangervidda slopes.

Where to go to learn to ski, snowboard or cross-country ski

Tired of listening to family and friends bleat on about how fantastic skiing and snowboarding is? Why not make 2009-10 the season to give it a go and see for yourself what you are missing out on. Still finding excuses? The Tirol Tourist Board has looked at some of the most common excuses and come up with some top reasons to disagree and help change your mind.

Ryanair launches ‘skis fly free’ promotion

Ryanair has announced that the first 10,000 passengers to book a ski flight before midnight Wednesday 11th (24:00hrs) can bring their skis for free – saving up to £80/€80 each.

Flexible ski fly-drive holidays in France

Flexible duration, fly-drive holidays to 12 French resorts have been launched by Skiweekends.com. The resorts featured are Flaine, Les Caroz, Les Arcs, Val d’Isere, Alpe d’Huez, Les Menuires, Courchevel, La Plagne, Chamonix, Avoriaz, Valmorel and Isola 2000.

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