Skiing
Hit the slopes with alpharooms.com
Experienced skiers looking for a better value winter break and beginners who want more practice without breaking the bank are now able to hit the piste for less thanks to a new ski collection from alpharooms.com. In response to increasing customer demand, the discount travel website has launched a dedicated new ski collection offering some of the most competitively priced deals to top European resorts including France, Austria, Italy, Switzerland and Canada.
Slope off with Air Southwest ski packages
Air Southwest has teamed up with Harvey World Travel to offer a range of skiing holidays this winter, as the airline launches new flights to Grenoble from Plymouth and Newquay.
Alberta’s slopes are open as snow awaits
Alberta is known for its long ski seasons and this year two of Alberta’s resorts have become the first in Canada to open their doors. The season is expected to be another bumper year for the infamous champagne powder snow, pristine landscapes and of course the great Albertan welcome. Visitors can expect no lift queues, superb pistes, excellent tuition, vibrant après ski and a favourable exchange rate.
Emotions, passion and pure bliss – Austria in winter
With an 80cm snow base, Obergurgl will open its new season on 14 November 2008 with “Cirque des Montagnes – La Passion”, a fabulous series of events. Artistic entertainment coupled with live music, acrobatics, dance shows, magic moments and comedy performances await you on the occasion of this unique ski opening which takes place on three weekends.
Top five reasons to visit Finland in Winter
There are, of course, all sorts of reasons for choosing Finland as your winter holiday destination, however, VisitFinland has put together their top five reasons to inspire you to visit this magical wonderland over the festive season.
This winter – Spectate of participate?
As skis, skates and snowboards are polished and waxed for the up-and-coming season, the Rockies resorts are readying themselves for a plethora of events. Whether you are a spectator or a competitor the Rockies have a challenge for everyone. So why not combine your ski or board trip with an event and try something a little bit different this winter?
Enjoy a holiday on the piste in Graubünden
Be sure to get enough of the white stuff on your ski trip this season – Graubünden, Switzerland’s No. 1 holiday region, offers over 2,200 km of piste on which to enjoy skiing and snowboarding, with a suitable slope for everyone ranging from family friendly to prepared, carved pistes and powdery slopes for free-riding.
The perfect time to discover Vancouver
With Whistler and Vancouver set to welcome the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in February 2010, now is the perfect time to discover the host city and resort as well as the province beyond the Games. From the powder filled slopes of the interior to the ski in ski out resorts of the BC Rockies, a wealth of new developments and activities await the visitor.
Winter officially arrives in the Alps
Severe cold spells across Europe this week have resulted in snow storms across the Alps, with many of the top resorts hit with a great amount of snow overnight. They have woken up to picture perfect images giving us all a taste of a winter to come.
Ride all day, ride all night
If you can’t get enough of snowboarding and constantly dream of being the next Shaun White then you should be staying at rudechalets. Their recently announced partnerships with Burton Snowboards; Xbox 360 and Ubisoft, the developers of the new Shaun White Snowboarding videogame, provide the basis for a week long snowboarding extravaganza.
Great value skiing in Italy
Now in our fourth year, the Just Skiing website has been completely revised helping to make our customer's online experience much easier with lots of information about the wonderful Italian resorts of Courmayeur and La Thuile.
Oozing with Swiss style
Hotel Bella Tola has been heralded as Small Hotel of the Year by Peter and Felice Hardy in the highly acclaimed Hardy’s Skiing & Snowboarding Guide 2009. The Bella Tola oozes Swiss style with its traditionally chic interiors, intimate and luxurious spa, an indoor pool which overlooks the stunning mountains, food to impress the most discerning gourmet and roaring fires throughout, as befits a hotel of this calibre.
Niseko shivers under first blanket of snow
After a couple of false starts, the snow looks to have arrived for good this season with falls almost to village level overnight In Niseko, Powderlife has reported. Skiers and boarders were excited to see the cleared main upper runs of all the Niseko resorts unexpectedly blanketed in white, with partial coverage down to about 600m.
Skiers given unique chance to test latest innovations
Skiers are always striving to find their perfect ski and now Snow+Rock and ski adventure specialists Ski Freshtracks have teamed up to help with this search, offering the chance for skiers to test all the latest skis, on snow, during a ski test weekend in Austria this December.
Ski Safaris – A new way to experience the slopes
French Alps based ski coaching company First Tracks will take coaching on the move this winter (08/09) with a new concept – Ski Safaris. Les 3 Vallées based First Tracks will offer four ski safari options ranging from one day ski safaris by land and air - Jet Safari Day Trip, through to the Ultimate Ski Safari on which the skiers will work their way across the Alps guided by their dedicated coach, every day experiencing a new ski area and each night a different place to enjoy – with their luggage transported to the night stop locations.