Ski-buzz

Some of the biggest gondolas in the world are under construction ahead of the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi in 2014. Austrian company Doppelmayr are already working on 20 lift projects in Sochi to install the ski lift infrastructure ahead of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games. This includes a giant ’3S’ style gondola which which [...]

Flying over the groomed pistes, avoiding the queues and experiencing an adrenaline rush on untouched snow; it’s not difficult to see why Heli-skiing is becoming more and more popular, particularly as a day trip package. The ability to access previously inaccessible terrain is enough to excite most of us who love skiing. However, opinion is divided when [...]

Every now and then something happens that makes the ski industry sit up and take notice. The Russian ski area of Sochi winning the Olympics 2014 winter games was one such event. New for 2011-12, Crystal Ski will be offering a number of ski holidays allowing UK skiers to be among the first to ski the new [...]

The UK’s mixed weather (let’s be honest July has been a bit of a let down) might be enough to send you overseas in search of warmer shores but in Crystal Ski HQ  things for the new ski season are really starting to hot up. In reality the Crystal Ski winter season never truly closes [...]

Senior members of the Russian Olympic Organising Committee were in Austria last month to witness a demonstration of the IDE all weather snow-making system. The Russians are looking at ways to prevent any danger of a repeat of the issues faced by Cypress Mountain in British Columbia last winter.