Ski-buzz

As the season draws to a close and most of the resorts start turning their chair lifts off for the summer, we’re going to look at the big winners from last season (2011/12) as voted by our customers. Our awards cover the best holiday destination, where the best value is and where’s best to avoid [...]

This week’s headlines: Late season snowfall Snow returns to the Alps Western Canada – up to 80cm in 75 days Austria There’s been a snow report of up to 75cm of fresh fall from Austria in the past seven days, with the biggest falls from Sunday to Tuesday.  A large number of ski areas received at [...]

This Week’s Headlines Snow returns to the Pyrenees Snow back in the Alps North America continues its late surge Austria Our snow report kicks off with great news; snow is back in the Austrian Alps and the accumulations are getting bigger. Obertauern, where The Beatles filmed their ski scenes in the movie ‘Help’ nearly 50 [...]

This week’s headlines Soldeu and Arabba fight it out for highest fresh snowfall Fernie takes title for Canada’s deepest snow Colorado slopes finally looking healthy Austria Austria has definitely been the snowiest part of the Alps over the past week and many resorts have seen between 15-30cm of fresh snow in the past 72 hours. [...]

This Week’s Headlines Niseko, Japan is the snowiest resort in world. Colorado snowiest in US, at last. Nearly 6m (20ft) of snow in the Pyrenees, the world’s deepest snowbase. Engelberg hits 5m base depth – first in the Alps. Austria The snow is starting to fall again in Austria after a fairly dry week which [...]