Ski-buzz

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 [...]

On Monday, the French court in Albertville banned British tour operators from guiding customers around the slopes (what we call social skiing). This is disappointing for us and our customers, given that social skiing is all about enhancing our customers’ enjoyment on the slopes. This ruling is the result of an incident which happened last [...]

Austria’s highest ski area has opened for the ‘Winter’ 2012/13 season, despite it still being September. It’s also been announced that the new eight-seater Wildspitzbahn gondola will be opening in October 2012, becoming the highest ski lift in Austria, reaching an altitude of 3440m.

Austrian resorts have always been at the forefront when it comes to upgrading their lifts. This year they’re going one better. The lift companies of Alpbach and Niederau have combined forces to construct a new gondola along with new pistes to link together these two neighbouring ski areas for next season. A new 8 man [...]

It seems like 10 seater gondolas are the be the next big thing across the Alps for the 2012/13 ski season. Although these gondolas have been installed before – you are already able to ride these gondolas at Plan de Corones in Italy (pictured)  and Kitzbühel in Austria, this is the first lift of this kind [...]