Ski-buzz

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 [...]

In just over a week’s time the world’s best freestyle skiers and boarders will descend on the resort of Tignes to compete in the X Games Europe 2013 4th edition. This will showcase 150 of the best freestylers in this incredible three day event. The X Games Europe has been developed from the annual American [...]

The hotelleriesuisse association has awarded Hotel Les Sources des Alpes superior five-star status – the top official star category in Switzerland. The luxury hotel is steeped in history and its gourmet restaurant “La Malvoisie” holds 15 out of 20 Gault-Millau points.

The ten-day long 15th annual TELUS World Ski & Snowboard Festival is getting underway at Whistler. The Festival, which runs from April 16 to 25 is traditionally the biggest snow event on the planet in late April each year, and this season has the double bonus of being the ultimate after-party after the Olympics, and [...]

Thanks to good snowfall throughout the 2009/10 winter season, Mammoth Mountain in California has announced that it will extend its winter operations for daily skiing and riding to July 4, 2010. Mammoth Mountain has received over 41 feet (493 inches) of snowfall this season including more than three feet of snow in the first week [...]