Attacks in Russian ski areas increase
Security in and around Russian ski resorts in the North Caucuses has been heightened following five deaths, including a policeman, and three tourists who were on their way to the Mount Elbrus ski area
Birthdays, ice caves and south bar raves…
I turned 23 this week (Christ!) and have to say a huge thankyou to all the team here for making it a cracking birthday! The girls surprised me with a trip on the Montenvers train to see the glacier – it was absolutely amazing! You can walk right down to the Glacier and wander through...
Canadian ski team want better helmets
Nearing the end of a gruelling season, the new FIS World Downhill champion Erik Guay looked at his Canadian ski team colleagues, a team that has seen eight drop outs through injury, including former World Downhill Champion John Kucera who is having an MRI scan, and voiced doubts about the pace of ski helmet improvements.
Heavy snow forecast for French Alps
A light fall of snow on Saturday night should help with conditions for half-term skiing in the French Alps. However, Monday night looks likely to see quite heavy snowfalls of up to 15cm
Les 2 Alpes best bar?
Working hard as ever we try to always find the best restaurants in town in Les Deux Alpes. An interesting find has been the wonderful Alisier’s right next door to our hotel. However the bar man, being very easy on the eyes, does like to sniff in all the wrong places! All jokes aside this...
Art of Flight movie trailer
This looks like being a bit of an epic from what the trailer is showing. The film's not out until Autumn but I'm sure that they will release some more teasers in the run up to it's release.
Ski Helmets reduce head injuries – new report
The Austrian Department of Sports Science, in Innsbruck, has just published it’s latest findings, showing that wearing helmets reduced adult head injuries by 35% and under 13 year old children’s by 59%. Although there were no new studies for this research, the Department reinterpreted existing studies to arrive at their findings.
New Scottish ski resorts doused in cold water
The recent news that Ben Wyvis may yet become Scotland's sixth ski resort is having a serious amount of cold water poured over it. The Liberal Democrat SMP Jamie Stone was championing proposals from over twenty years ago to develop the Ross-shire mountain.
10 Things I LOVE about Chamonix
The way that Chamonix is surrounded by mountains. Where else can you be look up, nomatter where you are in town, and see Mont Blanc? I always think there’s a kind of apocalyptic quality to the place – like the rest of the world could have been wiped out and we’d be the only ones...
2011 Skiing World Championships – Super G
A 26 year old rank outsider, Italian Christof Innherhofer has taken the World Skiing Championship Super Giant Slalom crown. In fact it was a day for the ‘lesser’ Super G racers on a very icy ‘Kandahar’ course, with the more highly ranked skiiers starting later, as usual, but failing to make a dent on the early leaders times.
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