Frontier Ski, who have been offering tailor-made ski holidays to Canada for more than 30 years, has announced a competition to win a free ski holiday in Panorama Mountain Resort, BC for the upcoming 2024–25 season. Working in partnership with Panorama and Air Canada, Frontier Ski’s competition offers a chance to win a 7-night ski holiday for two at Panorama Mountain Resort. This prize includes accommodation at The Approach hotel, return flights, transfers, and six-day lift passes. Nestled in the breathtaking Purcell Mountains, Panorama offers diverse terrain suitable for all skill levels. Posi ..read more

“Giganti di Roccia e Ghiaccio” – the newest solo exhibition of mountain painter Martina Diez-Routh will be exhibited at the Biblioteca di Morgex, in the Aosta Valley, from 30th July until 03rd August 2024. Italo-British-Argentine born Martina Diez-Routh is a London-based painter who creates colourful artworks in soft pastels and charcoal. Her work centres on the grandeur of the mountains as inspired by many years of living in the mountains of Colorado and Argentina and many trips to the Italian Alps. Martina also works for the ski industry. This is the second solo exhibition of Martina focusi ..read more

Sun Peaks Resort in British Columbia are building a permanent ski and snowboard cross course this summer ready for the coming winter. The resort is working with local business Powder Ventures Excavating Ltd to construct the course on their Sundance Mountain with a team comprised of Sun Peaks Resort and Powder Ventures employees and contractors working on the course. “Our organizing committee is ecstatic about this announcement,” says Nancy Greene Raine, Canada’s Female Athlete of the 20th Century and Sun Peaks resident. “We’ll have less worries about the weather cooperating (to build the cour ..read more

Australian ski areas have had a challenging start to the 2024 season with limited snowfall to date meaning all have only been able to open less than half of their slopes so far. However there is a promising sign this week with up to 50cm fresh snow falling after a dry fortnight or so and up to 50cm in total expected by the weekend. “If you’ve been feeling the cold, it’s nice and chilly here at Falls Creek. It’s a high of -3 degrees today so rug up and get out here on the slopes” said Betony Pitcher, Falls Creek Field Marketing Manager. “We’ve had freezing cold temperatures with this polar bla ..read more

Skiers are being primed to watch out for good deals across the internet tomorrow and Wednesday (16th and 17th July), with online ski holiday travel agency Heidi launching its own ‘Free Ski Hire for Kids’ deal for snow loving grommets and their families to take advantage of. Launching tomorrow (Tuesday 16th July), customers can save up to £79 per child (based on an example of 7-nights in Austria (6 days of ski hire). “If you’ve got two kids in a family, you’re well on your way to paying for a ski pass with the savings! So, with deals bounding across the internet this week, we say step away from ..read more

The famously fearless Italian downhill ski racing superstar Sofia Goggia has returned to skiing at the Passo Stelvio summer ski area near Bormio. The Italian champion chose the Stelvio Glacier to get back on skis after a tibial plateau fracture in February and a challenging recovery journey. “I feel better every day; skiing on Stelvio feels like coming home,” said Goggia. There were no Olympic or World Championship medals at stake, but seeing Sofia Goggia back on skis at the Stelvio glacier, smiling, just five months after fracturing her tibial plateau, was a special moment. The good news c ..read more

A new ski centre is set to open in South Wiltshire next month. The South Wilts Ski Club has converted a former tractor workshop at Bapton, between Salisbury and Warminster and installed a conveyor ski slope. Local media reports that the conveyor ski slope machine supplied by Dutch company Maxxtracks has now been installed and a full-time ski instructor hired with opening day set for August 5th. Conveyor ski slopes operate in a similar way to a runners treadmill. The dry ski slope surface continually moves up towards the descending skier so they can ski for as long as they like without taking a ..read more

This week, Inghams Ski launched their Eurostar Snow train packages for the 2024/25 season, providing a convenient and sustainable travel option to France. Operated by Eurostar, these packages—highly popular last year—serve the Val d’Isère, Tignes, and Les Arcs ski areas. As a leading advocate for the revival of the original ‘Ski Train,’ which ceased operations due to the Covid pandemic, Inghams Ski has tripled their allocation of seats on the new Eurostar Snow train in response to high demand. Bookings open from 9th July 2024, with the train running from 21st December 2024 to 22nd February 202 ..read more

Les 2 Alpes will unveil a replacement to its key Jandri Express lift this coming winter, with an ultra modern, 3S style lift dramatically cutting ascent times up to 3,200m from 40 minutes for the current lift, to 17 minutes from this coming season on. Les 2 Alpes is in the final week of its 7 month long ski season and since early-May has been the only French area in continual operation since last autumn. Next Monday, July 8th, the cable of the existing Jandri Express lift which has served the resort since the 1980s will be cut, starting the countdown to the opening of the new Jandri for the wi ..read more

Scandinavia’s premium mountain apparel brand, Peak Performance, is set to ignite the freeride spirit in the UK with the launch of its first-ever UK store. Nestled in the bustling heart of London, Peak Performance’s new concept store will open its doors at 49 Long Acre, Covent Garden, on Friday, September 27, 2024. This exciting expansion marks a significant milestone for the brand, known for its premium technical ski and outdoor wear. A New Landmark in Covent Garden Peak Performance’s new Covent Garden location is a landmark opening, marking the brand’s first retail presence in the UK. The 155 ..read more