International ski rules – that you may or may not know – and the hefty fines for breaking them. Here are some to watch out for on your next ski holiday… Skiing can be an expensive sport without the unexpected extras such as ski fines for rules you might not have known existed. Were you […] The post Watch out! Did you know you could get fined for these ski misdemeanors? appeared first on Fall Line Skiing ..read more

Winter has well set in across South America’s ski resorts, with some of the best conditions in decades. But how to get there, and where to ski? Matt Clark has all the answers… Skiing in South America is a little different to the comfortable, established and easy-access resorts in Europe, the US and Canada: it’s […] The post Six ski resorts worth schlepping to South America for appeared first on Fall Line Skiing ..read more

Katie Bamber goes in search of some off-season thrills in Courchevel in the 3 Vallées Friday 6:30 I’m feeling smug, with no time wasted (or to spare), arriving at St Pancras 35 minutes before my train departs, waking up just half an hour before with the five-mile commute by city-sharing e-bike costing me a fiver […] The post Late-season highs in 3 Vallées appeared first on Fall Line Skiing ..read more

Fourteen days of non-stop snow has brought 567cm (18.7 feet) of snow to Chile’s Ski Portillo. The ski resort hasn’t even opened for business yet, and it’s already surpassed its season average snowfall total of 510cm. But how much snow is too much snow? Originally scheduled to kick off the season on 20 June, the […] The post Snow stacks up in the Andes appeared first on Fall Line Skiing ..read more

I have rarely felt like I could run in a hiking boot, but the Verto Alpine boots absolutely gave me that feeling of liveliness when I first put it on. A combination of a supportive top-layer footbed, a softer foam in the mid-layer and a sole that flexes more than I expected, meant they were […] The post Tried & Tested | The North Face Verto Alpine Gore-Tex boots appeared first on Fall Line Skiing ..read more

Will Robson heads off in search of adventure on a whistle-stop three-day trip exploring a new 17-stage, 275km route in Austria’s largest national park. Cue waterfalls, lofty peaks and schnitzel aplenty along the Panorama Trail Standing near the bottom of the Krimml Falls, in the Hohe Tauern National Park in Austria’s Salzburgerland, I’m being gently […] The post Peaks and Panoramas | Austria’s new 275km hiking Trail appeared first on Fall Line Skiing ..read more

Scottish ultra-adventurer Mark Beaumont shares his tips on how best to bikepack this infamous route – no matter how fast or slow you go Meet the pro Mark Beaumont lives with his family in Edinburgh and is best known for his round-the-world record double: in 2008 he set a record of 194 days for nailing […] The post How to bike the North Coast 500 appeared first on Fall Line Skiing ..read more

The folks at Glenmore Lodge tell us why bikepacking the Cairngorms should be on your list… Ok, so we’re sold on bikepacking, but why the Cairngorms?  We might be bias, being based in the heart of the Cairngorms, but we don’t think there is anywhere that can rival our local tracks and trails. Heading straight […] The post Bikepacking the Cairngorms – why you should do it appeared first on Fall Line Skiing ..read more

Jonny Richards heads east as spring becomes summer for wild horses, fierce volcanoes and laps under a hot sun at the highest ski resort in Turkey There’s no better feeling than the notion that you’ve got ‘awesome’, but most definitely for a fantastic price. Years ago, we even had a Fall Line series planned around […] The post Other-worldly scenery and the best-value adventuring on Earth appeared first on Fall Line Skiing ..read more

The FIS Council convened in Reykjavik, Iceland this week to decide the host cities for the 2029 and 2031 Championships. Matt Garcka tells us the outcome… In Reykjavík on Tuesday 4 June at the latest FIS congress meeting, a decision was made on which resorts will host the 2029 and 2031 FIS Alpine World Ski […] The post FIS Alpine Ski World Championships host venues confirmed appeared first on Fall Line Skiing ..read more