If you've chosen Norway for your skiing holiday, you've almost certainly decided that the adrenaline surge of the Alps is something you can do without. Skiing in Norway has many attractions, but advanced Alpine-style pistes are not one of them. So, a skiing trip to Norway ought to double as a gatewa...

Marmot Spellbound 3-in-1 Jacket - Like 3 jackets in one. With the Marmot Spellbound 3-in-1 Jacket you really do get three jackets in one. So many times these three and one jackets aren’t worth a damn when separated into individual pieces. If they are any good once separated, then they look goo...

This Sunday, February 1, 2009 marks the Second Annual CBIZ Classic USSA Slalom Race presented by the Deep Creek Winter Sports Team. Ski Racers from the Wisp Resort, Seven Springs, Hidden Valley, and Blue Knob will compete on the Squirrel......

In yet another example of why global warming sucks, Denver Parks and Recreation announced yesterday that they are once again postponing the January 24 opening of the Ruby Hill Rail Yard, the nation's only urban ......

The trees on the upper flanks of Mount Mansfield were choked with snow. Spruce and hemlock, their branches sagged beneath a thick mantle that had tumbled out of a Vermont storm two days before. We advanced gingerly along the narrow path between the trunks, knocking showers of crystals off the foliag...

Fish & Pips, Méribel It was only as I arrived at the rustic-plush Chalet du Guide in Méribel that I realised that in my 30-odd ski trips, I'd never done the shared chalet thing. The group chalet takeover yes, but to the catered, per-room model, sharing mountain digs with perfect strang...

On a long journey to the Alps several years ago, as my exhausted head rattled against the window of a transfer coach, it dawned on me that an alternative might exist. As the coach climbed the winding hill to the Italian resort of Sauze d'Oulx, I spotted something glinting in the sunshine, just down ...

Once again, homes and offices across the country are ringing to the sound of plaster casts on carpet and eye-watering tales of skiing and snowboarding accidents. Less amusingly, there have been a number of fatal crashes on the ski slopes this season, most famously a 60mph collision between a German ...

    by Peter Sonnekus-Williams The Saanen hospital received an average of 40 emergencies per day during the recent Christmas-New Year period. Good snow this season has brought with it a spike in ski accidents in comparison with the last two years, where the conditions were not as f...

Slovenia Snow shoe Don your thickest old Christmas socks, strap on a pair of snowshoes and get ready to explore the landscape around iconic Lake Bled, a section of the Julian Alps with some of Europe's loveliest terrain. From the highest point at Mount Triglav, limestone peaks zigzag outwards. Exodu...