Skiing

The Hotel Aalborg, in Les Deux Alpes

A ski break doesn't have to be a guilt trip

Parents with toddlers can feel comfortable about taking 'me' time at this French resort, says Susie Mesure

Inside Skiing

America's Epic Pass offers a jam-packed ski holiday of a lifetime

Saturday, 20 March 2010

The pass covers some of America's most famous and varied resorts

All you need on the slopes is a bit of Back-Up

Sunday, 14 March 2010

As the Winter Paralympics open in Vancouver, Colin Nicholson goes to Are, Sweden, where even serious spinal injury is no barrier

M�ribel: A very British ski resort

Saturday, 13 March 2010

Plenty of UK skiers visit M�ribel each year, but there's still something special about this part of France

Snow Report: The land of the rising sun is also the place to go for powdery snow

Sunday, 7 March 2010

Alongside the established ski resorts in the brochures, new locations are tested each season. In the past few decades we've seen Turkey, Alaska, India, Poland, Germany, and even South Korea appear on the novelty list. Most recently, Japan, and particularly the resort of Niseko (niseko.ne.jp), is the long-haul, unusual destination of choice.

Join the Tatra pack

Saturday, 27 February 2010

Skiers can expect low costs and high excitement in Slovakia

Snow report: St Moritz is where it all began – but it's not where it has to end

Sunday, 21 February 2010

St Moritz is where winter sports holidays began in 1864, and the world famous resort has dominated its south-eastern corner of Switzerland ever since.

Megève: Less is more for chic French skiing

Saturday, 20 February 2010

Megève is steeped in ski heritage, but this smart resort has few British winter visitors. Stephen Wood relishes the upmarket ambience

Jail threat to skiers who go too far off-piste

Tuesday, 9 February 2010

Italy expected to rush through legislation after deadly weekend on slopes leaves eight dead.

Snow report: It's all quiet on Whistler's pistes – but are there any rooms left?

Sunday, 7 February 2010

When the resort of Whistler opened 40 years ago, its dream was to host the Winter Olympics.

Best for reluctant downhillers: Sainte Foy

Saturday, 6 February 2010

I have to admit that I'd never enjoyed skiing. So the prospect of our first "family" trip to the Alps, with all its potential for hellish whingeing from frozen, bruised children, left me feeling distinctly – well – chilly. And why blame the children? Let's face it, zooming down icy mountains at breakneck speed just isn't my thing. With a string of disaster stories behind me I was horrified I'd be unmasked to my offspring as a quivering, lily-livered wreck, at least when faced with a snow-covered slope, unable to subsume my own fears and grumbles for the benefit of their holiday enjoyment. After all, what kind of a mother am I?

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