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Skiers and snowboarders willing to spend more this season despite cost-of-living challenges says Club Med survey
Despite the current economic climate, there still remains a real appetite for ski holidays according to Club Med’s annual ski report, The Economy of Ski: The Financial Factors Impacting the Upcoming Season.
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Val Gardena continues to bolster its legendary and historic attractions
New attractions and improvements await skiers and snowboarders visiting the Italian resort of Val Gardena this season. The area, which includes the villages of Ortisei, S. Cristina and Selva, has access to 500 km of slopes.
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First chair celebrates official opening of Colorado Ski Country USA ski season
The 2022-23 Colorado Ski Country USA ski season is officially open. Skiers and snowboarders celebrated getting back on the slopes recently when Arapahoe Basin’s Black Mountain Express chairlift broke through a banner announcing the ski area was open for business.
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Will skiers and snowboarders be using lift passes made of wood in the future? ‘Yes’ says Chemmy Alcott
A new eco-friendly ‘pay-as-you-go’ lift pass that the manufacturers claim will save skiers and snowboarders money, time and hassle, has been endorsed by former British ski racer and Olympian Chemmy Alcott (on the right of this photo). -
What’s new? The 22/23 ski and snowboard season in the Austrian Tirol
Culinary Craft Tours in Innsbruck
New Culinary Craft Tours invite participants to embark on a journey of discovery through Innsbruck. Offered in German and English, the tours highlight small and medium-sized producers from the city and the surrounding region, with a focus on regional beers, alcoholic drinks, and non-alcoholic beverages. -
Mister Dancehall to headline Ischgl’s opening of the season concert
The 2022/23 ski and snowboard season in Ischgl starts with the ever popular ‘Top of the Mountain Opening Concert’ on 26 November 2022. The live concert will kick off at 6 pm in front of an atmospheric nocturnal mountain backdrop.
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New surface awaits skiers and snowboarders at Tallington Lakes outdoor dry slope
Tallington Lakes first opened its leisure facilities to the public 40 years ago, and five years later, the 120m dry ski slope was added to the growing leisure park.
The slope has now been fitted with a brand-new Proslope surface which claims to offer the closest artificial surface to mimic ‘snow-like’ conditions. Skiers and snowboarders will be able to enjoy the new surface, which includes a shock absorption layer, from November 2022. -
Kick off the winter season with a film packed with a star studded cast of skiers
There is still time for wintersports enthusiasts to book a ticket to the UK Premiere of ‘Anywhere From Here’, the latest ski movie from Matchstick Productions. It is being screened in conjunction with Holmlands at the luxurious Mayfair Hotel in Central London on Thursday 27 October 2022.
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Latest issue of the Skier & Snowboarder magazine hits the streets
The Winter 2022 issue of theis now available.
Pick up a free printed copy at your local ski and snowboard store or slope (while stocks last).
Or you can read the online version by CLICKING HERE
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Raccoon announces new London ski and snowboard show in partnership with Evening Standard Live
Raccoon Media Group, the company behind The National Snow Show Birmingham, has announced that it is launching National Snow Week and The London Snow Show in partnership with Evening Standard Live in 2023.
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DSUK teams up with the Skier & Snowboarder magazine
The opportunities offered by Disability Snowsport UK (DSUK) will now be a regular feature on the Skier & Snowboarder magazine website.CEO Virginia Anderson (pictured here) provides an introduction into the charity organisation’s activities and how DSUK can enhance the lives of skiers and snowboarders who want to get on the piste
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OGIO launches new ski and snowboard range in time for this season
OGIO, the premium active lifestyle company, has released a new range of ski and snowboard products in a distinctive seasonal-inspired pattern design for winter sport fanatics this season. The Snowflake-patterned range, a new blue and white colour combination, includes four products.
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Introducing British racers Robert and Charlotte Holmes
PHOTO: @amarcster.sport
The Skier & Snowboarder magazine has joined forces with British ski racers Robert and Charlotte Holmes to provide readers with a more comprehensive coverage of the ski racing scene.
The brother and sister team will be supplying regular news and views on training and racing from grass roots level up to the UK’s elite athletes. Their reports will appear in the racing section of the Skier & Snowboarder website.
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Ellis Brigham, GORE-TEX and Grangers team up to repair your ski and snowboard gear during October
The GORE-TEX Gear Tour will be at Ellis Brigham stores in Covent Garden, London (16 October); Manchester (20 October); and Glasgow (22 October).
The GORE-TEX brand team will offer wash and care advice with support from Grangers, along with GORE-TEX garment repairs for those looking to bring life back to their favourite gear.
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The Zermatt-Cervinia World Cup Downhill 2022: All you need to know
The Zermatt Cervinia World Cup Downhill race will start in Switzerland and finish in Italy
Ed Mannix of the Zermatt-based Matterhorn Chalets talks to Iain Martin about the World Cup Downhill races taking place in Zermatt and Cervinia in October and November – the first time in FIS history a cross border competition has taken place
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MD of Nevis Range, shortlisted for business leader of the year award
Chris O’Brien, MD of Nevis Range
Chris O’Brien, the MD of the Nevis Range Mountain Experience in Scotland has been shortlisted for the Business Leader of the Year at the 2022 Highland Business Awards.
Chris’s role includes overseeing all business operations from large partnership opportunities with global brands to day-to-day customer-oriented matters. He was previously Destination Manager for The Outdoor Capital of the UK where he helped increase the reputation of Fort William and Lochaber as a highland tourism hotspot.
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Ski world cup racing squad members take action to save season after UK sport withdraws funding programme
British skiers Dave Ryding, Charlie Guest, Charlie Raposo, Billy Major and Laurie Taylor jointly launched a Crowdfunding Campaign on 14 August in an effort to keep their dreams of success alive following a decision by UK sport to withdraw funding for Alpine, Cross-Country and Para Nordic athletes as the organisation deem the three disciplines to not be investible for World Class Programme support.
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Ski and snowboard holidays by train – Travelski Express adds three new resorts to its list
Travelski Express has added more packages to its programme and now includes the popular resorts of Val Thorens, Courchevel and La Rosiere.
Val Thorens
Skiers and snowboarders can choose between a range of accommodation in the three resorts with deals starting at £646 pp for a week in La Rosière – this price includes return direct Eurostar train travel, accommodation, local area lift pass and transfers to/from accommodation.
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Ski and snowboard areas in Andorra unite under one pass covering more than 300km of piste
All the ski areas in Andorra will be available on one lift pass this winter offering skiers and snowboarders more than 300km (190 miles) of slopes.The Grandvalira pass is a culmination of expansion and amalgamation of all of Andorra’s ski areas which are sandwiched between France and Spain in the Pyrenees.
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Zermatt joins list of glaciers temporarily closed for ski and snowboard activities because of ‘unprecedented’ high temperatures
The Swiss resort of Zermatt has temporarily suspended year-round skiing and snowboarding on its glacier due to high temperatures in the Alps during Spring and Summer.
The slopes have been open daily for many years now, except for a break of about three months at the start of the worldwide pandemic in spring 2020.