Disability Snowsport UK (DSUK) have been honoured with the prestigious Every Body Moves powered by Toyota ‘Club of the Month Award’ from ParalympicsGB. 

The award celebrates DSUK’s outstanding and ongoing work to make participation in the exhilarating world of snowsports more accessible and inclusive to the disabled community throughout the UK. read more

The UK’s leading adaptive ski and snowboard charity, Disability Snowsport UK (DSUK), have launched ‘The Big Winter Prize Draw’, as the charity seek to raise essential funds to support grass roots skiing and snowboarding for children and adults with disabilities. read more

The Winter Issue of Skier and Snowboarder is out now…

As a new season dawns, in our latest magazine we take a look back at events that shaped the history of skiing and its resorts, from the first Winter Olympics in Chamonix and how war saw Ski Cooper nurture the state’s early ski industry, to literary links that helped bring Davos to the world’s attention and The Beatles’ impact on Obertauern – as well as seeing what the resorts have to offer for this season’s skiers.  read more

The Ski Club of Great Britain has launched a new membership tier for anyone under the age of 35 that provides all the benefits of the club for less than half the normal cost. For £35pp (instead of £75), the annual membership offers access to hundreds of discounts across all the Ski Club’s partners. read more

On 21 April, Philip Wright, Head of Iglu Ski Sales and Service completed his first ever marathon, in support of Disability Snowsport UK (DSUK). Crossing the line in 3 hours, 53 minutes and 33 seconds, he raised almost £1,800 for Disability Snowsport UK, Iglu Ski’s chosen charity. read more

This winter season, ski and snowboard holiday provider Inghams Ski continued their partnership with young person’s charity Snow Camp. For the second year running, young people from Manchester, London, Birmingham and Glasgow completed a UK-based apprentice scheme with Snow Camp, before travelling to Val d’Isère ski resort in France with Inghams. read more

Bonnie McGhie-Convery taking on the Dip, Dunk, Dook challenge for DSUK

The UK’s leading adaptive snowsports charity, Disability Snowsport UK (DSUK) have just launched a new cold water fundraising challenge, asking winter sports enthusiasts across the country to embrace the chill and help raise vital funds to support adaptive skiers and snowboarders in Britain this winter. read more

The Spring Issue of Skier & Snowboarder is out now – offering a great combination of first person experiences from resorts throughout the world, holiday news, the latest equipment, UK slope and club news and more! read more

PHOTO: Jim Wood, Ski Patrol Manager at Glenshee. © Stevie McKenna

On 10 February 2024, Helly Hansen, the global ski and outdoor brand trusted by professionals, will take part in the third annual International Ski Patrol Day (ISPD) to recognise ski patrollers and their extraordinary work to keep resorts open, safe, and fun for people of all ages and skill levels. read more

PHOTO: ©DSUK

In the second year of fundraising for Disability Snowsport UK (DSUK), a charity whose mission is to open snowsports to all, Iglu skiers and boarders have donated almost ten times the sum raised in the previous, inaugural year of the partnership. read more

This winter Switzerland’s beautiful car-free village of Mürren will host the 100^th anniversary celebrations for the world’s oldest alpine ski racing club, the Kandahar, which was founded by the British in Mürren on 30 January 1924 and still has its HQ there. read more

The UK’s leading adaptive snowsport charity, Disability Snowsport UK (DSUK) have announced a new partnership with eBay, that will see the winter sports charity become the designated charity of the week on the leading global e-commerce platform until 5 November 2023. read more

Snozone is running ski and snowboard school holiday camps during the Summer holidays until the 4 September at its Milton Keynes and Yorkshire snow centres.

The camps are available from Monday to Friday and are suitable for children aged 7-15 years. ‘Base Camps’ cater for beginners and ‘All Mountain’ is for children with a bit more experience on the slope. Freshly made food is also available for the Alpine Kitchens. read more

Loch Insh Outdoor Centre in Scotland, is appealing for help to raise £55,000 to replace its aging artificial slope. The Centre has been awarded grant funding from Highland and Island Enterprise (HIE) and is crowdfunding for the project. Every penny it manages to raise will be matched up to £55,000. read more

An American school bus, specially imported to the UK, is being converted by Jibworx in conjunction with Proslope to create a mobile dry slope with terrain park. This will be the fourth time Jibworx has created a similar mobile set up in the last eight years. read more

Members of the Glenshee ski patrol were among those honoured worldwide on a recent International Ski Patrol Day. Arnie Wilson explains the background to the event which was launched last year

A member of the Glenshee Ski Patrol passes on some advice to Arnie Wilson (right)

How would you cope with someone who has received quite a serious injury from a skiing or snowboarding accident? You probably won’t know until if and when it happens. And hopefully it won’t ever happen. read more

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. read more

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. read more

Eddie ‘the Eagle’ Edwards officially opened the new Tarka Leisure Centre in Barnstaple which includes Devon’s first endless ski slope for indoor skiing, snowboarding and tobogganing.

Eddie takes a run on the endless ski slope

Eddie, who became a popular celebrity after his efforts at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, cut the ribbon at a recent special opening ceremony alongside the Levelling Up Minister Neil O’Brien MP, and then headed straight for the ‘endless’ ski slope, to try it out. read more

Snozone won the ‘Best Sporting Venue’ category at the School Travel Awards for the third time at a recent ceremony held at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London.

Members of the Snozone team pictured receiving their Best Sporting Venue accolade at the School Travel Awards

This is the sixth time Snozone has been in the finals and this year it was up against The London Stadium, Manchester United Museum & Stadium Tour, Silverstone Interactive Museum Northamptonshire, Twickenham Stadium and World Rugby Museum and UK Sailing Academy Isle of Wight. read more