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• Revelstoke’s beer festival invites skiers and snowboarders to celebrate end of season in style

  By Skier & Snowboarder on 9th March 2023

  

  Revelstoke Mountain Resort in British Columbia is celebrating the end of the winter season by hosting the Revy Beer Festival. Skiers and snowboarders are often rewarded with great conditions at this time of year as Revelstoke is famous for its overnight snowstorms that occur well into April, making the area ideal for spring skiing. read more

• After a day on the slopes, there’s still plenty on offer in Aspen Snowmass

  By Skier & Snowboarder on 8th March 2023

  

  Aspen Snowmass in Colorado, USA, is offering a host of activities for skiers and snowboarders after a day on the slopes. These range from adventure to cultural experiences and traditional après ski.

  

  Ice skating in front of Limelight Hotel.

  Snowmass has a 54-feet rock climbing wall at Limelight Hotel. This is the tallest indoor climbing wall in Colorado and includes three lanes for simultaneous climbing. For each 30-minute session, climbing shoes and harness, as well as guided supervision, are included. read more

• Upgrades and ease of access makes Axamer Lizum ideal for a ski city break

  By Skier & Snowboarder on 7th March 2023

  

  A new 10-seat cable car in the Austrian resort of Axamer Lizum is now transporting skiers and snowboarders to the top of the mountain in just six minutes. Also new for this season are the kickers and rails installed at the newly designed Golden Roof Park near the Karleitenlift for experienced boarders and freestylers. read more

• Award winning comedy festival heads to Mayrhofen

  By Skier & Snowboarder on 7th March 2023

  

  There’s a chance to combine some end of season skiing and snowboarding with great entertainment during the Altitude Comedy Festival when it returns to the Austrian resort of Mayrhofen from 3 to 7 April 2023. read more

• British freestyle skier Zoe Atkin gets March underway with a silver medal at at the Bakuriani Freestyle World Championships

  By Skier & Snowboarder on 6th March 2023

  

  Zoe Atkin, the 2021 World Championships Halfpipe bronze medalist, delivered a brilliant silver medal winning performance in the Women’s Freeski Halfpipe competition at the Bakuriani Freestyle World Championships at the beginning of March 2023. read more

• Impressive month for GB Snowsports skiers and snowboarders

  By Skier & Snowboarder on 6th March 2023

  

  GB Snowsports athletes added another four podiums during February contributing to what could be become the most successful UK ski and snowboard season in history.

  At the top of the class is Snowboard Cross Crystal Globe holder Charlotte Bankes (pictured). She recorded her second World Cup victory at the Cortina d’Ampezzo World Cup in Italy in early February. It was her first World Cup win in Cortina and moved her up to second in the season’s overall standings, behind Chloé Trespeuch of France. Britain’s Huw Nightingale took 41st place in the men’s races. read more

• The BRITS Snowboard and Freeski championsips return to Cairngorm in April

  By Skier & Snowboarder on 6th March 2023

  

  Britain’s Freestyle Snowsport championships, the BRITS, return to the UK on 1-2 April 2023 and will be hosted on Cairngorm Mountain in Scotland.

  The event, which has previously welcomed current and former British World Cup, World Championships, and Olympic Games athletes including Billy Morgan, Kirsty Muir, and Mia Brookes, will see hundreds of Freestyle athletes compete for the Ellis Brigham British Freeski Championships and the TSA British Snowboard Championships, as well as Banked Slalom and Rail Jam titles. read more

• Skiers and snowboarders can take on the steepest groomed black run in the world

  By Skier & Snowboarder on 5th March 2023

  

  

  Skier & Snowboarder magazine Swiss editor Mark Nicholls takes a Peak Walk.

  Mark Nicholls hits the heights of Glacier 3000 for stupendous views and equally fabulous skiing in Switzerland

  The view from the steel bridge, suspended between two peaks, is stunning.

  Within the 360-degree panorama is the Matterhorn, Mont Blanc, Eiger and Jungfrau…and a flavour of the fabulous skiing below. read more

• Music and film fans invited to Val d’Isère for spring festival of cultural events

  By Skier & Snowboarder on 3rd March 2023

  

  Val d’Isère in France is hosting some cultural events on the slopes this spring.
  Running from the 6 – 9 March is ‘Classicaval’ which returns for the second time this season. The music ‘tells a story of passion in an exceptional mountain setting’. read more

• Val Gardena Spring treats, musical beats, and racing feats

  By Skier & Snowboarder on 2nd March 2023

  

  Val Gardena, part of Italy’s famous Sellaronda ski circuit in The Dolomites, has a selection of events, parties and special offers to close out the 2022/23 season.

  The ‘Rock the Dolomites’ music festival runs from 18-26 March 2023. The programme includes blues, rock ‘n’ roll, rock, pop, reggae, indie and funk. read more

• Bosnia and Herzegovina promises low cost ski and snowboard holidays in a novel destination says Iglu Ski

  By Skier & Snowboarder on 2nd March 2023

  

  Ski and snowboarding trip to Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Dinaric Alps are now available through wintersports travel specialists Iglu Ski

  The two resorts in the Dinaric Alps, the venue for the Sarajevo 1984 Winter Olympics, are proving to be popular with skiers and snowboarders who are attracted by the novelty of the destination and the comparatively low cost of a holiday in snow covered mountains. read more

• Chamonix-Mont Blanc’s spring ski touring event returns and is open to everybody from beginner to expert

  By Skier & Snowboarder on 2nd March 2023

  

  ‘La Trace des Grands’, Chamonix-Mont Blanc’s International Ski Mountaineering and Freeride Event, returns to the French resort for the second time on the 4-5 March 2023.

  Conceived and organised by the Outdoor Legacy Association, this year’s event has three races to choose from following a route above the Argentière basin at the Grands Montets. The courses have been designed to cater for everyone from beginner to expert and allows public access at various strategic points, to create a festival atmosphere. read more

• Free day’s skiing if you wear national dress in Austria’s Zillertal Arena

  By Skier & Snowboarder on 1st March 2023

  

  

  PHOTO: Zillertal Arena

  Austria’s Zillertal Arena ski region has announced that anyone who hits the slopes in traditional Tyrolean dress in the final week of the season can get a four-day lift pass for the price of the three-day option. read more

• Magnificent Mia becomes the youngest British snowboarder to win a Freestyle World Championship

  By Skier & Snowboarder on 1st March 2023

  

  British snowboarder Mia Brookes has twice made history in Bakuriani, Georgia, becoming Britain’s youngest ever Freestyle World Champion in Freestyle Snowboard Slopestyle.

  The 16-year-old from Cheshire (pictured) came into her second final run in silver medal position, but delivered a stunning performance which saw her land the first ever CAB 1440 double grab in a women’s snowboarding competition. That’s four full rotations. The incredible move scored her 91.38 to take a breathtaking World Championship Gold. read more

• George Ezra to perform at Top of the Mountain Spring Concert in Ischgl

  By Skier & Snowboarder on 27th February 2023

  

  

  George Ezra is making his debut at Ischgl’s Spring Concert. PHOTO: Creative Commons – creativecommons.org

  The second Top of the Mountain Spring Concert kicks off in Ischgl, Austria on 30 March 2023, with British singer-songwriter George Ezra making his debut on the legendary ‘Ischgl Stage’.

  The 29-year-old’s repertoire includes well-known hits such as ‘Budapest’, ‘Shot Gun’, ‘Barcelona’ and ‘Blame It On Me’ as well as songs from his new album ‘Gold Rush Kid’. read more

• Fundraising drive to help improve ski and snowboard facilities at Loch Insh in Scotland

  By Skier & Snowboarder on 27th February 2023

  

  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

• All aboard the school bus with a dry slope

  By Skier & Snowboarder on 27th February 2023

  

  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

• ‘Peak of Taste’ back on the Courmayeur menu

  By Skier & Snowboarder on 23rd February 2023

  

  Courmayeur Mont Blanc is welcoming a star-studded line up of Michelin starred chefs and sommeliers this March (2023) for the second edition of ‘Peak of Taste’. Joining forces with local chefs, five internationally acclaimed chefs will create a series of events showcasing the very best of Aosta Valley’s produce and Northern Italy’s traditional cuisine. read more

• Carrick-Smith twins star in Pila

  By Skier & Snowboarder on 21st February 2023

  

  British ski racer Robert Holmes provides a round up of the January racing scene

  The January ski racing calendar was extremely busy.

  The New Year race scene started off with British children’s races in Austria with Ambition Ski Racing academy run races at Hinterreit and The British Ski Academy Anglo Scottish Championships in Pila, Italy. read more

• Flaine hosts British Schoolgirls Races

  By Skier & Snowboarder on 21st February 2023

  

  The British Schoolgirls Races (30 & 31 Jan 2023) returned to Flaine after a three-year absence for its 62^nd event.

  

  Two competitors battle it out during the British Schoolgirls Races.

  The competition, organised by the Ladies Ski Club, attracted 143 girls from 26 schools who competed over two days in excellent conditions in front of a large crowd of spectators including teachers, parents, coaches and a guest appearance by former British Racer and Olympian Chemmy Alcott. read more

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