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Extend the season

Any skier would kill to find some way to extend the winter months and have a few more days on the slopes. It’s always a depressing time when spring comes around and you have to put your gear away into self storage… But if global warming is real, then the chances are that our skiing season is only going to get shorter and shorter – unless resorts take the advice of a Scottish professor who says we should wrap More

Figuring out what to pack for your ski vacation

Figuring out what to pack for your vacation is difficult. Unlike a simple holiday at an auberge de jeunesse Amsterdam, this difficulty increases even more if you are going on a ski vacation. The problem arises not from what the items you are packing in your bag but in figuring out how to pack your skis as they do not fit easily into suitcases. The problem further accelerates if you are travelling to your destination by air.

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The Longest Ski Runs of the World

Today skiing has become a very popular sport and many ski enthusiasts are always on the lookout for some challenge in one way or the other during their ski holidays. There are also those enthusiasts who are eager to try skiing on some of the world’s longest ski runs so that they can enjoy their skiing adventure. Some of the world’s longest ski runs are listed below, so that those who are adventurous enough can try them out and have More

Learn the art of skiing

Skiing is an excellent adventure sport and hobby which forces an adrenaline rush in the body and gives the ultimate amount of excitement. Anyone can try skiing, but it may not as easy as it may seem to be. It is an art and as aesthetically appealing as a painting, such as one by Caroline Shotton or Debra Stroud, and most avid skiers look to it as a passion rather than a mere sport. Skiing basically involves using a pair More

Lake Louise Is the Place for Skiers

Lake Louise is located just 90 highway minutes away from the Calgary International Airport. This place is situated in the heart of the Canadian Rockies. The Canadian resort has a lot to offer for those tourists who are looking for good ski holidays. Not only is the accommodation in this area of good standard but the place offers a lot of variety of sports that one could enjoy or participate in at this place. There is aprés-ski also instead More

Skiing news!

Olympic champion Vancouver Victoria Rebensburg (GER) won the giant slalom in Sölden (Av), the first start of the season in the World Cup. 21-year-old German, whose first victory in the European Cup in Bansko in 2007, was third in the first round with 1:12,19 minutes, but the present perfect in the second and took the victory with a total time of 2:26,39 min race was under almost complete domination of German. Two remained world champion since 2009 Catherine Hyoltsal (GER). More

Exclusive Snowboarding Time

Come November and everyone starts taking out their gear to ready themselves up for the snowboarding season. The chill in the air and the howling wind are signs that winter is on its way and when there is winter there is snow. The entire snowboarding fraternity swoops down on the lovely resorts up on the peaks of the mountains and dedicatedly concentrates on honing their skills. No other major activities are planned at these destinations other than skiing and snowboarding.

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Snowboarding at Big Bear

It had been a real dull week with college and work both taking up twenty hours of my day. Work was hectic because of Christmas just around the corner, I was wondering “who says there is a recession?” Finally, Friday night came and I bundled up my snowboarding gear and jumped into my Nissan Altima to make a dash over to Big Bear for a little ski holiday of my own. The drive took about just under two hours and More

O’ Canada–O’ Sun Peaks Resort

British Columbia has a little town treasure trove in the form of Sun Peaks Resort only forty five minutes from Kamloops. Come winters and the family and I eagerly jostle our way to the alpine village which has the resort neatly tucked away in its midst. With the barometer reaching -1 in the month of April lug your snowboard up to 2152 meters to reach the peak of Mt. Tod. Covering an expanse of 3,678 acres of terrain, it the More

Tignes, France

Tignes is the number one snowboarding resort in the world simply because this place gives you everything that you can possibly need for the best trip ever. From amazing and renomated hotels to extremely beautiful off track places to snowboard this place is preferred by thousands of tourists and attracts more and more visitors every year.

The place is exactly what you can possibly want from a snowboarding trip -the beautiful off piste areas are situated at the top of More