Boards

Snowboarding during the winter vacation is popular with youngsters all over the skiing world. Choosing the right board from the range of freeride, freestyle, backcountry and Park/Pipe boards can be daunting for the first timer. Many factors have to be considered such as the user’s weight, height, foot size experience and riding style and these [...]

Skis

A skiing vacation needs a lot of planning not only about where to go but what you need. First time skiers may be confused with the variety of skis available. It may be a good idea to join a ski club and discover the basics of skiing. You could perhaps hire the equipment you need [...]

Mount Snow

First opened in 1954 as a small ski resort with basic facilities, Mount Snow has grown tremendously over the years. From its initial seven trails and four lifts, it now boasts a whopping 145 trails, 23 ski lifts and 757 acres of ski-able land. Facilities have undergone constant upgrades and improvements and there are now [...]

Mount Washington

Mount Washington Ski Resort is situated at the heart of Vancouver Island. It offers great facilities for skiers and boarders and a tubing hill for the young at heart. Its 60 trails are spread out over 1000 acres making them varied and interesting. The easiest way to get to the top of these trails is [...]

Alpine Meadows

If you’re looking for top-notch skiing at a breathtaking location, look no further than Alpine Meadows Ski Area. Located in the Tahoe National Forest on the lake’s north shore, the Alpine Meadows Ski Resort features some 2,400 acres of great ski slopes. With an annual snowfall average of 495 inches and over 100 snow runs, [...]

Dodge Ridge

Dodge Ridge Ski Resort is popular with a wide variety of people. The vast majority of those who come here choose to do so simply because it is the closest resort to their home. However, you may choose to try Dodge Ridge no matter how near or far it is from you. It’s a great [...]

Brian Head

Located in southern Utah and rated as one of the country’s best children and beginner resorts, Brian Head Resort is a great place to go this winter. It is not far from either Las Vegas or Utah’s national park which means you can combine the fun of skiing with several other of life’s pleasures all [...]

Jay Peak

Jay Peak Ski Resort, situated in Vermont’s Green Mountains beside the quaint town of Jay, is renowned for its philosophy of allowing visitors freedom to explore the amazing natural landscape within its boundaries. Austrian Walter Foeger was the first to create ski trails on the slopes of Jay Peak, back in the 1950s. Since then, [...]

Pyha

The Pyha ski resort in Finland is located right on the slopes, in the thick woodland of the Pyhatunturi National Park. Pyha, pronounced “poo-ha” and meaning ‘Holy Hill’ in Finnish, is located on the edge of the Arctic Circle, a wilderness area of dramatic scenery with frozen lakes, snow covered forests and rolling fells. Visitors [...]

Les Deux Alps

Les Deux Alpes means the two Alps and that is exactly where this lovely French ski vacation resort is located – where the Northern and Southern Alps meet. It is the main ski resort in the Dauphine region in the heart of the Oisans massif on the edge of the Ecrins National Park. Les Deux [...]

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