Eurostar Extends Ski Train Service for 2025-26 Winter Season, Offering Brits Easier Access to French Alps Ski holidays in the French Alps just got easier for UK travelers. Eurostar has announced the return and expansion of its popular Eurostar Snow train service for the 2025-26 winter season, allowing passengers to reach top ski destinations without flying or navigating complex transfers. Starting December 20, 2025, and running through March 28, 2026, the Eurostar Snow service will run […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | July 31, 2025 0 Comments
Baby Survives 160-Foot Fall Down Mountain at Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis Ski Resort, Austria A 10-week-old baby sustained non-life-threatening injuries in the Austrian Alps after their baby carriage rolled down a mountain slope around 12.55 p.m. on July 14. According to Austrian police, the incident occurred while the 23-year-old mother was hiking with the baby and the father in the Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis area of the Tyrolean Alps. The mother stopped to open a gate when the stroller […] Crash Joseph Kaufmann | July 28, 2025 0 Comments
Top 7 Most Unexpected Animals Seen on the Slopes Like any outdoor activity humans participle in, from time to time we tend to come in contact with the original inhabitants of the area we choose to make our playground. Many ski resorts are on national forests, and in those dense, often remote areas one can run into some pretty striking wildlife. In fact, Colorado’s White River National Forest is […] Brains Joseph Kaufmann | July 9, 2025 0 Comments
[PHOTOS] 12″ of Summer Snow Blankets the European Alps A rare summer cold front swept across the Alps overnight, blanketing mountains in snow and sending temperatures tumbling well below seasonal norms. The weather event, which began late July 7 and continued into July 8, brought snow to elevations as low as 7,500 feet (2,300 meters). Related: 11 Ski Areas are Still Open in the Northern Hemisphere Meteorological data confirmed […] Steven Agar | July 8, 2025 0 Comments
Helicopter Crash Claims One Life in Remote Swiss Alpine Region A helicopter crash in the high-altitude Fusshörner region of the Swiss Alps has left a 51-year-old Swiss man dead, Valais authorities confirmed Saturday, June 28. The helicopter, which was traversing the Oberaletsch Glacier at the time, came to a sudden halt on its side after an unexplained impact with the ground, according to Valais cantonal police. The aircraft, operated by […] Crash Joseph Kaufmann | July 2, 2025 0 Comments
Ski Duo Breaks Speed Record on Mont Blanc, Skiing All 4 Faces and Climbing 24,000 Vertical Feet in Stunning 21 Hours Record-setting alpinist Benjamin Védrines, 32, and partner Nicolas Jean recently conquered all four of Mont Blancs incredible faces in an impressive 21 hours. While that accomplishment might be incredible enough, the fact that these two mountaineers conquered the amazing feat in June makes it even more astonishing. Mont Blanc, sitting at an elevation of 15,777 feet, hold snow near its […] Climbing Joseph Kaufmann | June 19, 2025 0 Comments
Canadian Wildfire Smoke Crosses the Atlantic, Affecting Air Quality Index Across Europe Summer is officially here, meaning longer days, drier conditions, and warmer weather. While all of those factors make for a great day on the beach, it can wreak havoc on North America’s drier areas, especially the prairie provinces of Canada such as Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. I currently reside in Michigan, a state not commonly associated with wildfires due to […] Fire Joseph Kaufmann | June 11, 2025 0 Comments
Vail Resorts Adds Another 2 Austrian Resorts to the Epic Pass Offering Unmatched European Access Ski and ride Mayrhofen and Hintertux in Austria’s famous Zillertal ski region with Epic Pass Epic Passes are on sale now at the lowest price of the year ($1,051) through May 26 BROOMFIELD, Colo., May 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Vail Resorts today announced that Epic Pass is expanding its resorts in Austria with Mayrhofen and Hintertux joining the lineup beginning with […] Industry News Press Release | May 23, 2025 0 Comments
The Women Speed Riders of Chamonix Speed riding is essentially skiing but with wings. You clip into your skis, strap on a small glider, and take off. The glider or ‘wing,’ as it is referred, lifts, the skis carve, and gravity does the rest. It’s fast. It’s light. And when done right, it looks like flight sculpted in real time; the ability to glide only inches […] Martin Kuprianowicz | April 28, 2025 0 Comments
Last Week’s Level 5 Avalanche Rating in Europe Was Extremely Rare The April 2025 storm, which dumped over three feet (one meter) of snow in 48 hours in parts of France, Switzerland, and Italy, prompted authorities to declare level 5 avalanche danger in several Alpine regions. Contrary to popular belief, a level 5 rating is rare and seldom used. Related: Record-Breaking Snow Totals in Switzerland as 89″ Falls in 2 Days […] Avalanche AvyBrains | April 22, 2025 0 Comments
Skiing and Whiskey, a History Lesson Throughout the history of skiing, people have never ceased to innovate and find new ways to have fun sliding on snow. From the first primitive designs used for transportation and hunting to the first metal bindings, the development of the twin tip and the snowboard, camber, rocker, carbon, etc. However, long before these high-tech developments, people wanted to combine some […] Friday Fun Jack Conroy | April 13, 2025 0 Comments
Courmayeur, Italy, Report: The Secret Zone Chutes Report from March 7, 2025 On my last full day in Courmayeur, Italy, I decided on a secret zone I’d found the week before. It hosts north-facing terrain and holds recrystallized powder (I hoped). The trip out there wasn’t bad but the skin took me longer than anticipated. It takes about 1.5 hours to the top. I had a plethora […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 11, 2025 0 Comments
La Thuile, Italy, Report: 37,500 Skiable Acres, 94-Miles of Trails, 4,728 Vertical Feet, 39 Ski Lifts, 2 Countries Report from March 7, 2025 On Friday of last week, we skied La Thuile ski resort in La Thuile, Italy. La Thuile, Italy, is part of the Espace San Bernardo ski area, which connects to La Rosière ski area in France. Related: Ski Resorts Where You Can Ski or Board in 2 Countries in 1 Day The first thing we […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 10, 2025 0 Comments
Courmayeur, Italy, Report: Day #2 in the “Alaskan Velvet Snow” on Tête d l’Ane Report from March 5, 2025 On Tuesday I had a conundrum. My wife is in town and I need to ski with her and there is powder out in them thar hills… The compromise reached was that I’d run out and ski one run in the powder zone, then go backcountry skiing with her in the afternoon. I blasted up […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 10, 2025 0 Comments
Courmayeur, Italy, Report: The Tête du Grand Mont Couloir Report from March 4, 2025 There’s a chute the looms over the town of Courmayeur and the ski resort. We can see it from Martin’s house, from town, Dolonne, the ski resort, the Skyway, and just about everywhere else. We knew we had to ski it. Motivations and conditions appeared to line up on Monday and we set out. 4 […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 9, 2025 0 Comments
Courmayeur, Italy, Report: Skiing “Alaskan Velvet” In Terrific Terrain A Week After The Storm Report from March 3, 2025 Yesterday, Marco and his buddy Shanty took me to a new side-country area at Courmayeur Ski Resort in Italy. The zone holds nothing but couloirs. It hasn’t snowed in a week but this zone is holding delectable Alaskan Velvet (recrystallized snow). We got excited as we started up and felt the good snow. Our original […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 5, 2025 0 Comments
Courmayeur, Italy, Report: Amazing New Terrain, Powder, Wind, & Old Friends Report from February 26 & 27, 2025 Thursday and Friday at Courmayeur Ski Resort, Italy, were powder days. Thursday we ventured into a new sidecountry zone I hadn’t been to before. Twice! Friday we returned to that zone and went back to our old side-country zones only to find them getting blasted by 50mph winds. Thursday was surprisingly deep in […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 2, 2025 0 Comments
Skyway Monte Bianco, Italy, Report: The Craziest Thing I’ve Ever Done = My First & Last Time Ever Speed Flying Report from February 27, 2025 On Friday, we headed up the Skyway Monte Bianco in Courmayeur, Italy in the afternoon. My old California Ski Team buddy, Big Z, was in town. He’s a professional tandem speed flying and paragliding pilot. He talked me into a speed flight with him which is completely against my rules. No human flight. I’ve just […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 2, 2025 0 Comments
Courmayeur, Italy, Report: Powder Skiing in Terrain that Dreams are Made of Report from February 26, 2025 Yesterday was a powder day here in Italia. We started the day with 2 lower mountain runs on the spectacular Skyway Monte Bianco. Skyway was fun but the upper mountain was fogged-in and the lower mountain was deep dust-on-crust. From there we hopped the fence over to Courmayeur ski resort and found good powder. Then […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 27, 2025 0 Comments
Skyway Monte Bianco, Italy, Report: Deep Dust on Crust On Spectacular Terrain At The End Of The Storm Report from February 26, 2025 Yesterday morning we awoke to new snow in Courmayeur, Italy We elected to start on the legendary Skyway Monte Bianco hoping for a bit of sunshine. The mountains had other plans. The upper mountain was socked in so we snuck out of the mid-station for a lower mountain lap. We tried the Val Veny side […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 27, 2025 0 Comments
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