Top 11 European Ski Lodges Today we are heading across to Europe to take a look at the ‘créme-de-la-créme’ of European ski lodges. Although, you should probably not call it a lodge over there and rather a hotel. So here they are, the best eleven European ski hotels. Palace Les Airelles Courchevel, Courchevel, France Looking like something out of a Grimm’s fairy tale, the […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | November 23, 2022 3 Comments
And the World’s Ski Award Goes To… Last weekend the World Ski Awards were presented for the 10th time, with awards given to ‘Best Resort’ as well as ‘Best Hotel’ with a few sub-categories, both on the international as well as national levels. The awards were launched in 2013 by the brains behind World Travel Awards. World Ski Awards uses a voting system with votes sourced from […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | November 23, 2022 0 Comments
Where to Catch the Action: 2023 Freeride World Tour Calendar The Freeride World Tour ‘FWT’ is coming into its 16th season in winter 22/23. The tour will have five stops: Canada, Spain, Andorra, Austria, and Switzerland. Here are the dates if you are keen to watch some of your favorite freeride athletes, like US snowboarders Blake Moller or Erika Vikander. January 13-18, 2023 Kicking Horse, BC, Canada The tour kicks […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | October 13, 2022 0 Comments
Chief of Swiss Mountain Guide Association Says COVID-19 Lockdown to Blame for Spike in Avalanche Deaths 14 people have died in avalanches in Switzerland this winter. Eight of those deaths were in the last weekend alone. Switzerland averages eight avalanche fatalities every winter. Related: VIDEO: Intense Rescue of Jones Snowboards Rider Buried 3-Feet Deep After Avalanche in Tahoe Backcountry The Swiss Moutain Guide Association’s chief Pierre Mathey believes that COVID-19 lockdown has something to do with […] Avalanche Martin Kuprianowicz | January 22, 2021 41 Comments
World’s Highest Elevation Zip Line Opens in Switzerland [arve url="https://youtu.be/MjXOGJ4u9-c"] Liam Abbott | December 17, 2020 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Freeride World Tour Announces 2021 Season Snow has started to fall in parts of Europe and North America, and that means that winter is not far off. In a normal year, freeskiers also know that means the announcement of the Freeride World Tour. This was not a normal year, to say the least. There was a lot of mystery this year surrounding the tour and if […] Industry News Ryan Flynn | October 2, 2020 0 Comments
A Look at the 2021 Freeride World Tour The global pandemic has put a wrench in the plans of almost everything out there, including the Freeride World Tour (FWT). As most know the tour had to cancel the Verbier Xtreme, the last stop on the tour, last season due to the ramp-up of COVID-19. With major US sports leagues coming back to play there is hope that there […] Industry News Ryan Flynn | August 21, 2020 0 Comments
Terrifying VIDEO: Woman Being Dug Out of Avalanche in Verbier, Switzerland View this post on Instagram A post shared by Victor Liebenguth (@victorliebenguth) This video shows us a person being dug out of an avalanche in Verbier, Switzerland on January 30th, 2020. The avalanche danger was HIGH (4/5) this day. Lets all watch and learn from this video and this story. Full story below: “Avalanche in Verbier, Switzerland. Thursday 30th […] Avalanche AvyBrains | February 18, 2020 0 Comments
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