Areas now open in the Alps: Austria: Hintertux France: Les 2 Alpes, Tignes & Val d’Isere Italy: Passo Stelvio & Cervinia (shared with Zermatt) Switzerland: Zermatt (shared with Cervinia) See here for ...

Tom Hart is already in the Guinness Book of Record for clocking up 8.5 million vertical feet in the 2023-24 winter. Last season he managed 11.4m. NEW “It’s a dream come true,” he said of skiing so ...

On May 28th 9m cubic tons of rock, mud & ice came crashing down on the evacuated Swiss village and buried it. There are now plans to re-build & create a ‘New Blatten’. There have been several rock ...

100 villagers from Brienz/Brinzauls have been told to leave. The village is 25 miles southwest of the ski resort of Davos. The mountain slope above the village has been deemed unsafe by the ...

Greece’s top alpine skier, AJ Ginnis, will carrying the flame for the 2026 Winter Olympics Lighting Ceremony in November. NEW The decision has been unanimously approved by the Hellenic Olympic ...

Researchers from the University of Lausanne in Switzerland and the University of Padua in Italy said that where temperatures rise by two degrees celsius the Alps could experience episodes of intense ...

At the end of last winter the glaciers in Switzerland were 13% below their 2010-2020 average size. The current hot weather is causing further melt. Glacier Monitoring Switzerland, Glamos, measured ...

The airline has new routes to several destinations that are gateways to ski resorts in the Alps, Pyrenees and Eastern Europe. NEW There are flights from Belfast International to Rovaniemi, Lapland ...

The International Ski and Snowboard Federation has officially approved the 2025–26 Alpine World Cup calendars for both men and women. Next winter is an Olympic season with the Milan-Cortina Winter ...

The PlanetSKI Snow Report There are spring conditions across much of the Alps and it’s time to head high for your end-of-season turns. The recent wintry conditions that brought significant snowfall to ...

Torrential rain caused rivers to burst their banks as water swept through the ski resort with rail access suspended. The resort is putting on a brave face as the clean up continues. UPDATED The waters ...

Voters in Switzerland have backed a new climate bill designed to cut the use of oil and gas. It aims to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. A referendun was held on Sunday with 59.1% of people ...