Every year, visitors throng to Niseko to see the amazing powder snow that has since earned it a reputation as one of Asia’s leading winter travel destinations. But the fun doesn’t stop there; head to the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, deep into Niseko Hirafu village, to enjoy the world-famous Niseko ski fields.
Whether it’s joining an adventure of off-trail skiing in Niseko during winter or taking up the challenge of a mountain bike tour from Sapporo, this beautiful winter wonderland ca
by Felice Hardy
Did you know that you can ski in 274 countries - even including Hawaii and South Africa? The skiing countries of the world certainly do vary a lot, but if you're yearning for world-class winter sports outside cute, classic little chocolate-box villages with friendly family-run hotels and chalet-style architecture like the gingerbread house out of Hansel and Gretel - and perhaps cosy, gemütlich mountain eateries serving heart-warming comfort food - the Austrian Alps are yo
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What, you say - skiing in New York? Well living there most of my life, I can tell you NY has some pretty good skiing. It's obviously hardly the Rockies or Alps, but it's pretty good.
New York’s climate gives us the perfect opportunity to ski and snowboard in various popular skiing destinations in the state, bounded by the snowy region of the Niagara frontier and its Southern Tier, the hilly, snowy areas near the border with Pennsylvania.
There are some wonderful ski resorts out
What better way than to take some friends to your own private chalet in the Austrian Alps. We've selected 50 fantastic properties for your celebration - all available for the week 26 December to 2 January.
To Book one of these properties you can either:
BUT HURRY!Bookings this ski season are runni
I daresay snow sport will come to no one's mind when contemplating the fascinating North African country of Morocco. But more adventurous types might know that the high, craggy Atlas Mountains sweep across a goodly swath of this country, giving rise not just to a robust trekking and climbing scene, but even some pretty good skiing and snowboarding, with the season running January to early April - and what's more, even within convenient distance of Marr
by Felice Hardy
Die Schweiz/La Suisse is where it all began. For example, ski holidays first took hold in St. Moritz and ski racing in the Mürren-Wengen area, while Davos was where one of the Alps‘ first ski lifts was constructed and the first skis were imported from Norway.
The railway has been of utmost importance to Switzerland skiing, since people took their first turns on snow in the 19th century, and even today, rail can often be the quickest and most effi
by Felice Hardy
Happily, powderhounds in withdrawal don’t have to hang on till December to hit the ski resorts. The Southern Hemisphere is happy to oblige us with some superb skiing on amazing terrain throughout the southern Andes, where the reversal of seasons means of course it’s winter there right now.
The South America skiing season in Argentina and Chile runs from June through October, with skiing for all levels, modern lifts, some great off-piste skiing, quirky resorts and e
