Austria is preparing up for some extreme weather in the coming days. From today onwards, conditions will be wild, with litres of rain in the valley...
A lovely layer of fresh snow fell at altitude yesterday and overnight. With a northwesterly stream, a cold front managed to reach the Alpine region...
As winter approaches, more and more ski resorts are announcing ski pass prices for the 2023/2024 ski season. About time for our annual survey on pr...
The Kumme 3-person chairlift in Zermatt was destroyed by an avalanche in January 2018 which started on the Unterrothorn (3104m) and swept through t...
A reader of Swiss magazine 20min.ch came across a bizarre scene last Monday. He was ski touring with a group of friends in Elsigen-Metsch when all...
The coronavirus has hit the ski industry hard, with first one and then another country announcing they would end ski season early in hopes of preve...
The coronavirus is taking its toll on the ski industry, with the first ski resorts already closing early for the season and many events cancelled....
We've still got another three weeks to go in the annual Snowplaza Awards, where we've asked readers to vote on their favourite ski resort in six di...
While skiing, we already have enough to worry about: dropoffs, black pistes, moguls, ice, fog, snow, rain, flat light, other skiers and snowboarder...
Bear M49, otherwise known as Papillon, has come out of hibernation and is currently roaming the countryside in Trentino, Italy, home to famous ski...
After being plagued with alternating storms and warm temperatures this winter, Scotland's ski resorts finally had something to celebrate yesterday....
This week the Kaunertal Glacier opened what is said to be the steepest slope in Austria. The "Black Ibex" has a slope of 41.3°, or a gradient of 87...
The ski resort of Luchon Superbagnères in the French Pyrenees has opted for drastic measures to ensure snow cover over the holidays: it's using a h...
In the wake of a visit to the Vallée Blanche at Mont Blanc, Emmanuel Macron has vowed to take greater steps to protect France's natural areas again...
The director of the Austrian ski resort of Großarlhas officially resigned and the reason he stated for his resignation was the numerous drunken ski...
Since the invention of artificial snow, there has been a raging debate over whether it's good, whether it's necessary, and what its effects are on...
Five Britons staying in a ski chalet in Les Contamines-Montjoie have tested positive for the coronavirus after interacting with a British man who s...
Nowadays we rely on our mobile phones for everything - calling, messaging, looking up videos, posting pictures... and soon, it may be possible to u...
An incredible survival story from the Italian Alps: a rescue dog has showed up safe and sound after braving 16 days of freezing temperatures on the...
Derek Johnson, who formerly worked as an executive for well-known American ski company Aspen Skiing Co., received a 6-year prison sentence and $250...
The Swiss canton of Valais, home to famous ski resorts such as Zermatt, Saas-Fee and Verbier, will be adding three mandatory snow sports days per y...
Are you reading this article on a rainy day at home, wondering why everyone else except you is playing in the snow? Time to do something about it!...
Local police in the small town of Nelson, British Columbia were alerted one afternoon when two 16-year-old snowboarders failed to return home after...
When an Italian ski resort found microplastics in a nearby glacier, it decided to take action. The Pejo 3000 in Trentino has become the first Europ...
The popular Austrian ski resort of Ischgl has announced that Eros Ramazzotti will perform at the 25th edition of the Top of the Mountain Closing Co...
Taking a last-minute ski holiday gives you the freedom and flexibility to wait for low-season prices and perfect conditions. And this is the perfec...
A devastating avalanche claimed the lives of a mother, her 7-year-old daughter and another 7-year-old girl in the Italian glacier ski resort of Val...
In what many people are dubbing a Christmas miracle, a lucky skier in Austria survived an incredibly long bout under the snow this week. More avala...
Glencoe Mountain was hit by a serious fire on Christmas day that ravaged the base station, briefly leaving the Scottish ski resort without power, c...
The days when we had to struggle to work out maps are long past. Nowadays, the GPS can tell you everything! But has this dependence on technology p...
Winter sports holidays are the best holidays of the year, everyone knows that. And not only that, but skiing and snowboarding are actually good for...
It's official: you can now reach Zell am See from Viehhofen! Saturday marked the completion of the last portion of the zellamseeXpress, which links...
A new study released this week in the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery claims that the rise of helmets in ski areas may not be the blessing...
Skiers at an American ski resort were in for a surprise last week when two bears made an appearance in a tree right next to the chairlift. The inci...
This winter, Les Arcs is launching what might just be the world's first "business class" ski pass. Skiers and snowboarders can elect to pay more fo...
Austria has officially banned smoking inside catering establishments including bars and restaurants. This was one of the last countries where smoke...
Whew, what a weekend! It's been raining and snowing like crazy in Tyrol and Carinthia, Austria, and the weather is leaving plenty of wreckage in it...
It was a terrible winter for the Scottish ski industry last year, with barely any snow apart from a short burst in February and then another one in...
In a horrifying accident in the Swiss ski area of Mythenregion, near Schwyz, an empty gondola cabin broke free from the cable and fell to the groun...
The Stubai Glacier is officially open for the 2019-20 ski season, having received 55cm of fresh snow in the ski area just a few days before its sea...
When does ski season start? When is my favourite ski resort opening for the 2019/20 season? We have all the answers and more! In this article you'l...
Iceland's Okjökull, or the "Ok Glacier" (jökull is Icelandic for "glacier"), was one of the world's first glaciers of its size to lose its glacier...
The Scandinavian Mountains Airport is also known as Sälen-Trysil for its location between the Swedish ski resort of Sälen and the Norwegian ski res...
It's every skier's worst nightmare (apart from climate change)! Just before reaching the top, a four-seater chair was blown off the Gunbarrel chair...
LEGO® bricks fans rejoice! The beloved toy company has brought us scenes inspired from NASA, Jurassic Park and Disney. Now it's finally fulfilling...
The Ski Club of Great Britain has announced that they will no longer be offering their Leading Service. Up until now, it was possible for members o...
The French ski resort of Tignes is one of the only glacier ski areas to remain open for skiing in the summer months. Traditionally, it was possible...
Tickets are now on sale for the Eurostar ski train. With routes from London-St. Pancras station directly to the heart of the French Alps, this is o...
The project to improve facilities in the four village centres of Courchevel has been several years in the making. This upcoming ski season will see...
It's mid-July and as we've seen with the heat wave on the Mont Blanc glacier a few weeks ago, the Alps have had their fair share of summer. But tem...
Copenhagen is poised to inaugurate what just might be the most bizarre artificial ski slope in the world: a dry slope on top of a power plant! Desi...
Record-breaking temperatures were recorded at Mont Blanc this week. Chamonix (1050m) reached a sweltering 36°, breaking the former record of 34° fr...
The IOC voted 47 to 34 in favour of Italy as host country of the 2026 Winter Olympics this week. The games will take place in Milan and Cortina d'A...
National Schools Snowsports Week was started in 2016 by Snowsport England with the aim of introducing children to skiing and snowboarding. This yea...
In the run-up to next ski season, Ischgl has announced plans to further update its lift infrastructure. Last year saw the introduction of the Gampe...
The Jungfrau Region will inaugurate two new lifts for the 2019-20 ski season. The "V-cableway" - so called because both lifts will start from the s...
Just when you thought ski season was over, we have news for you: it isn't! The Stubai Glacier and several other glaciers in Austria are reporting u...
It was the third worst ski season on record at most Scottish ski resorts. The lack of snow coupled with strong winds and warm temperatures made for...
We all tend to zoom to the big names when it comes to planning ski holidays, but what if someone told you there was an easy way to discover some of...
Austria had a great winter, with an unforgettable stint of record-breaking snowfall in January. Now, several months later and well past the date wh...
Last year, Fiesch started construction on a multifunctional base station in Fiesch that will include the lift, the train and the bus. Once the proj...
This summer, Schladming will complete construction on a new 10-person gondola on the Planai. The new gondola will astronomically increase the hourl...
After more than 12 million trips and 25 000 operating hours, it's time to retire the Fleidingbahn chairlift in Westendorf, at the SkiWelt Wilder Ka...
A group of 13- and 14-year-old teens are being praised as heroes after their quick thinking last week led to the rescue of a young child dangling f...
Legendary American skier Lindsey Vonn went out with a bang this weekend, pocketing one more bronze medal in the last ski race of her career. She ha...
The Scottish ski resort of Glenshee is the first ski resort in the UK to have an avalanche rescue dog. To the delight of her faithful owner, border...
A young skier in the French Alps is lucky to be alive after a brush with an avalanche on Boxing Day. The 12-year-old boy was skiing at La Plagne in...
In what might be the saddest postcard ever, children from all over the world have expressed the wish to stop climate change once and for all. The g...
St. Anton will kick off the 2018/19 ski season with a joint concert by American singer-songwriter Anastacia and Melanie C, the former Spice Girl. T...
Colorado’s Boulder County, San Miguel County and the City of Boulder are suing oil and gas giants Suncor Energy and Exxon Mobil for their contribut...
Following the huge popularity of Europe’s highest zipline in 2014, the ski resort of Val Thorens in the popular French ski area of Les 3 Vallées is...
The Skicircus Saalbach Hinterglemm Leogang Fieberbrunn is poised to become the biggest ski resort in Austria thanks to a recently announced merger...
Ischgl recently announced that rock legend Lenny Kravitz will grace the stage with his presence for their end-of-season Top of the Mountain concert...
The best ski resorts of 2016 have been chosen! The ultimate best ski resort of 2016 is Ischgl followed by SkiWelt Wilder Kaiser - Brixental in numb...
The voting for the best ski resort of 2016 is now closed. We have the final results and we are ready to share them with you! This year, more than 5...
Ski Arlberg is poised to become the biggest linked ski area in Austria with the upcoming inauguration of the Flexenbahn gondola, which will link th...
Disability Snowsport UK launched their latest fundraising appeal last week and Snowplaza has joined forces with this innovative charity to help rai...
The word on everyone’s lips over the last few weeks has been Snowbombing. After a week’s festival with world class DJs and bands performing up on t...
Fans of skiing and original reality TV series will be delighted to hear that The Jump is coming back for a 2nd series very soon. After a very succe...
Snowplaza’s quest to find the best ski resort for 2015 continues… After about a month of voting with around 15,000 ski and snowboard fans across Eu...
Heavy snow in the French Alps caused complete havoc this weekend with some 15,000 drivers stranded overnight on Saturday. On one of the busiest wee...
Keep calm, it's been snowing! The pistes won’t ALL be green this winter! The most important news in the past few days is that is has been snowing i...
James Blunt officially opened the ski season this weekend at the legendary Top of the Mountain concert in Ischgl in Austria. According to the organ...
If you haven’t heard of him already, Peter Speight is a young, talented freeskier and part of the British Freestyle Halfpipe Squad that we’re keepi...
Here at Snowplaza, we have been closely following the ski hosting ban story since its start. British-owned ski holiday operator Le Ski have had the...
Like many other British skiers, I have been closely following the case of Le Ski, the UK based tour operator at the centre of the ski hosting scand...
With an estimated 100 million annual visitors to the European Alps, Respect the Mountains believes there is an urgent need to preserve this fragile...
We already knew that Atomic makes great skis and has been doing so since 1955. But now, the famous Austrian ski manufacturer has decided to branch...
The 2014 "Top of the Mountain" concert in Ischgl in Austria was legendary! On Saturday, Robbie Williams and his famous 25-piece band put on an amaz...
Robbie Williams fans everywhere, grab your diaries! Even though the winter season 2013/14 seems to be almost over, you still have a chance to do so...
