British Airways launches a new winter service to Grenoble on 10 December 2005. The new service will operate five times a week from Gatwick, with prices from £79 return.
The new route should appeal to the weekend skier as it will offer shorter transfer times to many ski resorts favoured by British skiers, including Meribel, Courchevel […]
A brief report from Fredrik and Jörgen (the intrepid Scandinavians stepping out to ski Pakistan).
Last Thursday I and Jörgen started our push for the summit of Laila Peak. We climbed up to our camp at 5000 meters. After a dinner with freeze dried chicken curry we got a few hours of sleep. 2.30 in the […]
An encouraging report in The Union describes progress made to identify (and mitigate where possible) the erosion effects of ski runs.
For years, Tahoe area resorts’ attempts to stem erosion on their broad, treeless ski runs met varied success.
But now resort managers can consult “The Sediment Source Control Handbook,” recently released by the Truckee-based Sierra Business […]
In March 2006 blind ski enthusiast Kevin Alderton will attempt to set the first ever Blind Speed Skiing Record at the ‘Flying Kilometre’ in Les Arcs, France.
Kevin, 33 from Dartford, Kent served in the British Army for 12 years with the Honourable Artillery Company and Grenadier Guards. In 1998, Kevin was injured in an accident […]
