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Peak conditions reached at one of Scotland’s top ski resorts: Heavy snowfall results in a layer of white stuff over 15 inches deep on Cairngorm Mountain Cairngorm Mountain has received 9.4 inches of snow since Saturday The snow depth on the upper mountain now measures 15.7 inches (1.3 feet) The ski resort’s website notes that … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Over 2,700 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 80,000 have been infected. But experts predict the true number of people with the disease could be as high as … Read more
Prince Edward and the Countess of Wessex made headlines last week with their family half-term holiday to the glamorous Swiss ski resort of St Moritz. But the couple are far from the only high-flyers who have jetted off to the slopes this month. Fashionistas, celebrities and European royals have all shared photos of their own … Read more
Pucker up! VS model Georgia Fowler cosies up to boyfriend Nathan Dalah as they enjoy a romantic ski trip in Aspen… after confirming their relationship By Joe Scek For Daily Mail Australia Published: 01:14 GMT, 22 February 2020 | Updated: 02:14 GMT, 22 February 2020 Victoria’s Secret model Georgia Fowler and restaurateur Nathan Dalah have … Read more
M’aidez! M’aidez!’ Deranged with panic, I flapped my arms and hollered for help. No ski trip for my family is complete without the international phrase for emergency being used at least once. Only this time I wasn’t shouting it from a slope-side collision but from the hard shoulder of a French motorway after coming to … Read more
Speaking for myself, the best part of a ski holiday is not hurtling down the slopes. It’s not even sauntering into the bar in the evening for some well-deserved après – although admittedly, both are darn good. No: what I really love are the ski-lifts. Sounds silly, I know. But it is in those moments, … Read more
The uber-swanky ski resort of Val-d’Isère in the French Alps is awash with luxury accommodation options – but even here, in this snowy fun park for the rich and famous, new hotel Mademoiselle stands out. It is breathtakingly wonderful. An exquisite, elegant lodge in the style of an old seigneurial residence that I fall in … Read more
Back on the slopes: Lucy White had taken out travel insurance before her accident in 2018, but it was still a hard fight to get a payout Lying immobilised on my back in a French ski resort trauma centre, after a nasty fall in which I’d broken two vertebrae, I was relieved to find out … Read more
If you want to take your ski holiday completely off-piste, then forget the Rockies, Sierra Nevada mountains or the Alps – try the Middle East. Or perhaps North Korea. Here we reveal some of the most unlikely locations for ski resorts. North Korea North Korea’s Masikryong ski resort opened in 2014 to compete with Pyeongchang … Read more
They said this French ski resort could never work… but 60 years later La Rosière is thriving (and the pistes never get crowded!) During the Sixties La Rosière’s first ski-lift, called the Poletta drag, opened Since then, the French resort town on the Italian border has continued to grow And with a 1,900-room Club Med … Read more