Mark Woods makes it to the South Pole last January 17th.

A polar explorer who is seeking to highlight the issue of climate change reached the first of the two poles he intends to ski to, on his own last January 17^th. Continue reading ‘After south Pole, explorer targets North Pole next’

President Václav Klaus (pictured above) is a keen skier who wants to be the first on the new controversial lift when it opens.

Czech Republic Environment Minister Tomáš Chalupa (ODS) has given the light in draft zoning law to build a ski lift in protected Šumava National Park despite environmental reports reporting the project should not proceed.

Continue reading ‘Controversial plans to link Czech Republic and Austria by ski lift angers environmentalists’

Another ski resort in Bulgaria is coming under harsh scrutiny by environmental groups.

The company that runs the Vitosha ski area, the main Bulgarian ski centre for the country’s capital Sofia, has said it won’t open the ski centre this winter as the long-running conflict between environmental groups and ski resort operators intensifies. Continue reading ‘Environmental groups and ski resorts standoff in Bulgaria’

Adelboden is looking for innovative ways to improve its environmental footprint by reducing the amount of energy it consumes.

Adelboden’s lift company (www.adelboden-silleren.ch) is developing on a ‘greener’ ski experience on its ski slopes by managing the amount of energy it uses. Continue reading ‘Adelboden focusses on cutting environmental footprint’

A skier trains takes a run at Snow World Landraaf.

The Dutch Snowworld indoor snow centre operators have announced plans to invest 40-50 million euros ($64m USD) to build two new facilities in France and Spain by 2014. Continue reading ‘SnowWorld plans major expansion to France and Spain’

Skier powers down a run powered by Siemens technology.

Electronics giant Siemens invested heavily into winter sports events and is now finally seeing the dividends with more than 600 million Euros (850 million USD) in orders for the Sochi 2014 that include new trains, and a new power plant that will provide most of the electricity during the Games. Continue reading ‘Boom in winter sport investments paying off dividends for Siemens’

A new green hotel has opened above the La Plagne village of Montalbert complete with a private ski lift to the main Paradiski area (www.capvacances.com/La-Plagne). Continue reading ‘New Eco-friendly hotel opens up in Plagne-Montalbert’