Ski holidays with children can be a challenge at best. Thankfully more and more tour operators are preparing offers for families.

First Choice has published their 2010/11 ski brochure and introduced new childcare options, four new ski resorts and special offers for the coming winter. Continue reading ‘Tour operators offer ski destination holiday options with children’

Despite a market contraction, UK demand is increasing for Japanese ski resort Hakuba.

Despite the contraction of the UK ski market over the past few years, interest in Japanese ski resorts seems to keep increasing with the Ski Club of Great Britain announcing new packages there this winter while specialist ski tour operator W&O Travel Ski Dream is offering the previously little covered resort of Hakuba for the 2010/11 season. Continue reading ‘Despite ski market contraction in UK, demand for Japan is strong’

Mont-Sainte-Anne has spruced up the gondola among a long list of achievements ahead of the ski season.

Mont-Sainte-Anne ski area in Quebec has upgraded operations ahead of the 2010-11 winter season. Continue reading ‘Mont-Sainte-Anne spruces up facilities for the opening season’

Courchevel is hoping the ladies World Cup stop will generate the same excitement as did with Ingemar Stenmark in 1979 when the resort last hosted the FIS race.

Courchevel is excited to be back on the World Cup circuit, 21 years after the one previous occasion that it staged a World Cup event, when in January 1979, for the only time its history, the resort hosted the men’s giant slalom, where one of the greatest champions in history, Sweden’s Ingemar Stenmark, a man with 86 World Cup victories to his name, won a resounding victory. Continue reading ‘Courchevel to offer free skiing on World Cup Day’

Now that the southern hemisphere ski season is on coming into its last weeks, one is always lead to wonder when will the next hill to open. But somewhere around the world there is a resort open. Whether it’s a glacier, a ski hill or any other place, tracking snow fall and skiing is serious business. Continue reading ‘Which ski resort will be the first to open for the 2010-11 season? Ski Rebel Magazine shows you the way.’

A new indoor snow centre in the Baltic nation of Lithuania will be the world’s longest when it opens next winter.

A new indoor snow centre in the Baltic nation of Lithuania will be the world’s longest when it opens next winter. Continue reading ‘Indoor Snow Centre in Lithuania to feature outdoor ski slopes’

After the Snoworks clinics you’ll be bouncing off just like this skier.

An advanced skier clinic is taking place in October at the indoor ski facility of Snoworks ahead of the upcoming ski season. Continue reading ‘Indoor ski clinics for advanced skiers at Snoworks this fall’