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Winter Olympics injury rate out
Research has shown at least one in 10 athletes suffered an injury during the 2010 Winter Olympics, with alpine freestyle and snowboard cross considered among the most hazardous sports. Reported in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, the study recorded as many as 287 injuries and 185 illnesses during the international multi-sport event held in Canada. Other [...] -
Resort Launches Skiing Mobile App
Colorado-based Vail Resorts has introduced a mobile app that allows skiers to track details about their skiing days and rides, and share the information with friends online. The application called EpicMix uses technology embedded on chairlift tickets and passes, to communicate with radio-frequency scanners and calculate the vertical feet skied, runs and days spent on the [...] -
Rise in Solo Skiing Holidaymakers
The number of people travelling solo on winter sports holidays is on the rise, according to Ski Club Freshtracks. Its supplement free single bookings has risen by 40%. “People are looking for adventure and are keen to go on holidays that suit their own standard of sport, rather than having to accommodate friends and family members,” Ski [...] -
Airline to launch Geneva flights
Winter sports enthusiasts have been given a boost with news that low fare airline Jet2.com will begin operating flights from Edinburgh and Newcastle to Geneva early next year. The company announced it was bolstering its ski-season offering shortly after British Airways confirmed it would operate a new route from London City Airport to Chambèry in France. Services [...] -
British pair rescued on Mont Blanc
Two British climbers, who were stuck 3,500 metres on top of Western Europe’s highest mountain, were rescued after calling a friend. Finn McCann and Tom Greenwood were stranded on a tiny ledge on Italy’s Mont Blanc for 21 hours. After having a ‘nerve-wracking’ moment realising that their mobile phones were low on battery, they tried to [...] -
Superpipe Honour for Snowboard Star
Champion snowboarder Torah Bright has had a superpipe named in her honour at the Australian ski resort of Perisher. The Winter Olympian has won X Games Superpipe gold and silver medals, World Superpipe Championships and has racked up countless TTR wins and a TTR tour title. The Perisher Superpipe, now named Bright’s Pipe, is a training base [...] -
Powdered Snow Lying on Summer Alps
Alerts have been issued for heavy snow at two resorts in the Alps mountains. On Sunday, the skiinfo.co.uk reporting agency announced powder alarms for Italian skiing area Cervinia, which saw eight inches of fresh snow, and for the Swiss resort of Saas Fee, which recorded 18 inches of snow. Ski Info tracks snowfall across the northern hemisphere [...] -
Winter 2010 ski brochures released
Travel agents are attempting to entice British ski enthusiasts back to the slopes with the latest brochures for winter 2010. The main edition brochure for Crystal, the biggest operator, has already gone on sale, with Thomson due on August 19, Crystal Finest on the 26 and First Choice due on September 2. Each of the operators will [...] -
Tour operators unveil new discounts
Tour operators are now offering a discount to members of a not-for-profit snowsports club, it has been announced. Skiers and snowboarders who have joined Ski Club will be able to take advantage of a discount of up to 20% that several tour operators are offering when booking holidays to the slopes. Until now, tour operators working with [...] -
Big Snow Festival tickets on sale
Tickets have gone on sale for the Big Snow Festival in Andorra. Hundreds attended this year’s debut festival at the Arinsal ski resort in March. The seven-day event featured DJ sets from Pendulum, Calvin Harris and Judge Jules. Ian Kaye, organiser of the event, said: “It’s proved to be a hit with festival goers and the resort alike, [...]