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Features on skiing and snowboarding from the snow magazine team. Find out where is best to go, what resorts are really like and how to make the most of your ski holiday.
Tell a group of skiing pals you’re going to La Clusaz or Grand Bornand, and the odds are most will look blankly at...
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Just out of Whitefish, Montana, is a small cat-skiing operation that perhaps takes the cat side of things a little too...
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Marmot Basin hits 50 this season, but rather than being a middle aged man - set in its ways, looking back at a youth...
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Ever stood on a set of skis or snowboard, peering over the fence of a terrain park, watching the seasonaires and...
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Some two-and-a-half hours south of Calgary sits Castle Mountain. Pete Coombs spent two days skiing this welcoming...
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In your ski or snowboard life there are some things which are just ‘must do’s’, although in truth the ten we’ve listed...
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Finding the right resort when you’ve got a young family often means looking beyond the big names. Pete Coombs packs...
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Even on a weekend, distance was no object for Michael Wolstenhome – but height was. He aimed high and went to the top...
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Alf Alderson tries not to get lost in the mighty Three Valleys on a season-long jaunt to the largest ski area in the...
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Åre (pronounced Oar-er) is Northern Europe’s biggest and most diverse ski resort. Along with Aspen, St Moritz, Verbier...
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From resorts and pistes, to places to kick back and relax, here are Snow's top 10 spots that the crowds haven't...
3 days in - Paradiski Patrick Thorne discovers just how much you can pack into three days in France's mega ski region...
It was like a Top Gear challenge, but with trains and planes instead of cars. They both get you there, but which is...
Handily placed for a weekend getaway, the French resort of Châtel, in the Abondance valley on the doorstep of the vast...