Ultimate Ski Features

Cat Skiing in Chile

While the Northern Hemisphere settled into summer in early June, the mountains in northern Chile received over 2m of snow in less than a week. The resorts could not wait to open and ticket sales were through the roof in the first week of operations. Ski Arpa Snow Cats, South America’s only cat skiing resort, opened on the 24th of June. Ultimate-ski.com writer Vince Shuley was invited to cover the proceedings. more...

Ski and Spa Holidays - A Touch of Luxury

Nothing on this planet beats skiing hard all day and then treating your aching muscles to all the massage and hydrotherapy they can take.

Take a look at this selection of the most stylish and luxurious spas the mountains have to offer. more...

Skiing in Argentina

Pete Wilson reports on an amazing six-week ski trip he and three friends, Alex Khosla, Ali Greig, and Adam Smith, took to Bariloche, Cerro Catedral and Las Leñas ski areas in Argentina. Their trip include virgin off-piste skiing and an exhilarating heli-skiing experience that they will never forget. Find out how he and his friends got on...

The Main Event

Organised by the British University Ski Council, The Main Event is the final, and largest, event of the university skiing year. With a varied program of racing, freeskiing, and spectacle events the 2008 Main Event was held in Saalbach-Hinterglemm Austria from 28th March to 4th April, 2008 and was attended by over 2,000 British university students.
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Ultimate-ski features

For your winter holiday check out which resorts are best for the family and which ones provide the perfect weekend escape; for the ultimate snow experience, read more on the most challenging off-piste in the world and where to heli-ski; and for your technique and mountain awareness, take tips on how to improve your skiing, and how to stay safe in the snow.

Skiing for weekends and families

Escape for a few days, or take the little ones with you.

Ski weekends
The lowdown on where's close to a key airport for a ski trip that takes as little out of your working week as possible, along with tips to squeeze the most snow-time into your weekend odyssey.

• Which resort?
•Getting there
•Where to stay
•Top tips

A family affair
What could be better? Introduce the kids to the sport you love when they’re still too young to know the meaning of fear and they’ll thank you forever.

• The basics
• Babies and Toddlers
• 4-12
• Teenagers
• Top tips

Technique and mountain safety

Ski better, and stay safe.

Ski & snowboard tips
Beginner or expert, skier or snowboarder, everybody needs a little help. Check out technique tips from our experts.
• Ski tips
• Snowboard tips

Avalanche awareness
Avalanches were the big story of the 2005/06 ski season. Attend a course or talk to learn more about mountain safety.

• Avalanche awareness
• A day with ski patrollers

Travel and ski extras

Airports to go to, and everything you need when you get there.

Flights

Booking flights for winter holidays has never been easier. But which ski resorts are near which airports?
• Travel: flights
• Airport parking

Ski Extras

The only time to stand in line is to get on a ski lift - buy your lift pass and rent your equipment online before you go.
• Lift passes
• Equipment rental

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