Ultimate Ski Features

Reindalstinden-First-Descent

After a 5 year wait for the right conditions, two British skiers have enjoyed the finest ski tour and steep ski of their skiing careers to date. more >>>

Linde Werdelin

Bringing together the best of traditional Swiss watchmaking and craftsmanship with innovative Danish design and technology. We interview Jorn Werdelin about the genesis of the Linde Werdelin brand. more >>>

Les Saises

From a gently undulating 3.7km circuit to the 32.9km Grande Boucle marathon and with 13 different routes through the trees, Les Saisies is arguably the best Nordic area in France. more >>>

Ski Helmets

Whether you are concerned about collisions caused by you or others, falling on a rail, or tumbling on rocks you can protect your precious grey matter with a helmet. There’s a 60 per cent less chance of sustaining a head injury if you are wear one, according to a survey by Norwegian scientists last year. more >>>

Ski Hostels

Even though the travel industry has started to take a knock from the credit crunch, there’s still plenty of scope for ski and snowboard enthusiasts to enjoy the slopes on a budget. more >>>

Peak 2 Peak Gondola

The concept of linking two of North America’s greatest vertical rise mountains has surely crossed the minds of anyone skiing Whistler and Blackcomb mountains. Everyone has thought about skiing the best of both areas- Whistler Peak to Spanky’s Ladder. more >>>

Snowsure Resorts

Head high, pick resorts with glacier skiing or sniff out the snow stashes - or preferrably all three. Christine Ottery poinpoints the places to go where the there's an abundance of the white stuff early in the season.
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Ski Insurance

One in three of you don't take out insurance when you go skiing and three per cent of you will need to make a claim. What happens if you need to make a claim but don't have an insurance policy?
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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. 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.
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Skiing in a Credit Crunch

Rising ski holiday prices, fluctuating exchange rates, fuel taxes and an every increasing choice of ski destinations. Christine Ottery navigates the modern minefield and offers some tips to get more skiing for your dosh.
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Luxury Spas

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.
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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.
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