Alpine Answers Ski Blog

If the prospect of researching and booking ski school is daunting it’s good to know that help is at hand. There is an easy way to find the best ski instructors and ski schools and

As always, the premier ski resorts of the Alps are constantly updating and upgrading themselves. So, what’s new in Val d’Isere for the upcoming winter season of 2018-2019?

With the 2018/19 ski season rapidly approaching we wanted to give you our top 5 points to help you book a successful holiday.1. Which weeks to book next ski season?

Serre Chevalier is not a single resort but 4 distinct and separate villages: Briancon, Chantemerle, Villeneuve and Le Monetier, all of which link into the ski circuit and offer

Ski resort guide editor Chris Gill reflects on his wasted career. I’ve been in the ski resort guide business for over 30 years, first as the Editor of the original consumerist b

Guy Hetherington is the Head Coach at Alltracks Academy ski school in Whistler, and a long-time Whistler local. He leads an unrivalled coaching team who coach on ski instructor

This autumn marks the start of an ambitious and exciting new development in Val d’Isere. This will be the largest undertaken anywhere in the Alps within a generation – not since

Cheap powder skiing in Switzerland really does exist and we’ll let you in on the secret destinations. The Val d’Anniviers area in Switzerland is a well-kept secret but for those

For many years the main purpose of going on a ski holiday was to ski as many runs as possible followed by some apres every day and return back to the office with a glorious gogg

Would you consider yourself a good skier? Would you consider yourself a great skier? Even if you are a seasoned pro you know that there is always room for improvement and that t

Much has been written on the best restaurants in the Alps – after all there is nothing more deserving than a full on gastro blow out after taking the mountain airs. A six or seven

There are literally hundreds of fantastic toboggan runs in the Alps, ranging in length from a couple of kilometres to well over 10km, and ranging in steepness from gentle, famil