Standing at the top of a red run so steep we couldn’t see over the edge, I looked at my eight-year-old son and said ‘What do you reckon?’ My husband and older son had already disappeared over the edge in a spray of powder and now it was just the two of us under a … Read more
Speaking for myself, the best part of a ski holiday is not hurtling down the slopes. It’s not even sauntering into the bar in the evening for some well-deserved après – although admittedly, both are darn good. No: what I really love are the ski-lifts. Sounds silly, I know. But it is in those moments, … Read more
The uber-swanky ski resort of Val-d’Isère in the French Alps is awash with luxury accommodation options – but even here, in this snowy fun park for the rich and famous, new hotel Mademoiselle stands out. It is breathtakingly wonderful. An exquisite, elegant lodge in the style of an old seigneurial residence that I fall in … Read more
M’aidez! M’aidez!’ Deranged with panic, I flapped my arms and hollered for help. No ski trip for my family is complete without the international phrase for emergency being used at least once. Only this time I wasn’t shouting it from a slope-side collision but from the hard shoulder of a French motorway after coming to … Read more
As I check into the five-star La Sivolière hotel in Courchevel 1850, I momentarily think that the authorities are raiding the place. There’s a young man looking like a gendarme flicking through some paperwork behind the reception desk. Then I realise his dark-blue top and shield-style arm badge is actually the hotel staff uniform, with … Read more
Peak conditions reached at one of Scotland’s top ski resorts: Heavy snowfall results in a layer of white stuff over 15 inches deep on Cairngorm Mountain Cairngorm Mountain has received 9.4 inches of snow since Saturday The snow depth on the upper mountain now measures 15.7 inches (1.3 feet) The ski resort’s website notes that … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Over 2,700 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 80,000 have been infected. But experts predict the true number of people with the disease could be as high as … Read more