Ski Blog

The Cresta Run celebrates its 125th anniversary this winter. The famous toboggan run was first built by visiting British tourists in the mid-1880s, by experimenting with water and snow, in the world’s first winter sports holiday resort, several decades before downhill skiing took off as a winter sport.

Still rebuilt by hand each winter it is one of the world’s largest ice sculptures and is on a smaller scale, in terms of the size of the sides and width of the course.

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If you’re missing the Winter Olympics and find yourself sitting by the freezer with the door open, then Sega may have the solution to your problems. Say hello to Vancouver 2010 on the PS3.

Forget those late-night hours of TV coverage that the Winter Games receives in the UK. Now, you can immerse yourself in the all things Olympic as and when you want to. Simply put on your favourite ski attire and switch on your PlayStation 3.

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Don’t miss out on the opportunity to take part in Disability Snowsport UK’s National Skiathon 2010.

Ski or board 666 runs of your local ski slope with skiing celebrities, British Disabled Ski Team and sponsored skiers & boarders and raise money for skiers with disabilities.

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With the introduction of Ski Cross to the Olympics in Vancouver last month that talk of the Games, the next generation of ski cross racers will be tasking to the slopes of Les Arcs in the giant French Paradiski region for The GMX race on 28th March.

The Gavaggio Master Cross will in fact, the resort believes, be the first ever ski-cross event for youngsters aged 11 to 14. Read more »

Photo: www.cairngormmountain.co.uk

235 skiers and snowboarders set a world record for the largest number of kilted skiers/snowboarders skiing down a piste at once on Saturday on the slopes of CairnGorm Mountain. All participants paid an entry fee of £5 to take part and all the funds will be split between Maggie’s Highland, a cancer hospice charity, and the Badenoch and Strathspey Schools Skiing Programme.

The record that was set for the largest number of kilted skiers and snowboarders skiing in a single consecutive line from the Ptarmigan Top Station at CairnGorm Mountain all the way down to car park level a run of 1.8 miles. It took participants in around 30 minutes to complete the event.

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Telluride ski resort in Colorado has airlifted a new bridge and staircase to the left shoulder of Palmyra Peak. Heliqwest, a helicopter company based in Canada, airlifted two steel staircases and bridge over the ski resort to its final resting place – the span between Gold Hill Chutes 8 and 9.

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