Gstaad, which has reported bumper summer visitors in recent years, has invested in more snow making this winter.
Bergbahnen Destination Gstaad AG, the area’s lift operating compant, has invested in snow making equipment to provide an extra 11.8km of additional snow-covered slopes, so long as the weather is cold enough for the machine to operate.
As our readers know, everyone at ski-buzz loves the London Freeze. And not just the music, snowboarders, skiers, people, tents and that noodle bar either. We love the londonfreeze.com website. That’s why we’re so excited that the new website for London Freeze 2010 will be launched on……………….
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 [...]
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 [...]
A new Facebook group has been created calling for the go ahead for a long-delayed new indoor ski facility at Wycombe summit near London to go ahead. The group has attracted several thousand supporters.
Founder Melanie Codling was surprised by just how popular her Facebook initiative is. She told local media, “The response has been amazing, [...]
In a week where the Winter Olympics came to an end, the main skiing news unsurprisingly came from the slopes and streets of Whistler Blackcomb and Vancouver. But, don’t despair. If after 2 weeks you’ve had enough of staying up late to watch another yet member of Team GB not make the podium (apart from [...]
