On the one hand there is the best powder, but avalanche warnings are high with large numbers of fatalities. What should one do? 100 people have died in avalanches in Europe so far this winter and we ...

As the avalanche death toll in the Alps continues to rise researchers from the Swiss Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research says cracks in weak layers of snow spread faster than first thought. New ...

It is sunny and settled across much of the Alps with the temperatures warming up as the week starts. PlanetSKI reader, Helen Gillespie, has sent us this update and images from the Swiss resort of ...

It’s set to be a great end to the winter ski season in the Alps. Favourable holiday dates, plenty of snow and then there’s the Olympic affect. PlanetSKI looks ahead to skiing into Spring. NEW ...

In our Fifth gear review Alf tests a pair of Nordica Speedmachine Ski Boots, a Klattermusen Svallin Jacket and Vallon goggles, along with a goggle strap fundraiser for Protect Our Winters. NORDICA ...

The wildfire of 2024 saw a third of the ski town destroyed. It was one of the worst natural disasters of the year in Canada. PlanetSKI reports from Jasper as we look back at the fire, its impact and ...

The US ski superstar has won the 100th World Cup race of her career. She topped the podium in a slalom race in Sestriere, Italy. It is less than a month after she returned from an injury sustained at ...

The funicular railway at Cairngorm Mountain resort in Scotland has returned to service. Scotland’s only funicular railway has been out of action since August 2023, while an extensive programme of ...

Six skiers have died in Northern Italy, one in France and two climbers have perished in an avalanche in the High Tatras in Slovakia. UPDATED On Saturday four people died in three separate avalanches ...