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Bobbin' Along | Alf Alderson | France, French Alps, Le Roche
Ever since I was a kid I'd wanted to have a go on a bobsleigh run. Just watching it on TV I could imagine the icy wind against your face and the stomach churning rush
If the Shoe Fits | Alf Alderson
One of the best things about snowshoeing is the chance it offers to get away from it all and enjoy winter alpine landscapes in solitude and silence
Old Blokes on Skis | Arnie Wilson | Slovenia, Ljubljana, Ljubljana
Slovenia "is large enough to have everything," says the publicity blurb optimistically. Whether true or not, it definitely has its share of interesting skiing, as it's been done here since the 17th century
After hearing so many stories of drunken Australian misadventures at Whistler, I'd heard the odd snippet about British Columbia's other ski hills; hidden delights of untouched powder and no lift lines
While the neighbouring resort of St Anton, the shop window of Austrian skiing, and its stablemates Lech and Zars were unable to open in early December, Ischgl was thriving
Skiing China | Arnie Wilson | China, Jilin, Changchun
At Harbin, the capital of China’s most northerly province, Heilongjiang there are separate waiting rooms for “The Weak and the Old”, a “Luxury” waiting room and yet another for “Army Men” - where indeed we encountered half a regiment of Chinese troops
Skiing off-piste in Japan | Arnie Wilson | Japan, Chubu, Nozawa Onsen
Japan’s munificent powder is finally becoming accesible to adventurous off-piste skiers, as many ski patrols are defying their cultural strictness and looking the other way
Skiing the Andes | Arnie Wilson | Chile, Central, Lakes and Volcanoes, Santiago de Chile
The idea of skiing in the Andes is still sufficiently exotic to create a stir among friends who have just put their skis back in the attic after a relatively humdrum trip to Val d’Isère
Skiing the Vallee Blanche | Rob Penn | France, French Alps, Chamonix
We left Will at the mountain refuge with a Mars bar. In his state of advanced exhaustion he looked forlorn. But a helicopter was on its way to collect him and we now had ourselves to think about
Combining business with pleasure doesn’t come much more pleasurably than in the mountains
Snow Job: Letter from New Zealand | Yvonne Van Dongen | New Zealand, South Island, Christchurch
For me, there are two great moments in skiing. The bus ride up the mountain and the bus ride down the mountain. I love seeing who’s wearing what, wondering how much peroxide Japanese hair can stand
The Skier’s Nightmare | John Warburton-Lee | Switzerland, Swiss Alps, St Moritz
You face the frequent ski fanatic’s dilemma: all year long you fantasise about adrenalin pumping runs with mogul fields to die for, while your partner, frankly, doesn’t