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It’s getting surprisingly more affordable to jet away on a ski trip to Switzerland. Earlier this year, 25 ski resorts in the Swiss Alps partnered to create a “Magic Pass,” giving skiers access to more ...
Stay at The Omnia, one of Zermatt’s most luxurious alpine retreats, complete with sleek, modern rooms and sweeping Matterhorn ...
Modern skiing in Europe evolved largely in Switzerland in the late 19th century thanks to pioneering British visitors in classic resorts such as Davos, St Moritz, Wengen, Grindelwald and Mürren.
"It's just a little snow. It's just a little snow, Vanessa." These are the words I repeated to myself over and over again as I peered into the vast white terrain ahead of me. Perched on the edge of a ...
While France might steal the snow-sports show thanks to its sprawling mega-resorts, Switzerland has carved a name for itself as one of Europe’s premier skiing destinations. Sharing the famed Alps with ...
Until now, skiing off hotel roofs has been an exploit reserved for James Bond stunt doubles and drunken fools with a penchant for plaster casts. That’s going to change when the Audemars Piguet Hôtel ...
I am riding a rotating cable car with a bunch of Asians in Switzerland. Greg and I are in the minority holding our big mountain skis. Most are Chinese and Indian passengers in street clothes aboard ...
In the early 1990s, Powder magazine, the proudly die-hard ski rag that has weaned countless future ski bums, published an article in which the author spoke of a mystical ski area of unprecedented ...
Applicants to this dream job must love snow. A Swiss ski school is calling on winter sports enthusiasts to test and critique their slopes. Altitude Ski School in the scenic Alpine village of Verbier ...
ZHANGJIAKOU, China, Feb 18 (Reuters) - First-time Olympian Ryan Regez of Switzerland dominated the final men's ski cross race to win gold on Friday at the Beijing Games, while fellow Swiss skier Alex ...