French and Austrian summer ski resorts disappearing

Ski resorts in Austria that used to be one of the prime locations for summer skiing are starting to slowly decay, with one of the largest resorts in Austria, the Zolden, announcing that this will be the last summer that it is open for summer glacier skiing.

Throughout the greater part of the nineties there were [...]

France still in the running for winter Olympics

The IOC (International Olympic Committee) decided this past Tuesday to give Germany’s Munich and South Korea’s Pyeongchang the edge over France’s Annecy in the 2018 Winter Olympics race to host the Olympics.

All three were confirmed as candidates by the IOC executive board as contenders for the Olympics, but Annecy was asked to present a [...]

New junior ski champ crowned in France

Niki Sole the Chipping Norton skier returned from the French ski resort of Meribel as the British junior champion and is now looking towards securing a spot on the senior squad of the next Winter Olympics that will take place in four years in Russia.

At 19, Sole who resides in the Over Norton village to [...]

Winter X Games move to France

Fans of the Winter X Games, last held with such spectacular success in Aspen, Colorado will need to hone their French skills.  Those fortunates who live in France may want to head towards Tignes as that is where the next Winter X Games will be held.

The Tignes Ski and Snowboard Resort was co-host to [...]