Winter Travel
Resources
All the best winter travel coverage - from skiing and snowboarding to resort recommendations - by the FT’s Travel and Pursuits writers. This section will be regularly updated though the season with more winter holiday reviews and ideas
Hotel Insider
Mama Shelter
Designed by Philippe Starck, the comfortable space is in synch with its locale, writes Sophy Roberts
Destination
Ski touring in the Alps
It’s a race against the weather at oxygen-starved altitudes but James Pickford is sustained by stunning mountain scenery and the promise of untouched fields of powder snow
A ‘traditional’ ski holiday
Craving the romantic cosiness of wooden walls, a roaring fire and flagstone floors, Ed Holland heads to Stowe, Vermont to experience a bit of Austria in America
‘I found my dream descent’
The slopes of Valdesquí may look unchallenging, but learn the right trick and the hidden charm of the powder-coated ski destination is unveiled
The elks of Jackson Hole
Arnie Wilson steps into a lost world in wintry Wyoming to marvel at the wildlife and the scenery as well as the usual skiing and Yellowstone Park attractions
The Inferno Race in Mürren
The world’s oldest and longest downhill skiing competition is run on a course that features three climbs and consists of an almost uninterrupted series of black runs
The ups and downs of cross-country skiing
The idea may sound baffling at first, but skiing uphill at an altitude of over 1,700m in the Pyrenees helps one discover new panoramas – and muscles
A visit to an eco-pioneer’s wilderness cabin
Arne Naess’s wooden refuge lies on the slopes of Hallingskarvet, a Scandinavian mountain range that he considered ‘the benevolent, protecting father and divine being’
Defining Moment: Bode Miller democratises downhill skiing, March 1996
Long, skinny planks dominated the slopes until this 18-year-old skier showed up for a national competition in the US on a ‘shaped’ ski and won three of the four events
Celebrity ski instructors
For Sophy Roberts, a good private guide that acts as a companion and on-slope concierge is a better status symbol than a couture snowsuit
Snowboarding in Switzerland
Britain’s ace riders soar over the slopes in Laax, a pro park known for its consistency in creating the best terrain parks for snowboarders and freestyle skiers in Europe
