FROM SHANGHAI’S VAST INDOOR SLOPES TO THE PLANET’S EVER MORE ECO-SAVVY RESORTS, HERE’S OUR ROUND-UP OF SOME THE WORLD’S MOST EXCITING SKIING DESTINATIONS. 5 Oct 2024 - 7:15AM THE BEST PLACES

TO SKI THIS WINTER FOR BEGINNERS, EXPERIENCED SKIERS, FAMILIES, SNOWBOARDERS, THE ONE WITH THE BEST APRÈS-SKI PARTIES, THE UP-AND-COMING ONES – ALF ALDERSON GIVES YOU HIS TOP 10. 18 Nov

2023 - 6:15PM THE LONG-TERM FORECAST FOR THE WORLD’S SKI RESORTS IS BAD, WITH RISING TEMPERATURES SHORTENING SKI SEASONS AND PUSHING SNOW LINES HIGHER UP MOUNTAINS. 29 Jan 2023 - 4:15PM

VETERAN SKIER ALF ALDERSON VISITS TWO BRITISH COLUMBIA MOUNTAIN RESORTS KNOWN FOR THEIR FORMIDABLE SLOPES TO SEE HOW THEY’RE DEALING WITH THE AFTERMATH OF COVID-19 – AND COMES AWAY MORE THAN

TRAIL FOR ALL THE FAMILY? THESE APPS WILL POINT THE WAY. 12 Dec 2019 - 3:00PM A SMART JACKET THAT PUMPS SWEAT AWAY, A MID-LAYER THAT ACTIVATES A HEATER TO WARM YOU UP, HEAT-RETAINING

LEGGINGS – THIS IS WEARABLE TECH FOR SKIERS. THERE’S EVEN A GLOVE THAT DOUBLES AS A PHONE. 1 Dec 2019 - 7:49PM FROM THE REMOTE TETNULDI, RENOWNED FOR ITS CHALLENGING OFF-PISTE TERRAIN, TO

GUDAURI, WITH AN ARRAY OF WIDE, OPEN INTERMEDIATE PISTES, SKIERS AND SNOWBOARDERS OF EVERY LEVEL WILL FIND SOMETHING THAT SETS THE HEART RACING. 25 Apr 2019 - 8:00PM LONGBOARDING, THE

TRADITIONAL FORM OF SURFING, IS SEEING A RESURGENCE IN SURF SPOTS AROUND THE GLOBE, WITH EVERYONE FROM BEGINNERS TO EXPERTS LEARNING TO APPRECIATE THE GREATER STABILITY AND SMOOTH, FLOWING

TECHNIQUE. 18 Feb 2019 - 6:56PM TIMBERLINE LODGE WAS THE SETTING FOR STANLEY KUBRICK’S HORROR CLASSIC. FROM THERE YOU CAN TRAVEL TO IDAHO, STOPPING OFF TO SKI ON UNTOUCHED POWDERY SNOW. 10

Dec 2018 - 6:37AM THE SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRY’S SECOND LARGEST ISLAND OFFERS POWDER-SOFT SNOW AND SPECTACULAR SCENERY WITHOUT THE CROWDS. WHY? BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO WALK TO THE SUMMIT 1 Dec 2018

- 1:00PM IT’S THE PUREST FORM OF SKIING – YOU HIKE UPHILL ON SKIS, THEN SKI BACK DOWN. WE TAKE YOU THROUGH THE KIT YOU NEED, AND RECOMMEND SOME BEST BUYS; SKIS, BOOTS, BINDINGS, RESCUE KIT

AND BACKPACK – WE’VE GOT YOU COVERED. 17 Nov 2018 - 6:51PM THE COMBINATION OF EASE AND FUN IS MAKING THE POPULARITY OF E-BIKES SOAR. MOUNTAIN BIKING PURISTS MAY CALL IT CHEATING, BUT YOU’LL

PROBABLY RIDE FOR LONGER AND EXPLORE PLACES YOU WOULDN’T USUALLY HAVE THE ENERGY TO GET TO. 7 Oct 2018 - 4:55PM IN THE 1970S SURFERS WERE GREETED WITH BEMUSEMENT ON THE BEACHES OF FRANCE’S

ATLANTIC COAST; NOW IT’S THE CARS WITHOUT SURFBOARDS ON THAT STAND OUT AT THIS STOP ON THE WORLD SURF LEAGUE TOUR – BUT THE INNOCENCE HAS BEEN LOST. 30 Sep 2018 - 5:35PM PONTCYSYLLTE

AQUEDUCT IN NORTH WALES IS NOT FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED. IT IS THE HIGHEST NAVIGABLE AQUEDUCT ON THE PLANET. TO REACH IT YOU NEED TO CARRY A BOAT UP INTO THE MOUNTAINS OF SNOWDONIA, THEN

INFLATE YOUR VESSEL, GET IN AND ENJOY THE VIEW. 21 Aug 2018 - 6:17PM BETTER SUITED TO UNPAVED TRACKS THAN A ROAD BIKE AND LIGHTER THAN A MOUNTAIN BIKE, GRAVEL BIKES LET YOU ‘BIKEPACK’ LONG –

OR SHORT – DISTANCES IN REMOTE AREAS SUCH AS THE CAUCASUS, CENTRAL ASIA, THE FRENCH ALPS AND THE US MIDWEST. 30 Jul 2018 - 5:39PM YOU WILL FEEL NO GREATER FREEDOM THEN RIDING YOUR FIRST

WAVE. GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY STAND ON A BOARD, HOWEVER, CAN BE A BIT TRICKY. HERE ARE SIX PLACES THAT ARE PERFECT TO LEARN THE SPORT 12 May 2018 - 7:33PM FROM CHINA TO

THE CANADIAN ROCKIES, ICE CLIMBING IS A POPULAR NICHE IN THE MOUNTAINEERING WORLD. WE TALK TO THE PEOPLE WHO FIND JOY IN SCALING FROZEN WATERFALLS AND ICE-COATED CRAGS AS THEY MAKE THEIR

SUB-ZERO ASCENTS 11 Mar 2018 - 9:38AM IF YOU LONG FOR THIGH-DEEP POWDER AND UNTOUCHED RUNS, LOOK NO FURTHER THAN SKI TOURING. THE ACTIVITY TAKES YOU AWAY FROM THE RESORTS, AND GETS YOU

CLIMBING MOUNTAINS AND SPEEDING DOWN THEM, ALL WHILE YOU ARE STRAPPED IN 20 Feb 2018 - 11:13PM FROM AN AVALANCHE SAFETY BAG THAT INFLATES IN THREE SECONDS AND ANTI-FOG GOGGLES, TO HEATED

SOCKS AND BOOT WARMERS, THIS SEASON’S SKI GEAR HAS A TECH FOCUS OFFERING PROTECTION AND COMFORT 29 Oct 2017 - 6:09PM HOW THE MAGNIFICENT GRAUBÜNDEN REGION – AND GAY SKI WEEK – LEAVES A TRAIN

NERD FABULOUSLY HAPPY 16 Feb 2017 - 5:29PM HUGE IMPROVEMENTS IN SKI EQUIPMENT ENABLE RECREATIONAL SKIERS TO MAKE SERIOUS FORAYS INTO WILD TERRAIN, ONCE THE EXCLUSIVE TERRITORY OF ‘EXPERTS’.

HERE’S WHERE TO BUY THE BEST GEAR 14 Dec 2016 - 5:01PM LONG USED BY MOUNTAINEERS, A CANVAS AND METAL PORTALEDGE ATTACHED TO A MOUNTAIN ABOVE ANNECY IN FRANCE OVERS UNFORGETTABLE VIEWS OF

THE SUNRISE. IT'S NOT FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED, OR FIDGETERS 9 Sep 2016 - 12:32PM 27 Feb 2016 - 10:41PM THESE DAYS, SKI RESORTS ARE NOT JUST ABOUT SKIING – MOST OFFER A WHOLE RANGE OF

OPTIONS FOR THOSE WHO WANT A BREAK FROM THE SLOPES 18 Feb 2016 - 6:00AM OK, YOU CAN NEVER CALL A SKIING TRIP A BUDGET HOLIDAY, BUT HELISKIING - WHERE A HELICOPTER DROPS YOU AT THE TOP OF A

MOUNTAIN AND YOU SKI DOWN - DOESN'T ALWAYS COST A FORTUNE. 2 Mar 2016 - 12:40PM FROM GLOVES TO GOGGLES, JACKETS TO LONG JOHNS, YOU NEED WELL-DESIGNED, INNOVATIVE EQUIPMENT. HERE'S

OUR PICK OF WHAT'S AVAILABLE IN HONG KONG AND ONLINE 22 Oct 2015 - 4:32PMvideocam SURF SNOWDONIA IN THE WELSH MOUNTAINS PROVIDES VERY RESPECTABLE RIDES OF UP TO 18 SECONDS. 12 Sep 2015

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