creating world class ski facilities good enough to win the 2018 winter olympics pretty much from scratch is testament to korea’s amazing pace of development and can do mentality. so just how does it stack up as a ski destination? we sent carmen & owain price to find out.
Incheon (Seoul) airport is your first inkling this is a country...
By Tim Macartney-Snape
Back in 1929 New Zealand men were men and they had better things to do than make sheep nervous. Like founding a ski field bang in the middle of the main divide of the southern alps. Just getting there was no easy task, a combo of steam train, buggy ride and stiff hike weeding out society skiers...
For the price of a day’s heliskiing you could spend a week accessing terrain and snow that, on it’s day, is as good as any in NZ, just as long as you can ride the amazing 1500m long rope tow at Round Hill - it’s truly a stairway to powder heaven when it’s on, and actually the highest ski...
Fall 2011 saw the merger of Squaw Valley with neighboring Alpine Meadows ski resort – a truly historic event that allows skiers and riders to experience 6,000 acres, 43 lifts and over 270 trails on one lift ticket or season pass. With the addition of Alpine Meadows to the Squaw Valley family – the resorts now enter year two...
Australia's #1 Ski Magazine, now also available internationally in their new app version, has named Big White as 'Family Ski Resort of the Year 2012'.
"When you live on the bottom half of the planet traveling to ski/board in the southern summer is a stretch at the best of times, and more so if you are taking the kids" says...
Las Leñas when it's on has the best resort powder in the Southern Hemisphere, but the isolation has always made it a bit more expensive than other options in Argentina. Right now though you can score a great deal for 2013 and save 30% off rack rates on ski week packages at major resort hotels which can save you...
