Ski
Skiing different countries has become very popular as experienced enthusiasts can visit the downhill runs and slalom slopes where their sporting heroes compete on while regular skiiers, snowboarders and Off-piste fans have a great number of resorts and countries to explore. In many resorts other winter sport activities are possible, including ice skating, curling, sleigh […]
Europe, Austria, Active Travel, Ski, Special Offers
The Fugen ski resort is situated in Tyrol’s famous Ziller valley. It is a wonderful little resort which offers a round of about 475 km of slopes and 149 lifts guarantee skiing fun for everyone. There is also a well equipped ski school, which offers excellent facilities for beginners and children. The resort also caters […]
Independent Journeys, Europe, Austria, Active Travel, Ski
Bormio is a popular ski resort in the Lombardy Alps with a distinctly Italian flavour, and is unlike most other ski resorts in that equal importance is placed on off-slope activities as on the skiing. This is not the traditional Alpine centre, but a typically medieval Italian village, with a wealth of history and […]
Independent Journeys, Europe, Italy, Active Travel, Ski
Zermatt, in the shadow of the Matterhorn has the highest all year round skiing area of the Alps. Horse drawn sleighs and carriages are the only means of transport. This world without motor vehicles is the ideal resort for a peaceful holiday. Anyone with some experience of skiing will be thrilled by the variety of […]
Independent Journeys, Europe, Switzerland, Active Travel, Ski
A single REGIONAL SKI PASS (for 2 days or longer) which also lets you use all the ski shuttles in/between Zell-am-See and Kaprun absolutely FREE OF CHARGE. 54 lifts of various kinds - your gateway to pure skiing excitement! Schmittenhöhe - Zell-am-See (28 lifts to elevations of as high as 2000 meters above sea level) […]
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Verbier offers one of Switzerland’s largest and best ski areas, greatly located on a sunny plateau although a little out-moded. The charming and traditional village lies at 1500m with a vast ski area covering over 220 miles of piste with more than 100 lifts and extending up to 3,300m with skiing all year round on […]
Independent Journeys, Europe, Switzerland, Active Travel, Ski
The Stubai Glacier offers one of the most extensive all-year-skiing areas in the Eastern Alps with 110 km of slopes from gentle beginners’ runs to challenging moguls and heart-pounding double black diamond runs. Two modern gondolas are running in parallel from the base-station at Mutterbergalm (1.750m) to the first stage at Fernau (2.302m). From here, […]
Independent Journeys, Europe, Austria, Active Travel, Ski
St. Moritz, huddled on the south side of the Alps at the the “Top of the World” in the Engandine Valley at 6,000 feet above sea level, is Switzerland’s most famous “jet-set” winter resort, it is glitzy, pricey and fashionable but, above all, where people want to be seen. Here one could enjoy an all-round […]
Independent Journeys, Europe, Switzerland, Active Travel, Ski
The great Ski Welt circuit, Austria’s biggest ski area with over 200kms of runs, include different resorts which lie at the foot of the famous Hohe Salve mountain, flanked by the mighty Wilden Kaiser mountain range. It is an ideal choice for mixed ability skiers with runs at every level of ability and an excellent […]
Independent Journeys, Europe, Austria, Active Travel, Ski
Sella Ronda is an area unlike any othe, really a tour around a mountain rather than a specific location, an amazing circular network of lifts and trails taking you around the spectacular Gruppo Sella. The name itself has come to symbolize an area that covers many villages like Ortisei, Corvara, Colfosco, Selva Gardena etc. […]
Independent Journeys, Europe, Italy, Active Travel, Ski