On May 28th 9m cubic tons of rock, mud & ice came crashing down on the evacuated Swiss village and buried it. There are now plans to re-build & create a ‘New Blatten’. NEW There have been several rock ...

Short and intense summer rainfall is likely to become more frequent and severe in the future because of global warming according to a new study. NEW Researchers from the University of Lausanne in ...

Greece’s top alpine skier, AJ Ginnis, will carrying the flame for the 2026 Winter Olympics Lighting Ceremony in November. NEW The decision has been unanimously approved by the Hellenic Olympic ...

Tignes joins its neighbour Val d’Isere that opened a couple of weeks ago as we reported at the time.. Val d’Isere opens for summer skiing; Tignes has four weeks of operations planned from 21st June to ...

The International Ski and Snowboard Federation has officially approved the 2025–26 Alpine World Cup calendars for both men and women. Next winter is an Olympic season with the Milan-Cortina Winter ...

100 villagers from Brienz/Brinzauls have been told to leave. The village is 25 miles southwest of the ski resort of Davos. The mountain slope above the village has been deemed unsafe by the ...

At the end of last winter the glaciers in Switzerland were 13% below their 2010-2020 average size. The current hot weather is causing further melt. Glacier Monitoring Switzerland, Glamos, measured ...

GB Snowsport names 33 athletes, including six for the World Cup squad. There are familiar faces and some new ones. With the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics taking place next February and improving ...

It has invested in technology, content production, and platform partnerships. The Federation says the 2024-25 season marked a breakthrough in audience development, fan engagement, and global and ...

In New Zealand the resort of Mt Hutt on the south island is open with some good conditions. Other resorts in New Zealand are looking to open shortly. Many of the resorts in Australia opened last ...

Seven skiers will form an expanded Performance squad, with long-standing British team members being joined by first-time selected William Hughes.. Ewan McAdam and Elke Hammerstein have been promoted ...

More people are visiting Austria outside the traditional times in the winter and summer seasons. At a recent joint news conference the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs, Energy and Tourism and the ...