Ski Holidays | Ski Resort Guides and Offers

Solís Cambrian Hotel & Spa in Adelboden, Switzerland has released details of its ski packages for the 08/09 season, with a special early bird offer of a 10 per cent discount on all the services provided by the hotel if clients book three months in advance of their holiday.

Snow-covered mountains, blue skies, perfect slopes – all just waiting for those first wintery tracks. Sound like the perfect winter daydream? Well, there’s never been a better time to turn this dream into reality!

A revolutionary new solar powered ski lift, new hotels and new direct flights from London, Bristol and Liverpool to the Tirol's capital, Innsbruck, are among the innovations being unveiled for the coming winter ski season in the Austrian Tirol.

As the ski season approaches, Interhome, one of Europe’s largest providers of privately owned rental properties, launches the new 164 page, 09 Winter Ski and Snowboard Brochure.

September is traditionally the time when people start getting serious about booking their ski holiday. In response to this, the leading ski website chaletsdirect.com has grouped together a variety of services to form a new interactive area for people looking for ski and snowboard breaks.

If you are a complete novice that has never been near a pair of skis, Erna Low is offering a remarkable opportunity by taking part in Fresher’s Ski Week, an initiative to encourage new wintersports enthusiasts to participate in a sport we all love.

From classy and comfortable to cheap and cheerful, there are hundreds of chalets out there and finding the one that suits you can seem daunting. Lucy Crisp lays out the top 10 questions to ask to ensure you book a chalet holiday that’s right for you.

With special discounts for Christmas 2008 off accommodation prices and free children’s lift passes when booking selected Pierre & Vacances self catering properties, it will really pay families to plan their ski holiday now.

Tour operators are warning that the February school holiday week in 2009 is going to be tricky for families as nearly all schools in the UK have the same week – when usually the holidays are spread over at least a fortnight. The message is that availability will be low and thus prices high, already visible if you go to a ‘low cost’ airline website and try to book a flight to the Alps around Valentine’s Day, returning a week later.

Ski Freshtracks, specialists in holidays which match skiers of the same ability have cemented themselves as leaders in off-piste skiing with an expanded off-piste, ski touring and heli-skiing programme including a new freeski week with Salomon and a freeride ski testing weekend with Snow+Rock. Single skiers will also be delighted with more holidays offering single rooms at no extra cost.

The charming Provencal character of Serre Chevalier, Southern French Alps, with its 13 towns and villages, 250km of dramatic, high altitude, tree-lined slopes and 35kms of cross country tracks, has a bumper season in store and offers even more good reasons to ski this vast, varied mountain.

Book your winter break early this year with these great ski chalets from Villasfortravel.com, from only £92 per night. From Colorado to the Alpine resorts of France and more destinations on their website, you’re sure to find the perfect ski break for you and your family.

Skiers looking for the elusive combination of affordability and luxury need look no further than Inghams 2008 - 2009 Ski Luxury collection. Its seventy-one hotels, in forty-three of the world’s finest resorts are as distinctive as they are distinguished. The brochure puts all the elements of a discerning skier’s ideal holiday right at their fingertips. Each page boasts hotels with exceptional quality, individual style, and a unique ambience.

Erna Low, the best independent ski operator to France as voted by Maison de la France in the 2008 British Travel Trade Awards, has introduced another adrenaline packed ski brochure for the 2008/09 season. This comprehensive bumper brochure includes even more resorts in France, Switzerland and British Columbia, Canada while ever popular resorts like Flaine, Les Arcs, La Plagne and Serre Chevalier offer impressive new properties.

Western Newfoundland, Canada’s most easterly province, is a real haven for lovers of the great outdoors and, at only five and a half hours flight from the UK, it makes for an easily accessible and cost-effective family holiday destination. The luxurious Humber Valley Resort, nestled into the Appalachian Mountains, is perfect for families and friends wishing to enjoy a snow-based activity holiday and specialist travel company, Select Resorts has some excellent winter wonderland packages from under £640 per person per week.

Independent ski company Chalet Blanc (chalet-blanc.co.uk) is happy to announce the addition of a children’s playroom to its luxury chalet for next season. Together with the in-house nanny service on offer it makes Chalet Blanc the perfect destination for your family ski trip.

It may be the first full month of summer, but savvy skiers and boarders need not go without their regular snow fix. Skiinfo.com continues to report on snow conditions at Europe’s glacier ski areas, which are either still going from the 2007-8 season, or have just re-opened for a few months of summer snow fun.

The Ski Famille winter 2008/09 brochure is out now. A clear magazine style format enables families to quickly get to grips with what’s on offer from the leading family ski specialist.

Packed with exciting ideas for this coming Winter’s ski holidays, the new Frontier Ski brochure features the pick of Canada’s best accommodation in the country’s top resorts. Five star luxury awaits at the Four Seasons’ Resort in Whistler, there is a warm and friendly welcome at Nancy Greene’s Cahilty Lodge in Sun Peaks and pure indulgence is on offer at The Post Hotel in Lake Louise. Add in dozens of high quality hotels, resorts and lodges from Tremblant to Big White and there is no need to look any further than Frontier Ski for Canadian holidays.

As the southern hemisphere ski season gets underway and European glaciers open for summer skiing, the Ski Club of Great Britain’s website, skiclub.co.uk, continues to be the number one place to view the most up to date and accurate snow reports on the internet.

Strange though it may seem, more European ski areas are open in late June than late May each spring/summer. The anomaly – in which more ski areas open as temperatures get warmer – has been identified by the leading snow-reporting service Skiinfo.com which tracks snow conditions several times daily, year round, at more than a thousand European ski resorts.

With 200 million Euros of Olympic investment, extended ski runs for 2008 and the first five star hotel opening in the High Tatra mountains, Slovakia is rapidly nipping at the heels of more established eastern European ski regions as an alternative to the crowded slopes of the Alps.

For skiers and snowboarders who can’t to wait until next season to hit the slopes, Flight Centre’s expert travel consultants have identified a selection of destinations that allow you to get your skiing fix during the summer months.

For the third time this year, Perisher Blue Ski Resort, Australia, has received an early white winter coat after 10-15cm of fresh snow fell in the resort from about 11am yesterday and continuing throughout the night.

It’s a fact, that one cigarette butt pollutes upwards of 1 cubic metre of water, a coke can takes over 200 years to decompose and even orange peel will not disappear in less than a year. All these items, and many more are found on ski slopes across the world.

Approximately 500 mm of the white stuff are predicted in what will be the biggest downfalls in Hemel Hempstead for many years. Experts are expecting tons of perfect, powdery snow to fall over the slopes and remain on the ground - indefinitely.

First Choice customers can now benefit from up-to-date ski and snow reports to ensure they are on the slopes during the best skiing conditions during their winter break, thanks to a new text service provided by Travel Buddy.

Easter often heralds the end of the ski season, but its early occurrence this year means there is still time to hit the slopes in Europe. For the best chance of snow, specialist ski operator Flexiski recommends heading to Val Thorens, Europe’s highest ski resort at an altitude of 2,300m. The resort is due to stay open until 4th May 2008.

With fresh snow falling and plenty already on the ground there is still time to make some turns on the slopes of Canada before the end of the season. Frontier Ski has some great offers available including some great deals for families and groups.