Norwegian snow boffins are hoping that a newly-invented snow sledge may topple the world speed record on snow. The sledge is being designed by a team of designers and snow-speed fanatics who (imaginatively) call themselves Snowspeed.

 

 

What does it take, these days, for a luxury ski chalet to really stand out from the crowd? When so many high-end properties offer fine wines, great locations, delicious food and fantastic facilities as standard, it can be tricky to separate the best from the rest.

 

For families looking toward the February half term break and the prospect of an exciting ski holiday, we take a moment to profile a property of choice for value seekers: chalet-hotel Le Val d’Isere.

 

 

Val d’Isere is a popular choice among skiers and snowboarders, and it’s not hard to see why. Unfortunately, this can often mean that ski holidays to the world-famous French resort can get a little on the expensive side, particularly around peak dates.

 

 

With the new Eurostar route to Lyon making French ski resorts more accessible by rail than ever before, we look at the practicalities – and benefits – of getting to Val d’Isere by train.

 

 

Sewage may not be the first thing on most skiers’ minds as they carve down the pistes, but as California enters its fourth year of drought, ski resort authorities there have been forced to adopt seemingly drastic measures to preserve the quality of the slopes.