Category: Ski Worldwide

New Zealand Ski Season Opens

New Zealand Ski Season Opens

Are you looking for the perfect Ski New Zealand holiday? Great snow, amazing scenery, and conditions to suit your level of experience? Well New Zealand is the place, and right now is the time to start planning. A favourable exchange rate, cheap flights, and value for money ski and snowboarding packages combine to make New [...]

Australia

Australia

Located in the southern hemisphere, Australia has a very dry climate and is a very popular tourist destination – for a variety of very good reasons. However, despite the dry climate, there are mountains – and good skiing can be found in Victoria and New South Wales in the southeast part of the country, and [...]

Rocky Mountain Group Travel Division

Rocky Mountain Group Travel Division

Rocky Mountain Vacation Rentals announces the addition of their Group Sales Division, Rocky Mountain Group Travel, to each of their locations in Vail, Beaver Creek, Aspen, Breckenridge, Copper, Steamboat Springs, Telluride and Keystone. By offering a group travel resource, Rocky Mountain Vacation Rentals will assist wedding travelers, sports teams, ski clubs, large families, corporate travelers, [...]

Argentinian Ski Resort Makes Helmet Wearing Compulsory For Children

Argentinian Ski Resort Makes Helmet Wearing Compulsory For Children

The leading Argentinian ski resort of Las Lenas, which opened for its 2009 season this week, is the latest to make safety helmet wearing compulsory for children younger than 12 years of age. The resort has purchased 600 new helmets this year and is offering them for rental. “In Las Lenas guest security is our [...]

Four killed in avalanche at Valmeinier

Four killed in avalanche at Valmeinier

Four skiers have been killed by a major avalanche close to the ski resort of Valmeinier early this afternoon. The group was composed of seven high school kids from the Savoie and their guide, they were ski touring above the resort. A total of eight ski tourers have died since the weekend in three incidents. [...]

Chile

Chile

How about summer in Chile for a change? The Andes range in Chile could provide an interesting alternative to New Zealand or Australia. The Chilean resorts are great for the adventurous who don’t mind going to out-of-the-way places where they can hit the slopes in August! The good thing about it is that the uncrowded [...]

Argentina

Argentina

Argentina has suffered a lot of economic and political problems but it also currently offers some great travel opportunities. Argentina is being discovered for all the wonderful things it has to offer, including its winter sports facilities. Most people would think first of its beaches, tango music and beautiful people, but is has some amazing [...]

South America

South America

South America is a place that holds many natural wonders, and plenty of interesting locations to keep any visitor happy. Skiing can be found in South America, in the Andes Mountains of both Argentina and Chile and in the Patagonian region. It is known among avid skiers in the northern hemisphere as a summer skiing [...]

New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island nation located in the SW Pacific Ocean, comprising a network of islands and some of the most scenic country to be found anywhere on earth. The two main islands which make up New Zealand are the South and North islands which are separated by the Cook Strait. New Zealand is [...]

Victoria

Victoria

Victoria is a state of Australia, located in the SE corner. It is the smallest of the states and yet the most urban and second most densely populated area after New South Wales. Victoria has it all – sandy beaches, rivers, rainforests, bushland, snow-covered mountains and a spectacular coastline. You will find some great skiing [...]

Tasmania

Tasmania

Tasmania is located off the SE corner of Australia and separated from the Australian mainland by the Bass Strait. There is nothing else between Tasmania and Antarctica. Tasmania is also surrounded by the Tasman Sea and Southern Ocean. The capital city is Hobart, and other major cities and centres are Launceston, Burnie and Devonport. Tasmania [...]

New South Wales

New South Wales

There is plenty of great skiing and winter sports fun to be found in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales. So, when it’s summer in the northern hemisphere you can escape the heat and go to the snow because it’ll be wintertime in Australia! Within a few hours drive of Sydney you’ll find great [...]