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A cold war has broken out between British tour operators and French resorts, over the problem of ski guiding. French law dictates anyone leading skiers on slopes must be properly qualified, and in France this means a 2 year university degree course.

Tschuggen Grand Hotel in Arosa, Switzerland is inviting its guests on a Private Mountain weekend, exclusively opening up the slopes a day earlier than the season’s start on November 29.

Sochi Winter Olympics boycott over anti-gay laws is building momentum, but will not be acted on by Premier David Cameron or Lord Sebastian Coe, chairman of the British Olympics Association.

Whilst skiers in the northern Hemisphere are sweltering on the beaches or on city breaks, the other half of the planet is in winter - and that's when Chile scores as the southern hemisphere's top ski spot

Despite Margaret Thatcher’s loathing of French President Mitterrand, she was a great lover of France, its mountains – and cuisine.

Brilliant British ski-racer Heather Mills is moving closer to winning a medal in the 2014 Winter Paralympic games in Sochi, Russia

After skiing, disappear to the loo, take off your helmet, remove clips, and shake hair about before you have lunch or hit the bar! Voila!

Driving to the Alps to ski is the best-value, most fun and most price cost-effective way to go. And with a car in resort you can chase the snow and take almost unlimited baggage.

Durham's Emily Sarsfeld, Britain's top Ski Cross specialist, looks ahead to the coming season and receives a little beauty spa TLC on us.