A magical blend of sun, fun and snow, California and Nevada’s ski regions are like nowhere else.
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Aspen is America’s best-known resort, with great skiing on four snow-sure but unconnected mountains. The scenery is fabulous, so is the ...
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There are hundreds of ski resorts here, and Hokkaido, Japan's north island, has some of the world's best powder snow.
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There are hundreds of ski resorts here, and Hokkaido, Japan’s north island, has some of the world’s best powder snow.
Read More »Livigno
If you want to ski away from it all, you can’t do better than Livigno. High and remote at 1,816m, it sits near the Swiss border, a long way from anywhere.
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Val Cenis is a little-known gem in France’s Haute Maurienne, close to the Italian border.
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Ste Foy is a rarity in France - idyllically small with traditional architecture and hardly any crowds.
Read More »Montgenevre
Montgenèvre is part of the massive 650km Italian border - straddling Via Lattea (Milky Way) ski area. But Montgenèvre, already praised by the Good Ski Guide as the perfect Ski Easy resort, is well worth a visit in its own right.
Read More »Megeve
With its expensive chalet-style architecture, boutique shopping and picturesque snow-covered streets, Megeve is resplendent in an alpine charm that many a purpose built resort will aspire [and fail] to emulate.
Read More »Les Contamines
If the fur-coat-and-Ferrari glitz of Megève is not your scene then drive a few more miles to find rural French perfection in tiny Les Contamines.
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