Very close to the gondola station blurbed the Airbnb brochure – and they weren’t wrong. The Apartments Central were so ...
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Feed SubscriptionGood Ski Guide discovers the real Eddie the Eagle
While he was based at Limone, Italian Alps, Eddie got lessons from both locals and other young British instructors. And ...
Read More »GSG discovered the Dolomites and Air Fares
GSG discovered the Dolomites and here is their first ad to the British market.
Read More »Sun, Fun and Skiing
Fila was the favourite brand for ski aficionados back in 80s – and so flash it would not look out ...
Read More »American skiing is discovered by GSG
Ski flights to Denver were £244 return in 1980 – half today’s price. They became ever cheaper when low-cost flights ...
Read More »Confessions of a Ski Instructor and Hunt Meets Hill
Austrian learning feature and more fun – Confessions of a ski instructor first reported by GSG has since been copied ...
Read More »Worlds Great Ski Runs and Ski Falls
The world’s great ski runs concentrated on Verbier, which still holds the title as a mean and nasty runs resort.
Read More »Good Ski Guide 10 point resort guide
The world’s first critical look at ski resorts with GSG’s famous points out of 10 -now much copied everywhere
Read More »Erna Low – the UK’s first ski tour operator
Erna Low – an Austrian shot-putter Olympian, was the UK’s first ski tour operator – specializing in France and Austria.
Read More »The White Island of Les Arcs & France’s purpose built ski resorts
The White Island of Les Arcs was hugely popular with youngsters because of its wonderfully planned and compact system of ...
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