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Review: London Freeze

Record crowds attended a slushy London Freeze

The second annual festival of snow and music took place at Battersea Power Station in a rainy London last weekend

We discover Italy's secret ski resort

Is it impossible to find epic pistes without epic crowds? Yes — and it’s called Moena, says Sunday Times ski editor Sean Newsom

Ski fashion this season: back to the '80s

Lurid ski jackets, all-in-one suits and a woolly hat knitted by a grannie. Ginny Light and Mark Frary report

fresh tracks

Learning to snowboard in Vail, Colorado
A snowboard calendar for this season
A external view of the Chesa Falcun chalet, Klosters, Switzerland
Which are the best chalet firms?

new for 2010

A young man skiing down a steep slope from the mountain Popova Kapa, Rila Mountains, Bulgaria, Europa

The ski season's key trends for 2010

Airbag helmets, packages including lift passes and ski hire, and mad Segway cross-country trips are hot on the slopes

An ipod music player advertisment

Laax, Switzerland - the iPod of the Alps

Eco-hotels and designer-led: three Swiss villages have combined to sell themselves on style

New places to stay in resort this winter

Developments range from luxury hotels to eco-apartments

2010 ski resort reports  

Ski Resort reports 2010: Aspen to Zell am See

Our community of Ski Times bloggers set the scene for the season with brand new profiles of their home resorts

fresh features

Ski Class

Learn to ski: it’s downhill all the way

Experts say learning to ski is easy. They would, wouldn’t they? We asked two beginners for the real story

Apres Ski Snowboard Girl

The right resort for 5 types of skier

Sunday Times ski editor Sean Newsom picks the best options for you, whatever you’re after - on and off the piste

20 ski holidays - from £65 to £838

Sterling might seem to be falling off a cliff but there are still plenty of bargains. We pick the 20 best week-long breaks

Sebastian Faulks in the Alps

The novelist heads to Chalet Merlo in the French Alps and reveals his favourite slopes and lunches

off piste features

Adelie penguins - just one of seven species you could spot in Antarctica

Wrap up warm for these icy adventures

Trips to the world's coldest climates can provide great experiences and a range of unforgettable activities

Igloo village Slovenia, fondue

Stay in Slovenia's igloo ski hotel

A snow chamber for a bedroom, cheese fondue for supper and a weekend on the Krvavec pistes with Ljubljana's ski set

film library

Woman wearing ski sunglasses

Ski + board videos

Guides to Courchevel, Tignes, Val, Meribel plus much, much more

More fresh ski and board features

Kazuhiro Kokubo of Japan, the winner, comptetes during the final of the men's Snowboard Half-Pipe

Nervous ski resorts welcome early snowfall

The opening of some runs has raised hopes of a bumper season after a decline in British visitors hit by the strong euro

The Times Chalet Chef 2010

Chalet Chef 2010: The final shortlist

We name the six chalet companies that will go through to a cook-off in mid-November

Tom Aikens

Chalet Chef 2010: Tom Aikens on ski food

Our judge explains his love of skiing and what he likes to eat on the slopes

Chalet Chef 2010: now we decide the finalists

Voting has closed - now to sift through 500 nominations in a search for ski chalets which deserve applause for the food

Chalet Chef 2010: Meet the judge

John Benbow of Food at 52 explains what he will be looking for from short-listed candidates

ski times BLOG

Man Exercising With Weights in Gym

Skiing: do you really need to get fit for it?

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    smugshot special

    Yet another type of sport being played in the snow: "Here is a picture of Umeå Rugby club winter training, northern Swedish style. We train every weekend from January until the snow disapears around late April. The picture is of Jon going for a try." From Mark Dopson

    Your snow and ski photos from the mountains 2009

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