Winter sports holidays
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A snowy Lapland adventure: readers' photo competition 2015 – the winner's tripA winter activity trip to Swedish Lapland was Michael Grolys’ prize for winning the 2015 readers’ travel photo competition. Here are his best shots
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10 of the best winter city breaks in Europe: readers’ travel tipsGlühwein and hot chocolate, snowy views, empty museums and comfort food … Guardian readers pick the best European cities for an atmospheric winter holiday
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Movies and mountains: mixing film and skiing at the Sundance festivalFor a film-loving skier, this Utah festival makes a perfect winter trip. With everyone at the movies (or in their own VR show) you have swathes of Park City, the US’s biggest ski area, almost to yourself
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Winter sports holidays without the skiingFor those who love a snowy mountain but aren’t keen on strapping planks to their feet, Sam Haddad picks exciting winter activities, from ice karts to dog sleds
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Goggles on, heads up ... what’s new in skiing this season?Women-only ski courses, new flights, wine-tasting tours, yoga, skiing with Eddie the Eagle … there’s a lot that’s new this winter
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Warth, Austria: welcome to the snowiest village in the AlpsThe big news for the coming ski season is a new set of lifts in Austria’s Arlberg area. They’ll link glitzy Lech and raucous St Anton but will also benefit treasures like tiny, snowy Warth
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10 of the best places to go skiing – readers’ tipsFrom Kazakhstan to Canada via the Cairngorms, our readers have been on the pistes, enjoying the après ski, falling off chair lifts, and marvelling at the scenery – and, sometimes, great prices
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In the footholds of Dorothy Pilley: how my great-great aunt became a climbing inspirationPrompted by the discovery of her memoir, Dan Richards goes on the trail of Dorothy Pilley, a trailblazing female climber who explored the world
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My big fat Italian bike tourThis season’s snowsports fad, an import from the US, is fat biking down the slopes. Sam Hadddad tried the alternative to skiing and snowboarding in the Dolomites. Plus five more places to try it
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Ice-swimming in Sweden: how to really chill out by the poolWinter swimming regular Sally Goble doesn’t fear the cold, though a trip to Skellefteå in northern Sweden for the World Cup – air temp -3C, water temp 0.3C – tests her nerve. Still, she gets to wear a woolly hat
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When good weather is bad news: a storm adventure in IcelandWinters in Iceland can be brutal, but a new hike aims to ‘make storms fun’. Kevin Rushby hopes for danger, blizzards and high winds
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Hot on the cold war trail: a cross-country ski tour in eastern GermanySkiing along a crosscountry mountain trail, Colin Nicholson stays in a string of villages that used to be on East Germany’s frontline
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Two new chalets show off Morzine’s stylish sideMorzine may not have the cachet of Val d’Isère or Courchevel but at two stylish and spacious additions to its chalet collection there’s a relaxed vibe that’s easy to enjoy
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Eco-friendly architecture in the Alps hits new heightsAttitudes to Alpine wilderness have changed in the 150 years since the Matterhorn was first climbed: these cutting-edge new buildings treat the mountains gently while still looking great
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He shoots, he scores: Vladimir Putin celebrity cult achieves new goalsVictory in an ‘all-star’ ice hockey team led by Russian president and unveiling of a bronze bust near St Petersburg take macho image to new levels
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Sport picture of the day: fanning the FlamesCalgary Flames players during the warm-up period in game three of the first round of the 2015 Stanley Cup play-offs against the Vancouver Canucks at the Scotiabank Saddledome
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To ski or not to ski? Are the Alps fun without hurtling downhill?