Winter sports holidays
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A 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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Glühwein 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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For 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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For 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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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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The 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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From 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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Prompted 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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This 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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Winter 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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Winters 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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Skiing 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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Morzine 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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Attitudes 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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Victory 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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Calgary 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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Topics
- Skiing holidays
- Europe holidays
- Ski resorts
- Snowboarding (Travel)
- Adventure travel
- Alps holidays
- Austria holidays
- France holidays
- Extreme sports holidays
- United States holidays
- Italy holidays
- North and Central America holidays
- Top 10s
- Sweden holidays
- Snowboarding (Sport)
- Climbing holidays
- Iran holidays
- Olympic Games
- Switzerland holidays
- Winter food and drink
To ski or not to ski? Are the Alps fun without hurtling downhill?