Skiing
Snow resorts plough on for bumper ski season despite instructors' doubts
Snow resorts are preparing to open, but the coronavirus pandemic has cast doubt on this year's ski season.
- by Andrew Taylor
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Sport
Aussie skier Peel wins first crystal globe
Two-time Olympian Laura Peel has become the first Australian to win skiing's crystal globe since Lydia Lassila in 2009.
Sport
Australia's Laura Peel wins World Cup aerial skiing gold
Two-time Olympian Laura Peel has produced a huge personal-best score to claim her first World Cup aerial skiing gold medal of the season.
Sport
Scotty James claims snowboard halfpipe World Cup title
Australian snowboarder Scotty James has claimed the FIS World Cup title after winning silver on the halfpipe in Calgary.
Broadcast rights
Fetch TV confirms broadcasting deal with Eurosport
Australians will soon be able to watch Discovery's sports network Eurosport on Fetch TV.
- by Zoe Samios
Tourism
How climate change is melting Europe's Alpine ski industry
Like other European resorts at relatively low altitude, global warming is leaving its mark on Garmisch-Partenkirchen – the site of the 1936 Winter Olympics.
- by Catherine Bosley and Boris Groendahl
Switzerland
Rescuers comb Austrian, Swiss avalanches for possible buried victims
Two people were pulled from the snow and taken to hospital, but it was unclear how many others could be buried under the snow, police said.
Good Weekend
The best weekends away in Victoria
Those looking for a short break in Victoria are spoilt for choice – farmhouse adventures, seaside drives and eclectic discoveries await.
NSW
Snowboarder plummets from Perisher chairlift
A woman has fallen from a chairlift after dangling several metres in the air as an onlooker called for help.
- by Laura Chung and Jenny Noyes
Tragedy
Body identified as missing Olympic skier Blanca Fernandez Ochoa
Hundreds of police and volunteers had been searching a mountainous area near Madrid in Spain for the former alpine ski racer.
Weather
'It's about having fun': Dinner Plain dog sledders lap up snow cover
Some kids like to play rugby or soccer. Sam Hughes 14, goes dog sledding in the snow.
- by Carolyn Webb