STYLE ALTITUDE for Skiing and Snowboarding

7thMay
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AVALANCHE ALERT: WE WITNESS MASSIVE SLIDE HITTING OUR SKI TOURING ROUTE AT COL DU LAUTARET

An hour after our ski tour on Combeynot, above Col du Lautaret, we witnessed a major avalanche down the face we'd just skied, now creating concern for snow stability and ski touring for May in the Hautes Alpes. The PGHM de Briançon, who arrived swiftly on the scene, said about conditions "il existe de gros cumuls, associés aux hautes chaleurs, cela rend les conditions en haute montagne piégeuses" and piégeuses can either mean tricky or treacherous...

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    SKI NEWS

    Three, Two, One, dropping. The Box Office is now open for Early Bird $1 tickets for Boston's Snowbound Expo, 3rd-5th November at the BCEC. The Expo will bring together inspirational speakers including Dan Egan, Mary Walsh, Ted Ligety plus all the new season gear, cutting-edge technology, apparel, and resorts all under one roof. There are only 5,000 tickets available at the Early Bird price. Buy online here using the code STYLEALTITUDE.

    A new report by campaigners Badvertising and New Weather Sweden has exposed over 100 events, organisations and athletes in the winter sports world, as being sponsored by planet-polluting companies including fossil fuel producers, car manufacturers and airlines.

    Even the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS), is sponsored by Audi, who manufacture almost 90 percent petrol and diesel cars.

    Andrew Simms, Badvertising, remarks, “Sport ended tobacco sponsorship over health concerns, it needs to do the same with major polluters, not just to protect athletes, the planet and the public, but the future of sport.”

    After a generally warmer and shorter winter in Europe, we say amen to that.

Features

1stMay
10 TRENDS FOR SKI HOLIDAYS AND SKI RESORTS

10 TRENDS FOR SKI HOLIDAYS AND SKI RESORTS

As the slopes are once again packed with skiers and snowboarders as if the pandemic had never happened, 10 trends are emerging for ski resorts as a result of lifestyle reassessment, travel reboots and climate changes. Report by Louise Hudson...

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Gear Reviews

1stMay
women's allmountain skis 2023 - 2024

BEST WOMEN'S ALL MOUNTAIN AND TOURING SKIS FOR ONE QUIVER 2024

What is the best one quiver ski? Is it possible for one ski to do all including touring? What are All Mountain skis like on the piste? What sort of compromises do you need to make if you only have one ski to do all conditions? These were the questions we were debating in the van as we drove the three hour journey from Serre Chevalier to La Clusaz for the 2023 SIGB Ski Test...

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The Ski Blog

24thMarch
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ONE MAN AND HIS SKI TOURING DOG

Our small, feisty 10 year old Jack Russell proves there is still plenty of life in the old dog as she aces a 10km and 850m vert ski tour up the Gardiole...

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Winter Sports News

    Stanley Cup: Las Vegas Golden Knights beat Dallas Stars 6-0 to reach Stanley Cup final

    The Las Vegas Golden Knights beat the Dallas Stars 6-0 to secure a 4-2 Western Conference play-off victory and set up a Stanley Cup final meeting with the Florida Panthers.
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    Natasha McKay: British champion ice skater retires aged 28

    Six-time British figure skating champion Natasha McKay retires from the sport aged 28, saying "I can't achieve anything else".
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    Florida Panthers reach Stanley Cup Finals with clean sweep over Carolina Hurricanes

    Matthew Tkachuk scores a last-gasp winner as the Florida Panthers reach the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 1996.
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    British Curling: New coach Greg Drummond undaunted by previous success

    New British Curling head coach Greg Drummond sees recent successes at Olympic and world level as a base for greater glory.
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    GB men promoted to 2024 top-level Ice Hockey World Championship group with Italy win

    Great Britain's men are promoted to the top-level World Championship group thanks to a 5-3 win over Italy in their final Division I Group A match.
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