December 2024
Why Victoria will struggle to sell Mount Baw Baw alpine resort
More than one-third of the resort’s commercial sites are vacant and it doesn’t have enough power to use them all, business owners say.
November 2024
Victoria to sell loss-making Baw Baw, Lake Mountain ski resorts
The two resorts closest to Melbourne have long needed subsidies to keep operating. But selling them creates dilemmas for the state’s alpine tourism market.
October 2024
New climate findings bad news for Aussie snow bunnies
Years of high-quality, deep snow cover across Australian alpine regions are becoming rare.
Why you would go skiing in Whistler in spring
Fewer crowds, great restaurants and a private art collection offer much to explore in this ski town in April. That’s in addition to great snow.
August 2024
Why Aussies love this ski resort – and it’s not Whistler
It starts with one season as a ski bum and morphs into an annual family holiday with kids in tow. People keep returning to SilverStar in Canada’s British Columbia.
July 2024
Ski season finds cold comfort from a slow start
Ski industry operators say soft early snowfalls combined with 13 interest rate rises have led to a slower start to the season. But things can change quickly.
June 2024
Live it up like a millionaire in Whistler’s newest luxury lodge
The Wedge Mountain Lodge & Spa has everything you can dream of and then some. At around $30,000 a night during the peak Christmas/New Year period, this stay is one for the bucket list.
May 2024
How this Australian went from ski bum to CEO of a Canadian ski resort
The much-loved Big White in British Columbia has been family owned for decades. Third-generation Peter Plimmer had to earn his stripes to take up the mantle.
A ski pass for seven resorts for $619? France trumps the US on price
Ski Méribel once, and you’ll be hooked on Les Trois Vallées – especially as the region is cheaper than most American resorts.
The elite US ski town that flies under the radar of many Australians
It’s the American resort that’s bred the most winter Olympians. After a $US200 million overhaul, Steamboat’s 1500 hectares across six peaks is the place to be.
April 2024
Can Netflix’s billionaire founder Reed Hastings disrupt skiing?
Can the new owner of Utah’s Powder Mountain transform the ski industry the way he did entertainment, even as he learns the ski business on the fly?
March 2024
These skiers are still chasing powder in their 80s and 90s
For the Wild old Bunch, getting older means more time for the mountain. And octogenarians onwards take part for free.
February 2024
It’s too expensive to build ski lodges in Japan’s powder paradise
Prospects for developers to generate large profits at famed Japanese ski destination Niseko are dwindling as speculation from foreign investors sends land prices soaring.
The Japanese town juggling an Australian invasion
Noisy parties and drunk tourists are the downside of an annual Australian invasion of Japan’s ski mecca of Hakuba.
January 2024
Has skiing become too fast and too furious?
Many report the 2022-23 season in France was one of the worst yet. Not for conditions, but for people behaving recklessly on the slopes.
October 2023
Skiing in Japan to get a $2.2 billion upgrade close to Tokyo
Big plans are under way for Myoko Kogen as more global investors look to get in on the country’s red-hot tourism rebound.
Thredbo eyes new accommodation for first time in 30 years
Event Hospitality wants to offload part of its Thredbo Golf Course to a developer to build a precinct housing 186 beds and take advantage of the regional tourism boom.
July 2023
It’s marvellous what a difference this Milo makes
If you’re into the great outdoors, the Milo communicator from Loose Cannon Systems is beyond great. It’s a must-have.
June 2023
Snow to blanket the Alps, but El Niño threatens the ski season
Blizzard conditions will deliver resorts enough snow to open large swathes of terrain next week, but a forecast El Niño weighs on the outlook for the season.
May 2023
Grollo gives ‘family discount’ on key Mt Buller lot
In a tight-knit mountain community, the purchase of an alpine piece of land breathes new life into the much-loved Grimus family hospitality business.