The Best High Altitude Ski Resorts You May Not Have Heard Of 20 October 2022 @Montgnèvre ski resort If 'snow-sure resort' is a phrase high on your list of priorities when planning your treasured week on the slopes, let us introduce... Read More
Top Tips for Booking Ski Lessons 06 September 2018 © Ongosa We've teamed together with our friends at Ongosa to give you all the best tips for booking your ski lessons this season. 1. It’s fun Whether... Read More
Top tips for getting back on the slopes after an injury 05 April 2018 PowderBeds' own Rosie was worried that a broken fibula at New Year's meant no sking this season - disaster for any keen skier! However, less then... Read More
PowderBeds' holiday hacks for seamless self-catering 30 March 2018 A self-catering ski holiday has many advantages, you can save some money vs hotel or catered prices, get a bit more room for hanging out... Read More
Top five European resorts for April ski holidays 09 February 2018 Val Thorens – 20 April 2017 Thanks to the promise of clear sunny days spent on relatively quiet slopes, April is a fantastic time of year... Read More
When should my kids learn to snowboard? 20 June 2017 ©Oreli B / OT Avoriaz Ever been told your kids need to learn to ski before they can snowboard? Or that they can’t snowboard until they... Read More
Top Ten Ski Lifts to Ride Before You Die 03 April 2017 Some of the lifts on our list take you to simply epic terrain while others are just worth the ride - either way these are... Read More
Historic Ski Hotels 07 March 2017 Skiing might seem like a modern sport, synonymous with huge ski lift infrastructure, purpose-built resorts and the latest high tech equipment, but before we were... Read More
Top Ten Ski and Snowboard Films 03 March 2017 Taron Egerton and Hugh Jackman star in Eddie the Eagle. (Image courtesy of Lionsgate Home Entertainment.) Bored at home and missing the pistes? Well, book a ski... Read More
Solo Ski Trips 02 February 2017 Ever thought of planning a solo ski trip? If your mates just aren’t into snow sports, or you can’t find dates to suit all of... Read More
6 Great Reasons to get Children Skiing 25 November 2016 © Pierre Raphoz Photographie / OT Chamonix It’s Fun! Skiing is great fun for everyone, but especially for children! They get to cruise down pistes and whizz... Read More
The Best European Resorts for Group Ski Holidays 20 October 2016 © OT Chamonix / Monica Dalmasso Organising a ski trip for a large group of people is tricky, to say the least. With different abilities, tastes... Read More
The Best Resorts for Learning to Ski Off-Piste 18 August 2016 OT Chamonix / Monica Dalmasso Are you a confident skier on the piste, and want to take your skiing up a level? Are you looking for... Read More
5 Reasons to Go Skiing in the Alps this Christmas 27 July 2016 © Jean-Pierre Noisillier / OT Megeve Make the most magical time of the year even more so by going skiing! Here are our five favourite reasons... Read More
The Best Ski Resorts in Europe 07 July 2016 © Pierre Raphoz Photographie / OT Chamonix Choosing where to book your next ski holiday can be a little overwhelming, especially if you’re looking to go... Read More
The Best Ski and Snowboard Gadgets 17 June 2016 © Lily Camera It seems like there’s a gadget for everything these days, and skiing is no exception. Whether it’s to improve your comfort on the... Read More
Our Top 10 Picks for Summer Skiing 05 May 2016 May 2016 Getting withdrawal from the snow already? Us too! To help beat the summer blues we’ve lined up our favourite places to get your ski... Read More
Last Minute Offers 31 December 2015 Heavy snow is forecast for the Alps this weekend and next week so it’s the perfect time to book a January ski trip! Plus, we... Read More
White Friday Offers 26 November 2015 Forget Black Friday – with all the snow in the Alps recently, we’ve decided to call it White Friday! We have a number of fantastic... Read More
Top Five Spookiest Ski Resorts 29 October 2015 Hallowe’en is here and we thought we’d celebrate by looking at some of the spookiest ski resorts in the world. With reports of ghostly apparitions... Read More
Luxury Apartment Early Booking Discounts 02 October 2015 We’ve got amazing Early Booking Discounts on a number of our most luxurious self-catering apartments so now is a great time to treat yourself to... Read More
Our top pictures of 2014/15 24 April 2015 It's spring clear-out time and the Powderbeds photo album is no exception. We thought it was about time to sort through our collection from the... Read More
The Best High Altitude Resorts to Find the Snow 23 January 2015 Winter 2014/15 may have got off to a bit of a slow start in Europe but there’s plenty of great snow around if... Read More
It's Been Snowing! 19 January 2015 The Alps have finally seen the huge dump of snow we have all been waiting for and some lucky members of our team... Read More
Offers of the Week 08 January 2015 Here we have selected the very best savings we have on offer this week for you. We have a range of deals on fantastic ski... Read More
11 Awesome Après Activities for Kids 21 November 2014 If you think après ski activities for children is limited to the hotel pool or local ice rink, think again. Some ski resorts pull... Read More
Our Top 10 Pet Hates for Skiers 05 November 2014 Tweet For a skier, there are few things in the world to beat the feeling of cruising down the mountain with a spray of... Read More
Winter Arrives in the Mountains 12 October 2014 The past 7 days have seen the arrival of winter in both the Alps and Rockies. 20cm of snow fell in the Chamonix Valley, with a... Read More
A Must Have New iPhone App? 10 October 2014 If you wanted to get access to any stats about your day skiing in the past you would either have to rent a GPS device... Read More
Team GB’s Medal Hopefuls for the Sochi Winter Olympics 2014 09 October 2014 The Road to Sochi As winter approaches, excitement is building among winter sports enthusiasts waiting for the lifts to start cranking for the 2013/2014 ski season.... Read More
Our Top 5 Resorts for Summer Skiing 16 August 2014 August 2014 The summer ski season is now well underway, and with Mother Nature depositing record snow falls on the Alps’ white peaks last winter, the... Read More
Top Summer Ski Equipment Sales 01 August 2014 The summer can seem like one long wait for the snow to arrive and the lifts to open, however, it can also be a great... Read More
A New Indoor Skiing Concept 03 June 2014 We’ve recently stumbled upon an interesting new design for a snow dome. It is still in the concept phase of development and is called Snowvolution.... Read More
12 Crazy Snow Photos! 21 May 2014 After Europe’s immense season for snow last winter we thought we’d pull together some of the most ridiculous winter photos we could find on the... Read More
Avalanche Safety – the do’s and don’t’s of off-piste skiing 01 May 2014 Tweet Off piste skiing can either be one of the most exhilarating and amazing experiences you’ll ever have on the mountain, or potentially the... Read More
Skiing In Kaprun And The Kitzsteinhorn Glacier 17 March 2014 The Kitsteinhorn Glacier in Kaprun receives a mixed bag of reviews. The Mellow Park in the summer is world renowned for producing a world class... Read More
Our Top 5 Winter Festivals of 2013 25 January 2014 We all love a great festival. And what better reason to head for the mountains this season than the chance to combine snow, music, and... Read More
40 Year Snow Storm Arrives In The Alps 06 January 2014 A huge storm named ‘Andrea’ swept through the Alps last night bringing high winds and more heavy snow to French ski resorts. Roads were closed to... Read More
Win a Pair of Oakley Ski Goggles 09 October 2013 Fancy kitting yourself out with a pair of dapper Oakley ski goggles...for free?! If so then enter our competition to for a chance to win. All... Read More
Our Top 5 Deals Of The Week! 07 February 2013 With such awesome conditions in the Alps right now our mission is to make finding your perfect ski accommodation as quick and easy as possible.... Read More
Satisfaction 28 September 2012 Satisfaction: "The fulfilment or gratification of a desire, need, or appetite" So what’s the key to Satisfaction? As winter quickly approaches, it's videos like these that get... Read More
Is Midweek the best time to travel? 19 September 2012 Traditionally ski holidays start and end on a weekend, however a recent report by consumer magazine Which? states that Tuesday is the cheapest day... Read More
This Week’s Friday Fail – A Hilarious Compilation 03 August 2012 This Week's Friday fail is a hilarious compilation that will no doubt brighten up your Friday with a laugh. Take a second out and have a... Read More
The Friday Fail - Backwards Double Ejection 13 July 2012 This week’s Friday Fail is a classic switch-double-ejection. Translated into real terms, this is where both skis pop off whilst skiing backwards, usually whilst attempting to... Read More
The Guinness Speed Skiing World Record…Backwards! 25 June 2012 Last winter, Anders Backe of Norway broke the world record for skiing switch (backwards) on the Vikersund Skiflying slope, Vikersund, Norway. Backe managed to rack up an... Read More
Signal Snowboards Get Creative With Every Third Thursday 15 June 2012 Every third Thursday of the month Signal Snowboards down tools and get creative with board design and materials. It’s a chance for them to get their... Read More
Congratulations to Our Winners Kelly Wells and Alison Wood 21 February 2012 We’re delighted to be able to announce the winners of our recent Swiss competition to win a Ski Holiday and 1kg of Swiss Cheese. A huge... Read More
An Ambassador of Mountain Culture, Howard Weamer 01 July 2011 A heartfelt video here of a professional photographer and writer reflecting on 35 winters spent in the backcountry of Yosemite USA, 10 miles from... Read More
Will Women's Ski Jumping Make The 2014 Winter Olympic Games? 04 April 2011 Tomorrow, on the 5th of April, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) are to make a decision on whether to accept Women’s Ski Jumping into the... Read More
Fieberbrunn - Austria's Best Kept Off-Piste Skiing Secret 15 February 2011 The flights had been booked months ago. But with only 2 days to go before our weekend ski trip, we still hadn’t decided which... Read More