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The Best High Altitude Ski Resorts You May Not Have Heard Of

@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...

Top Tips for Booking Ski Lessons

© 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...

Top tips for getting back on the slopes after an injury

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...

PowderBeds' holiday hacks for seamless self-catering

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...

PyeongChang 2018: The best moments of the Winter Olympics

The 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics might be over, but we couldn't resist a look back at some of our favourite moments of the games... Billy Morgan...

Top five European resorts for April ski holidays

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...

When should my kids learn to snowboard?

©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...

Yoga in the Mountains

© Soulshine Retreats / Marphotography  It’s easy to see how yoga and snowsports go hand in hand; both are fantastic ways to increase strength, build your...

Top Ten Ski Lifts to Ride Before You Die

Some of the lifts on our list take you to simply epic terrain while others are just worth the ride - either way these are...

Historic Ski Hotels

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...

Top Ten Ski and Snowboard Films

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...

What to Pack for your Ski Holiday

© Merci L'Agence / OT Les Arcs Packing for a ski holiday, especially if you haven’t been on one before, can be a little daunting. Many...

Solo Ski Trips

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...

Get Fit for your Ski Holiday

© OT Chamonix / Monica Dalmasso January is the month when everyone decides it’s time to get fit and shed a few pounds after the excesses...

6 Great Reasons to get Children Skiing

© 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...

The Best European Resorts for Group Ski Holidays

© OT Chamonix / Monica Dalmasso Organising a ski trip for a large group of people is tricky, to say the least. With different abilities, tastes...

The Best Resorts for Learning to Ski Off-Piste

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...

5 Reasons to Go Skiing in the Alps this Christmas

© 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...

The Best Ski Resorts in Europe

© 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...

The Best Ski and Snowboard Gadgets

© 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...

EasyJet Release February Half Term Flights

09th June 2016 - EasyJet have released UK February half term flights, which will be welcome news to skiers and snowboarders across the country. The budget...

Our Top 10 Picks for Summer Skiing

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...

Last Minute Offers

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...

The Best Music Festivals in the Alps this Season

Are you gutted that you missed the Top of the Mountain concert in Ischgl last weekend? Don’t worry because we’ve compiled a list of the...

White Friday Offers

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...

Top Five Spookiest Ski Resorts

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...

Book One of Our Hand-Picked Hotels

We’ve got an amazing selection of hotels available to book for the upcoming ski season. Whether you fancy a luxurious spa, great restaurants or simply...

Luxury Apartment Early Booking Discounts

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...

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Our top pictures of 2014/15

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...

Exclusive Easter Offers

The Best High Altitude Resorts to Find the Snow

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...

It's Been Snowing!

The Alps have finally seen the huge dump of snow we have all been waiting for and some lucky members of our team...

Offers of the Week

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...

Which resorts are opening soon?

We know what it's like. You've been waiting all summer to dust off your skis, dig out your boots and head out on the hills,...

Fresh Snow in the Alps - November 30th

We’re delighted to report that we’ve had lots of fresh snow across the European Alps this week! Early season is always a nervous time for...

11 Awesome Après Activities for Kids

If you think après ski activities for children is limited to the hotel pool or local ice rink, think again. Some ski resorts pull...

Our Top 10 Pet Hates for Skiers

Tweet   For a skier, there are few things in the world to beat the feeling of cruising down the mountain with a spray of...

Be a hero with the new GoPro camera

We are really excited about the new flagship GoPro Camera, the HERO3. GoPro cameras are the perfect tool for capturing great quality videos and photos...

Winter Arrives in the Mountains

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...

A Must Have New iPhone App?

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...

Team GB’s Medal Hopefuls for the Sochi Winter Olympics 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....

Our Top 5 Resorts for Summer Skiing

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...

Best Early Booking Offers

Summer is great, we love long nights and BBQ's, but of course we can't wait to get back on the snow! The good news is that...

Top Summer Ski Equipment Sales

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...

A New Indoor Skiing Concept

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....

12 Crazy Snow Photos!

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...

Avalanche Safety – the do’s and don’t’s of off-piste skiing

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...

A Round up of Winter 2011-12

What a mixed bag we've had this Winter! It's been truly record breaking in Europe with some resorts in Switzerland reporting more snow in three...

Skiing In Kaprun And The Kitzsteinhorn Glacier

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...

Snow In the South, Music in the North

It was ‘Groundhog Day’ in the States this week and those who have been staying out in the French Alps for the past month may be...

Another Record Breaking Month for Snowfall

It’s been a record breaking season all round and a fantastic end to the month of January more heavy snowfall in Europe and Western Canada. Last...

Our Top 5 Winter Festivals of 2013

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...

40 Year Snow Storm Arrives In The Alps

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...

Our Favourite Shots This Year

A fresh dump of snow sees the New Year in and spirits remain high in the French Alps as conditions continue to improve. The ski...

Win a Pair of Oakley Ski Goggles

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...

Our Top 5 Deals Of The Week!

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....

Winter Has Landed!

Huge early season snowfall brings best possible start to the ski season in the French and Swiss Alps.   With 4 days...

The Friday Fail

There is little better than a fail video to break up your day, especially on a Friday. In this week’s Friday Fail we dug out...

Satisfaction

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...

This Week's Friday Fail - Snow Clearing Mishap!

In this week's Friday Fail watch this hilarious attempt by one man to clear snow from his roof. As I'm sure you can guess his...

Is Midweek the best time to travel?

Traditionally ski holidays start and end on a weekend, however a recent report by consumer magazine Which? states that Tuesday is the cheapest day...

This Week’s Friday Fail - The Olympic Fail!

It's only right that we have an Olympic themed fail this week. Here is Germany’s, Stephan Feck’s, calamitous exit from the 3m springboard competition after his...

This Week’s Friday Fail – A Hilarious Compilation

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...

The Burton US Open Relocates to Vail

Burton Snowboards and Vail Mountain announced today that the Burton US Open will relocate to Vail, Colorado next Winter. This will be the 31st US...

This Week’s Friday Fail – The Step Up!

This week’s Friday fail is a classic that’s been floating around the web for years. Unsurprisingly this guy doesn’t make it up this step-up. But to...

The Ultimate Ski and Snowboarding Workout

You know what it's like. You book a ski holiday and your initial excitement is diluted by the realisation that you haven't been to the...

Chad Sayers Skis the Giant Couloirs of Baffin Island

Chad and 4 friends traveled deep into the ancient fjords of Baffin Island, 70° North in the Canadian Arctic, to explore the biggest, most enchanting couloirs...

A Skier’s Journey to Kashmir, India

When skiing in India you'll fly to Srinagar airport in the North, just below the Himalayan mountains. It's a completely different experience to your standard...

Backcountry Snowboarding…With No Bindings

Could this be the next big thing? Backcountry snowboarding with no bindings and no ropes! I don't see this working well on-piste but it certainly looks...

The Friday Fail - Backwards Double Ejection

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...

The Art Of Skiing

Here’s a montage of some of the best bits from the ski films Field Productions, All.I.Can, Revolver and Legs of Steel. The Alaskan backcountry shots here...

This Week’s Friday Fail

There’s nothing like an epic fail video to brighten up your day. With this in mind, we’ve decided to kick off a weekly “The Friday...

Slopestyle Snowboarding & Skiing Gets The Green Light For The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi

Photo: The Slopestyle course at the Brits in Laax - brits09 (photo Andrew Hingston) Officials at the 123rd annual Olympic Committee session gave the long...

The Guinness Speed Skiing World Record…Backwards!

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...

Signal Snowboards Get Creative With Every Third Thursday

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...

St Moritz Host The 2017 Skiing World Championships

Yesterday, at the International Ski Congress in Kangwonland, South Korea, the FIS Council accepted a bid by the prestigious Swiss ski resort of St Moritz to...

Kazuhiro Kokubo’s Impressive Section In Burton’s Standing Sideways

Kazuhiro Kokubo is one of the few snowboarders that is as strong in the back-country as he is in the park. His part in the...

The Freedom Chair

I think we posted this on our Facebook page a few months ago but on reflection it really does deserve a dedicated blog post. Josh Dueck...

Congratulations to Our Winners Kelly Wells and Alison Wood

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...

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The Ulimate Guide to the Best Of Britain in the Alps

The Powderbeds.com Ultimate Guide to the Best of Britain in the French Alps. When it comes to packing for your ski holiday are you stuffing...

Westbeach Show Their Heart

We love the latest innovative idea from one of our favourite brands, Westbeach. The Canada based snow gear company has come up...

Chest Deep in Champagne Powder Snow

If this video doesn’t get you excited about the approaching winter season, nothing will! 3 of the world’s best skiers take on some of the deepest,...

Booking a Recession-Proof Ski Holiday

The financial markets are in turmoil. Goverment growth forceasts are getting constantly downgraded. It's all doom and gloom (or so the papers would have...

Pyeongchang To Host The 2018 Winter Olympics

It has been announced today that Pyeongchang in South Korea will be the city to host the 2018 Winter Olympics. The Koreans went into the...

An Ambassador of Mountain Culture, Howard Weamer

A heartfelt video here of a professional photographer and writer reflecting on 35 winters spent in the backcountry of Yosemite USA, 10 miles from...

Who's "the Daddy of the Snow"?!

Who is the daddy of the snow? This is a question that is frequently debated here at PowderBeds HQ. And, with Father’s day around the...

Will Women's Ski Jumping Make The 2014 Winter Olympic Games?

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...

Fieberbrunn - Austria's Best Kept Off-Piste Skiing Secret

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...