Winter Festivals 2012: Snowboard Events and Ski Parties

Lucy Grewcock    ash     chamonix, ski fetivals, Skiing, Skiing Holidays, skiing in Austria, skiing in France, Skiing in Serbia, Skiing in the US, Snowboarding, snowboarding holidays, Switzerland, whistler, winter festivals

What could be better than spending a week in the mountains, shuushing down iced-white pistes and bounding through fresh powder? How about adding world-class DJs, all-night parties, arty events and extreme freestyle competitions? Welcome to the world of winter festivals 2012…

Winter festivals are never just about the sports Photo: Will Bremridge

From Austria to North America, ski parties have snowballed in the past few years, and they’re set to get even bigger and better in 2012. Here’s a few that are full-on winter festivals, add these to your calendar: read more

The best ski holiday ever : work a ski season

Alice Cuninghame    bestskiholidays     best ski holidays, Skiing, Skiing Holidays, skiing in Austria, skiing jobs

Anyone who has ever been on a week-long ski holiday knows how hard it is to leave the slopes at the end of the week and get back to reality. Rather than flying down powdery white pistes every morning, you get grey pavements and the slow trudge to work. However, some lucky people get to enjoy the best ski holiday ever, by staying out on the snow for the entire season!

Could you do 6 months of this? Image: © Austrian National Tourist Office/ Wolfgang Zajc

All those chalets, hotels, bars and restaurants need legions of seasonal workers each year.

Being one of them means you get to ski or board every day for a whole season: a prospect that’s hard to resist!

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