Les Portes du Soleil: More than a dozen completely interconnected stations across France - and four in Switzerland - form one giant ski resort with around 200 lifts and over 400 miles of trails.

Most avid skiers and snowboarders will be surprised to discover that France claims the three largest ski areas in the world, and this is a case where quantity does mean quality.

Val D’Isere, France. Skiing in the French Alps isn’t all about gnarly couloirs and crevassed glaciers. Val D’Isere and the neighboring resort of Tignes (together part of the Espace Killy ski ...

After abruptly closing in March 2020, France's alpine ski resorts have reopened. But this year you'll need more than just goggles and a lift pass.

As a member of the Chamonix Club Ski team, he had the right — because of his training — to do something few in France can so far this winter: ride the ski lift. He knows how fortunate he is. Image ...

Winter is coming. And for yet another ski resort in France, that means facing up to the reality that there isn’t enough snow to carry on. La Sambuy, a town which runs a family skiing destination ...

France’s 350 ski resorts have been up in arms over the decision, saying the weeks around Christmas and New Year are crucial for their survival as they account for up to a quarter of their annual ...

The ski sector audit by France's Court of Accounts, which scrutinised the activities of some 42 ski resorts across the country, condemned local authorities in these locations for clinging to ...

France will compensate ski resorts hit by the ban on British tourists and will try to steer more French tourists to the mountains to make up for lost earnings, the tourism minister said on Saturday.

France closed lifts, while Switzerland has tried to manage the risk. ... Spain, too, kept ski resorts open, having largely backed away from the national lockdown approach it deployed last spring.

With Covid-related ski lift closures in Austria, France, Italy and Germany, the Alps will be a no-go area for skiers over the usually busy year-end holiday season. So why, just a few miles away in ...

Some Notes on Skiing in Europe. Most European ski resorts are not as self-contained as North American resorts. Instead, they’re more often a collective of ski lifts run by individual private companies ...