Skier Daniel Albrecht has returned to training with his Swiss team in Mallorca as he continues his recovery from injuries sustained in a serious downhill training crash, the Swiss ski federation confirmed Saturday. The 26-year-old 2007 super-combined world champion, who suffered brain and lung injuries in the January 22 crash at Kitzbuehel, Austria, began his individual training program on the Spanish island.

Jamaican skier Errol Kerr who is in the process of preparing to represent Jamaica at next year’s Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, is currently in the island to garner more support for his historic journey.

The road from Chamonix to Verbier passes over the Col des Montets and into Vallorcine, the last village before the Swiss border. The 21st century has made two inroads into this peaceful backwater, a gondola link into the Le Tour ski area at the head of the Chamonix valley and L’Ours Bleu, an expensive development that is proving popular with British buyers. Soon Vallorcine will change for ever, but not yet.

As property prices collapse in many international business centres stricken by recession, estate agents in Zurich, Switzerland’s commercial capital, are struggling to balance smugness and fear.

France fears climate change could erode its appeal as the world’s top tourist destination, pointing to the risk of melting snow, water shortages and disappearing beaches in a report published this week.

French former Olympic snowboard champion Karine Ruby has been found dead following a fall on Mont Blanc. The 31-year-old Ruby, who won the giant slalom gold medal at the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano, Japan, then a silver at Salt Lake four years later, was found along with a second victim in a crevasse, the local gendarmerie said.

British rockers Oasis will headline the Jisan Valley Rock Festival in the Jisan Forest Ski Resort in Icheon. Oasis remain popular among Korean fans, and had just performed in Seoul last April before sell-out crowds. Yellow Entertainment, which used to be the co-organizer for Pentaport, has also gotten other big names like American rock bands Fall Out Boy, Jimmy Eat World, Weezer, Japanese group Asian Kung-fu Generation and singer-songwriters Patti Smith and Priscilla Ahn.

A long-awaited proposal to build a ski village at Killington is getting a cool initial reception. SP Land Co.’s plan calls for the construction of up to 3,554 housing units on the 408-acre development over the next 20 years.