One of the world’s toughest dog sledding races in the world, La Grande Odyssée is being raced again in France this January and holiday makers skiing in the beautiful landscape of the Haute Maurienne Vanoise have the chance to see the race if they’re in resort when it passes through, or to try dog sledding themselves throughout the season.

Guests visiting Scandinavia’s most popular resort this season, Åre in Sweden, can check out the brand new Experience menu offered by the company which runs the resort SkiStar.

The popular Ski Train that had ferried passengers between Denver and Winter Park since 1940 will not run at all during the 2009–2010 season. Iowa Pacific Holdings has not been able to reach an operational agreement with Amtrak, which was to provide crews to operate the train.

Ski Brit Myles Robinson had no shoes on when his body was found, it emerged last night. Sources in the Swiss resort of Wengen revealed he was wearing just one sock at the foot of an icy ravine.