Travelling by train to the Alps is now the journey of choice for thousands of skiers and boarders every season. Convenient, easy and great value — rail and train transports you to the heart of the slopes in complete comfort and great time. Because you arrive first thing on Saturday and depart last thing the following Saturday, the train gives you maximum time on the slopes.

The Chef's Cup runs again

Italy’s Alta Badia region is famous for its culinary assets as well as its great skiing, with several Michelin starred chefs working in the area’s restaurants, but many other eateries also highlight the good food available in the area too.

Hit the Italian powder from France

Heliskiing is banned in France – reputedly to maintain the peace and quiet of the mountains as well as keep the skies clear for emergency flights which most people consider a good thing. Ironically however a lot of French people want to go heli-skiing and the increasingly popular answer is to stay in a French resort on the Italian border and pop over the border to Heliski.

Pila gets a new run and a new lift

Pila in Italy’s Aosta Valley in the North West of the country close to the French border has opened a new trail from Platta de Grevon (2,700 m) to Plan De L’Eyve this winter. The new lift is served by a new eco-friendly conveyor lift with a flexi-glass cover that forms a sort of gallery designed to blend in with the white of the snow.

Cortina offer a ski tour of La Dolce Vita

Cortina ski resort in the Italian Dolomites, one of the country’s leading ski centres, is offering a more laid back ski or board experience this winter. The idea is that you spend an entire day indulging your senses against the spectacular backdrop of the stunning Dolomite mountains.

Cortina to stage a chocolate themed ski race with a difference

Italy’s Cortina d’Ampezzo has announced it will stage a ski race with a chocolate theme during the Eurochocolate festival which takes place in the famous Italian ski town from Thursday 16th to Sunday 19th of December 2010. It is the very first time that the International Chocolate Festival, Eurochocolate, takes place at altitude and the race is just the tip of a chocolatey iceberg which also includes chocolate curling and a chocolate spa.