Europe

$200/day for 5,000 acres or $75 for 200,000? You do the math. Here’s why skiing Mont Blanc is a far better value than North American resorts.

Skiers ride down slopes covered with plastic mats in the summer and snow in the winter at the new resort in the western part of the country.

Vail Resorts hopes that a wage increase for workers and widespread resort upgrades will be enough to right the ship.

Next season's pass features three new resorts, spring access at 10 destinations, and more Session Pass options, and it goes on sale March 10.

Sometimes travel unfolds into a learning experience or a bridge to much-needed healing. A trip deep into the Dolomites did both, and more.

Chamonix is known for its extreme terrain and bucket-list views, culture, and overall vacation experience. Go get yours.

A quick trip to Switzerland’s most iconic resort left an indelible mark, and forever influenced one skier’s trajectory, on and off the slopes.

Dolomiti Superski and Kitzbühel join Zermatt as European destinations for Ikon Pass skiers craving a trip to the Alps this season.

High-elevation ski areas in France and Austria, largely shuttered due to the pandemic, plan to reopen for a summer ski season.

Copenhagen’s latest skiing attraction may have some ski bums rethinking their next big trip.

Tim Neville talks about the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, skiing in North Korea, and the Jackson Hole of Europe.

Riders battle for top spots to qualify for final events of the season.

Freeride World Tour competitors go huge in Chamonix.

Jackson Bathgate and Synnøve Medhus take top spots Freeride Junior Tour.

How can a couple of ski towns in one tiny country have so little in common? Our writer explores rugged Engelberg and refined St. Moritz to find out.

Enter to win a four day trip skiing and surfing in Lofoten, Norway with Skiing Magazine Editor Kim Beekman and GORE-TEX® Athletes

Fondue is as Swiss as the Alps themselves, and for a man with true passion, nothing less than full immersion would do.

Seventeen hours of air travel. One crappy rental car. Three generations of strong females. During a pilgrimage to the mother country, a lot of things go wrong, but the important things go just right.

Three important lessons I've learned from 2 and half years of travel. By Sarah Johnson

The best skiers compete for slopestyle and big-mountain glory.

The youngest competitor at the Swatch Skiers Cup is going big.

The North American and European competitors will have to wait until at least Wednesday to huck their meat in Switzerland.

If storms are settling here, book your ticket, because when it’s on in the Dolomites there is no more beautiful place to ski.

This skier's going from "blah" to "badass." Jo Piazza talks about learning to ski better.

It’s maybe not as steep and scary as some other legendary spots in the Alps, but it’s an expansive playground with the opportunity to head off-piste for massive lines.

Skiers Stefan Häusl and Björn Heregger pay homage to unforgettable moments tree skiing in pristine European powder.

The proving ground of the recently deceased big-mountain artist Andreas Fransson will scare the merde out of you.

Better ski hard to earn the cuisine of the French Alps. Bon appetite.

Skiing in Greece? Yup! And the Gods smiled.

Big-mountain skier Chris Davenport finds steep lines and narrow couloirs in Norway.

Jibbing and carving under Sweden's low sun.

Once in a lifetime, you find your perfect (mountain town) match.

Organizers add athlete-focused aspect to help skiers land sponsorships.

The world’s largest ski area will blow your mind.

Andreas Fransson: extreme skier, death cheater.

Finding the goods at 3 Vallées.

Welcome to the adventure capital of the Swiss Alps.

The Nimbus Crew goes to Austria

Editor Kevin Luby goes Swiss.

Can you count the continent’s best resorts on one hand? Maybe not, but you could make a pretty good start. Five countries, five landmark resorts that define the European experience. American skiers, beware: The spells they cast may enthrall you forever.

Can you count the continent’s best resorts on one hand? Maybe not, but you could make a pretty good start. Five countries, five landmark resorts that define the European experience. American skiers, beware: The spells they cast may enthrall you forever.

Can you count the continent’s best resorts on one hand? Maybe not, but you could make a pretty good start. Five countries, five landmark resorts that define the European experience. American skiers, beware: The spells they cast may enthrall you forever.

Can you count the continent's best resorts on one hand? Maybe not, but you could make a pretty good start. Five countries, five landmark resorts that define the European experience. American skiers, beware: The spells they cast may enthrall you forever.

Pro skier Julian Carr is a hustler. So far this season, he's skied in South America (back in August), Utah, Montana, and Switzerland, and pimped his headwear/apparel brand, Discrete, at trade shows in Denver, Salt Lake, and Munich, Germany. He just sent us these shots from his last few weeks in Europe.

A new project in France’s Trois Vallées reinvents the traditional chalet image.

Between Bavarian pow turns and steins of weißbier, one editor got the scoop on some exciting new developments at Dynafit during a trip to that brand's homeland—including a new Eric Hjorliefson collaboration boot called the Vulcan.

Spend your mornings knee-deep in Norwegian powder—and your afternoons filled with fine dining, culture, and museum hopping.

In our October issue, Rob Story tackled Switerland's Urner Haute Route, but he neglected to mention some important details, like where to disco and find cheese.

The first day of the Swatch Skiers Cup, an international battle of pride was yesterday at Valle Nevado. Team Europe dominated, but Team Americas has some time to redeem itself.

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Skiing in Italy has historically been all about racing. But now, thanks to a growing group of big mountain and telemark skiers, it’s starting to look a little different. We sent an editor to the Dolomites to see how a big mountain comp goes down, Italian style.

All skiers should have the chance to feel what it’s like to heli-ski. But if you don’t have the dough or can’t make the trip to a heli-pad this year show up to one of these resorts on a powder day, wait patiently in the dark with the locals, and seize your chance to be one of the first to slice through some of the most sought after lift-accessed terrain in the world.

Instead of trying to lose weight, this year, or some other inane resolution, you and everyone else who skis should resolve to go someplace new. And not Idaho or Aspen. Somewhere really new. Plus, tips on how to ski Europe.

Sometimes it takes a wake up call to remind you that it's important to protect your brain. Here is Jeremy Benson's story, so you don't need you own.

The risks and rewards of La Grave, France, through Jordan Manley's eyes.

The Norwegian who, in 2008, accidentally broke the world record for highest cliff jump is back with the record for world's ugliest crash. It's all on video. Don't watch if you're squeamish.

If you’re heading on a ski trip to Austria or Switzerland and you don’t want to spend the entire time carving groomers or getting lost on unmarked off-piste runs, pick up a new Freeride Map, which will show you where to find the steeps, powder, glaciers, and more.

Pro skier Jeremy Benson recently returned from his first ski trip to Europe. Here are five lessons he learned in the steep-skiing mecca of Chamonix, France—from how to ski steeps to why you sometimes need to wear a harness while skiing.

What happens when you put 21 of the world's best freeskiers and 12 top filmmakers together for a contest? The Jon Olsson Super Sessions happens, that's what. The annual competition wrapped up recently in Sweden. Here are the winning videos.

Even a massive volcanic eruption that shut down all European airports couldn’t halt our ski-touring trip to Iceland. Here are images from a week of climbing and skiing Iceland’s peaks—plus tips on how to plan your own trip there.

Columnist Tom Winter enters one of the scariest Chinese Downhills in the world, Le Derby de La Mieje in La Grave, France. Here's why you should consider adding some sort of competition to your ski routine.

In case you need a reason to visit Verbier, Switzerland, we've got 10 of them—ranging from the powder to the cheese to the Swiss chalets. Plus, it's the home of the Verbier XTreme competition, which is taking place this weekend.

The European X Games finished up today in Tignes, France, with the women's ski slopestyle and halfpipe and the men's ski slopestyle. North American athletes represented on the podium with Canadian and U.S. skiers winning all three of today's events. Here are photos from the day.

Europe's first-ever Winter X Games started today in Tignes, France. Skiing magazine is at the event to bring you the latest details. In today's men's superpipe finals, France's own Kevin Rolland takes the gold.

Falling in with a tribe of expats who went a little too local. Tim Neville, an Oregon expat who moved to Switzerland to live the dream, is writing a six-part column for us. This is his fifth story in the series.

We sent Tom Winter to Austria to see if he could become an Austrian, or at least grind skis in some factories or fit boots in some shops. Turns out, all he did was ski powder. Here are shots of his trip.

Most of Austria’s huge ski industry clings to its heritage—ski racing. But one small company is betting that’s all wrong. An American tries to get a job in the Kästle ski factory to find out what it takes to be Austrian.

This mountain looms nearly 6,500 glaciated feet above the town of Engelberg, home to one of Switzerland's longest-operating monasteries. Go there and pray for snow stability and for one of the many transplanted Swedes to show you around so you don't get cliffed out. Or you could bypass Jesus and follow these directions.

Writer Tim Neville moved from Oregon to Switzerland, where he writes a monthly back-page column for us. Here are photos he snapped of his life in Switzerland.

The first Winter X Games held outside of the United States will take place in Tignes, France, March 10-12, 2010.

Austria’s Londoner Pub: Where World Cup downhillers go to unwind. Daron Rahlves gives us his take on the legendary post-race party.

Inbounds descents down powderfields up to five miles long dump you in the middle of the Tyrolean frescoes and church steeples of a too-cute ski village.