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.
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.
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 last column in writer Tim Neville's six-part series on living as an American in Switzerland. In this column, he returns home for a trip to Bend, Oregon, and nearly doesn't leave.
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.
On the verge of a billiondollar development, this Swiss secret is about to go big-time.
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.
Tim Neville makes his first turns in Switzerland. Alone.
Today, the village remains car-free, the resort clings to its rustic charm, and the skiing is Swiss premier
Unveiling the best-kept European powder stash one story at a time.
Mass Murderer's don't inhabit the hills of Switzerland. Kind, cheese-bearing sheep-lovers do.
Photos from the next great ski nation.
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This is the place for you if you like resorts that are scenic, upscale, and infused with history. And you think digging into a three-course lunch isn't a bad way to pass a few hours.
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