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In my “Do they know it’s Christmas” blog I skied from Kitzbühel to Ellmau via five other resorts, covering 84km. Since then I have studied the Kitzbühel and SkiWelt piste maps and worked out that you can visit ten resorts (without crossing the 3S cable car into the Pass Thurn area). I tried this route on my own a few weeks ago, but took a wrong turn on the way down to Itter so ended up with nine resorts and 91km travelled.

Until last week nothing significant had fallen out of the sky since the middle of December when we had over a meter of snow at village level. Last week would have been more of the same, but for temperatures that ranged between 5 and 10 degrees. It rained heavily for almost 48 hours, as we are watching some of the St Johann pistes turn from white to grey to brown and green.

The Big Snow Festival in Andorra, 13th - 20th March, have announced some new acts and deals, read on to see the recent press release...

•    New line up additions announced – Wretch 32 and Camo & Krooked
•    Sets announced by Kissy Sell Out and Dany Byrd
•    7 night festival packages available from Gatwick, starting @ £399
 

In an ideal world it would snow heavily from 7pm on the dot each and every night, laying down 10 inches of brand new powder and stopping at about 7am. The sun would come out at precisely 8.30am each morning and the sky would be bright blue for the rest of the day before the snow clouds roll in again as your sipping Vin Chaud back in your chalet. Has anyone ever actually had a holiday like this?

This Spring Hemel Hempstead Snow Centre is celebrating its 4^th year as one of the UK’s top destinations for indoor skiing and snowboarding. They’ll be throwing a party over May bank holiday weekend, with all sorts of freebees, offers and special events.

There is still snow falling in North American resorts and some French resorts are reporting fresh snowfall. Scotland is still open for skiing, this cold weather everybody is complaining about has some good side effects! Here is the full roundup from J2Ski for this weeks weather events.

Traditionally the ski season ends after Easter but the weather has different ideas this year. The snow is still falling across the Alps and many operators are extending their season into May. Here are late ski deals, however it looks like they may not be the last!

If you are a fan of rock then this is an opening night you won't want to miss. The fabulous ski resort of Ischgl will have a wild rock night to kick off the season for 2013/14 with Nickelback. This current season will be closed by the legendary Deep Purple so dig out those old denims and head on out to Ischgl for the party of the season.