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Chapel Hill Shooting Labour's Pink Bus Homeless Veterans Campaign George Osborne Greece Michael Gove Travel >Skiing Where in the world can you slope off to? VIEW GALLERY From Finland to Mount Fuji, new and established destinations are upping their game to attract winter-sports enthusiasts
Patrick Thorne Sunday 06 November 2011
Print Your friend's email address Your email address Note: We do not store your email address(es) but your IP address will be logged to prevent abuse of this feature. Please read our Legal Terms & Policies A A A Email There's still a month to go until the start of the main snow-sports season, yet fresh powder in the Alps and North America means we can hit the slopes already in several dozen ski areas.
And despite the cold financial front, some ski nations, including the US, are hoping to replicate the record levels of business they enjoyed last year - even though warning signs such as unusual early discounting for peak New Year week might suggest different. It seems skiers and boarders will always want an annual fix of the white stuff and there is certainly plenty that's new out there in the resorts and on the mountains to keep everyone entertained. Patrick Thorne, aka the Snowhunter, has located, visited and reported on every kind of ski resort in the world. Here's his exclusive guide for The Independent Sunday on how to make the most of the 2011-12 ski season
France remains the most popular destination, hosting two-fifths of the British market, but few new resorts are offered there this winter, perhaps because there's already such a huge choice. The ongoing process of supplying better accommodation continues, however, with a number of new options in France, including an impressive new Club Med village in Valmorel, soon to be opened by the Prime Minister Fran