“Have you put your skis on and had a try? “No. We thought we would wait for the lesson.” And this is how our first go on the snow in the French Alps began. We were scared but we were about to embark ...

I TENSED my torso as I tried to win my battle with the gravity trying to tug me downhill. I gritted my teeth and desperately attempted to get my skis to turn in the right direction — and failed. And ...

And this is how our first go on the snow in the French Alps began. We were scared but we were about to embark on an exhilarating experience that we will never forget and we now have the skiing bug for ...

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FOR the umpteenth time I lifted my head up from the snow and wondered where my skis had landed. I gingerly hoisted myself back up on to my feet and dusted myself down, ready to go again. And that was ...

I had little concept of what alpine luxury actually entailed before going, but that’s what I got at Chilly Powder, in eastern France. Situated in the hamlet of Prodains, between the town of Morzine ...

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