News & Events

Chillfactor Grand Opening

Chillfactor, Trafford, opened 16th November 2007. Read all about the slopes, the alpine village, luge, tubing and climbing wall.

St Pancras High Speed Snow Train

Want to get there a bit faster? Try 186mph.

Original Ski Posters

Do you love authentic alpine artwork? Now you can browse through hundreds of posters online and treat yourself this Christmas.

La Plagne Ski School

Learning to ski in La Plagne has never been more fun. With Oxygene Ski and Snowboard School you really can't go wrong.

Entertaining kids whilst travelling to your Ski Holiday

Tips on what to consider and buy before you go. Game ideas for on the plane, transfer bus, car, coach, train and in the departure lounge.

What to Wear on your Ski Holiday

Get the basics sorted and you'll be guarunteed a fab tab what ever the weather. Kitting yourself out for the first time need not cost the earth either.

UpMyMountain News

You can now use our forums to chat, compete, find jobs, sell gear, and loads more! Book your ski holiday extras through the site too, includes, flights, transfers, insurance, car hire, equipment hire, lift pass, lessons, and chalet catering - all from one website!

Chillfactor-e

Pre-opening news on Manchester latest ski slopes. Find out what happens when you mix together; £31m, 4.3hectares, 3000 tonnes of steel, 16 tonnes of real articial snowflakes, the chairman of Centreparcs, an Xscape expert and a top BASI instructor.

Finding a ski resort job

... Everyone else was as new to the experience as I was and were discussing which resorts they'd like to work in, names of French and Italian sounding towns that I'd never heard of were flying around the room as we sat down to watch a video. The video showed the beautiful pristine snow and chocolate box wooden chalets with roaring open fires, and the company staff wearing huge smiles and sun kissed cheeks looked happy and exhausted. Decision made I wanted a chalet job and I wanted it yesterday ...

History of the Ski Chalet Holiday

1770. At the time of writing that’s 137 years ago – when the first hotel was opened in Chamonix. Before this date Chamonix was a wild and rugged farming town where people caught their own animals and grew their own oats. Chalets at this time were used to