Ski holidays: cheap flights to the slopes
If you're planning a skiing holiday this season, follow our handy guide to low-cost flights to European ski gateways Below you'll find the airlines and aiports that offer access to the greatest ski resorts, plus some good-value ski packages, often in less obvious resorts. We've included the latest baggage charges for a fuller picture of the costs of your trip. We don't yet know how sharply the ...

Wintertime Fun: Cheap Ski & Shoe Rentals
Winter 2012 is forecast to be a wicked one. You can hunker down indoors or embrace the white stuff and have some wild, wintery, family fun. Chi-town may lack mountains and ski slopes, but Northerly Island, 1400 S. Lynn White Dr., is an ideal place to cross country ski and snowshoe. Come out for some northerly adventures in this urban, wilderness oasis.

Now Is the Time to Learn to Ski or Snowboard on the Cheap
It’s hard to claim that downhill skiing is remotely inexpensive. Colorado’s Steamboat Ski Area is noteworthy this year because its top price for a one-day lift ticket is “just” $99. In other words, it hasn’t crossed the $100 threshold like other Colorado ski resorts such as Vail, Telluride, Breckenridge, and Aspen have. For the month [...]

Cheapest skiing in the East?
Skiers were loving several inches of fresh powder at Fayston, Vermont's Mad River Glen. The ski area is famous for its historic single-chair lift. It had a heavy workload Tuesday because of the price charged back at the ticket counter. Ticket sellers were asking only $3.50 for a lift pass.

Family-friendly ski and snowboard holidays
Wondering how and when to introduce your toddler to the joys of a ski or snowboard holiday? Here's our pick of the best family-friendly ski destinations As someone with a sky-high level of snow obsession, who timed my pregnancy around winter and spent more time than is reasonable Googling Inuit baby names, I didn't for one second consider skipping a snow trip because we'd have a seven-month-old ...