December in Verbier: What's on and weather
The ski lifts are preparing to open and the Christmas holidays are on the horizon.
Read reviews of the best Verbier events
The ski lifts are preparing to open and the Christmas holidays are on the horizon.
The Relentless Freeze Festival did exactly what it said on the tin and those not wearing their ski jackets could be found with teeth chattering, huddled around the vin chaud stand wrapping themselves in a fruity alcoholic blanket.
Fête de la Musique is the celebration that takes place every summer solstice on 21st June in cities, towns and villages across France.
Live streaming of the FWT 2015 from Chamonix-Mont-Blanc. Watch the best freeride athletes in the world compete for the prize!
The Freeride World Tour (FWT) is the biggest freeriding event on the planet and when it comes to the 'Xtreme Verbier' it's almost as if it gets bigger and This year 'Xtreme Verbier' celebrated its 20th year in resort and that made the start for a big party weekend!
Highlights from the final day of the Freeride World tour 2011, which took place on the epic Bec des Rosses in Verbier. Each year the Freeride World Tour finishes in Verbier. If you can make it you can watch the planets best skiers and snowboarders in action.
Spring is officially in the air, just don't forget your sunscreen!
Verbier/Val de Bagnes saw the arrival of the 8th Alpine Skiing World Championship on the 6th-12th February. The Championships saw the largest amount of athletes ever to compete in the competition, with 251 athletes from 23 nations including, China, USA, Japan, Norway, Italy, France, Bulgaria and of Course Switzerland.
Billy Morgan is one of the Britian's best chances of a Freestyle snowboarding medal at the Sochi Olympics.
The London Ski and Snowboard show is for many the first event of the winter. Pick up the latest kit, catch up with friends and enjoy the party. It'll be a couple of months before you can do it for real.
James reports from the Verbier Ride 08, which proved to be an awesome event. This year the competition was a qualifier for the 'Orage European Open for Swatch', and with a gathering of International male and female athletes at the La Chaux Snowpark, this upped the stakes, and encouraged a lively and exciting competition. The level was extremely high, and so were the tricks!
The Tour de France made it's first trip to Verbier and I went along to soak up the sun and enjoy the atmosphere.
As the best freeriders in the world gather in Revelstoke this weekend for the first stop on the all-new Swatch Freeride World Tour by The North Face, we were fortunate to be able to have a sit down with a free skiing legend, holder of the world record for the highest cliff jump and super nice guy - Fred Syversen.
Professional Skiers & Snowboarders put their bodies through alot. This episode looks at the injuries Freestyle Team GB have suffered and the road to recovery and the Olympics.
The London Freeze is the ski and snowboard event that brings together international live music acts and some of the world's best riders. The two day festival is the last weekend in October and in 2011 we caught up with X-Games medalist James Wooods for a chat about his Olympic hopes.
The Grand Concours Hippique is held every August in Verbier. Since 1997 this regional and national competition has drawn riders from all over Switzerland and in some cases the world, to the Val des Bagnes for a week of show jumping.
The Verbier Xtreme started way back in 1996 as a stand alone event and now it has become a career defining world wide tour of 6 stops and 50 qualifiers.
Follow the training of our British Olympic hopefuls as they prepare for the Winter Olympics 2014 in Sochi.