Whether you’re skiing with friends or with the family, souvenir photos are always important. Here’s a couple of quick tips to make your group photos really perfect.

They’re our best friends, so we really don’t like leaving them at home. But winter holidays with a dog are not so easy. At least not when you want both humans and animals to have a good time. We’ve put together 5 tips for you.

The “snow plough” has long since done its time – these days, children learn the “pizza wedge”. Our expert, Christian Pöll from the Silvretta Galtür Ski School, tells us what else goes on on the baby slopes, where children learn to ski.

There are some days when you’re walking through the town and you think: hey, this isn’t Ischgl, this is a zoo! That’s because of all the fluffy animal hats. They don’t just look fun, they keep your head warm, too. Trisanna wanted to know which animal is most in demand this year.

239 kilometres of perfectly-prepared slopes wait to be skied on in Ischgl. We think that’s quite a lot – and we’ve had a look at what 239 kilometres might also mean elsewhere.

January’s always a bit grey – in the city, anyway. In Paznaun, it’s different. That’s what Instagram says.

There’s been a female snowboarder crew in Ischgl for a couple of years now. The Shred Chix don’t just mix it up in the fun parks and on the powder slopes, but do a whole lot more besides. Which is why we met up with them.

In winter, so they say, Ischgl isn’t a village any more – it’s a metropolis. That’s when people from almost every part of the world are bustling around down in the town and up in the mountain. But in ski gear, everyone looks pretty much the same. Or can you work out where these people are from?

It’s snowing – and HOW! The people who really know all about it are the ones who saw more snow here in Ischgl than a city dweller might see in their whole life – and who shared the most fascinating moments on Instagram. Like our Instagrammers of the Weekend.

An occasional series discussing the big questions of skiing – questions with only yes or no answers. Today: is it ok for a couple to wear the same skiing gear?

This is where we take an occasional look at the big moral questions in the daily life of a skier. Such as how should we react to people who just yank open the cablecar window even though it’s really cold and snowing?

“Don’t be a drudge, take a sledge.” And it’s true, there aren’t many things which are more fun than tobogganing. But which sledge should it be? Our friends at the “Sueddeutschen Zeitung” (SZ) newspaper ran a test recently – with the following result: