The Essential Skiing and Snowboard Guide: Hardy’s Skiing and Snowboarding Guide is a detailed, insiders look at ski and snowboard resorts worldwide. With in-depth descriptions of ski areas, recommendations for the best ski and snowboard schools and accommodation as well as advice on everything from restaurants to après-ski activities; this is an indispensable tool for planning your next trip.

6000 resorts in 75 countries are covered, from the European Alps to New Zealand, and the guide is endorsed by the Ski Club of Great Britain. Along with expert advice and opinion; the guide contains full colour piste maps of principle resorts, a guide to 150 tour operators as well as a useful web and telephone directory of ski and snowboard organisations. Fully revised for 2009, Hardy’s Skiing and Snowboarding Guide 2009 offers impartial advice and the full lowdown on where to eat, sleep, party and take the children for a great time.

About the Authors: Peter and Felice Hardy are both full-time travel writers and are acknowledged worldwide as the two most authoritative experts on ski resorts and the ski industry. Peter is the ski correspondent of the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail. Felice writes regularly on skiing for the Guardian and the Evening Standard as well as for a wide range of lifestyle magazines.

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