Minty Clinch

Twenty-three riders, 200-plus horses, vets, paramedics – and 500km of high Andean wilderness. Minty Clinch gallops alongside the Gaucho Derby

In north India, an American wildlife photographer and BBC tracker lead expeditions in search of the region’s mythical grey ghost. Minty Clinch pounces

The country has added a roster of swanky resorts and hotels ahead of 2018’s Winter Olympics. Minty Clinch gets an early look

Austria’s finest ski resorts – from adrenaline-fuelled St Anton to laid-back Lech – have finally been linked by one seamless chain of lifts. Minty Clinch explores the sumptuous new chalets and hotels that line the route

State-of-the-art lifts are expanding the ski areas of two of America’s most challenging resorts, Jackson Hole and Park City, and such upgrades are more than matched off-piste, finds Minty Clinch

Contending with imperious sled dogs and temperamental snowmobiles, Minty Clinch crosses the forbidding glacier-and-rock landscape of Svalbard – population 2,642 (not counting the polar bears) 

Coming perilously close to a volcano on horseback one moment and almost colliding with a dominant dolphin the next, Minty Clinch takes on the Portuguese archipelago

The world’s longest ski race – aptly named Inferno – is by turns exhilarating and brutal, a no-holds-barred endurance trial that has its competitors returning time after time. Minty Clinch signs up for a fiendish challenge in the Swiss Alps

Gleaming new lift technology, laurelled chefs, five-star hotel débuts – Kitzbühel’s gone from snoozy to buzzy, says Minty Clinch.

Italy’s Dolomites are becoming as notable for their high-end hotels and restaurants as their skiing. Minty Clinch searches for the best of all three.

Cruising the Med goes with a real swing when it’s gingered up with a few rounds on the Côte d’Azur’s most intriguing and challenging golf courses, says Minty Clinch.