Minty Clinch

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.