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Strange skiing: Off-piste in… Kyrgyzstan In the penultimate entry of our strange skiing series, Tristan Kennedy hits the slopes of Kyrgyzstan, sampling fermented horse milk and the bloody... Read more	Strange skiing: Off-piste in… Afghanistan In the third of our strange skiing series, Ian J Lynch goes in search of the perfect slope in Bamiyan province, Afghanistan. Read more	Strange skiing: Off-piste in… North Korea In the second of our strange skiing series, Tim Neville reports from the propaganda-lined pistes of Masikryong, North Korea’s best (and only... Read more
Strange skiing: Off-piste in… Georgia In the first of our new strange skiing series, William Everett drinks brandy, eats khachapuri and gets fondled on the slopes of Gudauri, Georgia... Read more	Returning from the End of the World We have always wondered what we would discover at the End of the World, so we sent Daniel Fahey to find out. Read more	The 19 strangest places to ski Hitting the slopes this winter? Then have you considered the pistes of Algeria, Pakistan or Iran? Didn't think so. But perhaps you should - some... Read more

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Valmorel Valmorel ski resort is situated close to the Vanoise National Park, in the heart of the Tarentaise Mountains (part of the French Alps) in the south... Read more	Bad Gastein Bad Gastein is located in the Gastein Valley, within the westerly Austrian province of Salzburger Land. The local Hohe Tauern Mountains are a part ... Read more	Val d'Isère Val d'Isère is located in the southeastern French region of Savoie in the Western Alps, close to the Italian border. Read more	Courmayeur Courmayeur is at the head of the Aosta Valley in the Italian Alps. It is in the lee of the 4,810m-tall (15,780ft) Mont Blanc (the highest mountain ... Read more
Zermatt The Swiss resort of Zermatt is located in the German-speaking area of the Valais canton in the Southern Alps. It is close to the border with Italy ... Read more	Mayrhofen Mayrhofen is located in the Tyrol's Ziller Valley, in the northwest of Austria. Read more	Chamrousse Chamrousse is located at the southern end of the Belledonne mountain range, 30km (20 miles) away from Grenoble. The resort is in the Isère region ... Read more	Bled The spa town of Bled sits on the shores of Lake Bled. It is located within the Julian Alps of western Slovenia, 50km (31 miles) from the country's ... Read more

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