We are pleased to present the fourteenth edition of The Blue Book of European Ski Resorts. It is designed for an Internet audience that wants quick and easy access to information on major resorts throughout Europe. 

Although you can jump directly from the navigation bar on the cover page to a country map and then to a specific resort, you also have the flexibility to go through the book page by page, following the arrows at the top or bottom of each page.  

Links are what make the book “user friendly.” Not only can you move freely through the pages, but you can also connect to websites of the resorts. On each of our pages, you can click on the URL and go to the home page of the resort’s tourist office. Several clicks and you can be viewing a hotel room in the destination village. 

We have links to the offices of our sponsors----Austrian Tourist Office, Switzerland Tourism, Innsbruck/Tyrol, and Best of the Alps.  They offer direct communication to their websites for extensive information and outstanding photography. You can savor a vacation long before you board a plane. 

One major benefit to viewers is our relationship with OnTheSnow.com, the world’s oldest and largest winter sports website. Want to know how the snow is in St. Anton or what’s doing in Davos? Find links that appear often throughout the book. Want to flesh out statistics on our Bad Gastein page with editorial commentary, link to OnTheSnow.com.     

We have simplified how we present rates on lift tickets, ski schools, and equipment rentals. Instead of listing rates on the bottom of a resort’s page, we have incorporated them in a special rate section, where we present a general overview and describe ranges that vacationers can expect.  

Much of the material here has been assembled by old friends with perhaps 200 combined years of experience in the majestic mountains of Europe. Bob Enzel, Richard Muello, George Schissler and Bob Wall continue as contributing editors. We have stories from other writers, who also are veteran skiers: Claire Walter, Paul Hand, Bob Dever, Mitch Kaplan and Phil Johnson. Many of the photographs in this edition were taken by Fred McKinney.

The sponsors and staff of The Blue Book hope you enjoy this new edition and use it to plan a memorable holiday in the snow.