National Geographic Traveller (UK) has curated 29 adventures in the snow in its latest Winter Sports guide. The guide, distributed with the December 2021 issue of the magazine in early November, covers the best ski spots, gives guides for beginners and experts and features interviews with pros.

After a two-season, pandemic-enforced hiatus, winter sports enthusiasts are poised to return to the pistes. With most of the key destinations in Europe and North America now open for fully vaccinated British travellers, bookings for the coming winter in the mountains are on the up.

Whether you’re looking for an adventure-fuelled trip or to escape the crowds, this guide has everything you need to get back on the slopes, from advice from mountaineering legend Reinhold Messner to the best ways to go green this ski season.

On nationalgeographic.co.uk/travel you’ll also find extra online content, with updated information on Covid-19-related travel, including new requirements for vaccination passes in ski resorts. 

Here’s to a happy, healthy ski season ahead!