Located at the foot of stunning Mount Annupuri, Green Leaf Niseko Village offers some of the best skiing in the world, with certified instructors on hand to teach the basics to both children and adults. For non-skiers, there are snowmobile adventure

Courchevel 1850 resort is the delightfully chic and sporty hotel Le Strato. With a modest number of rooms, the hotel has a friendly, family atmosphere. The piste-side ski room has its own champagne bar and on your return you can indulge in a range of blissful

Edelweiss or the cosy Romantik. As well as 55km of pistes on your doorstep, there are 40km of hiking trails and a 4km-long tobogganing run. There’s also ice skating on the nearby natural rink on Tuesday and Thursday nights and a spa offering massage

and £899 per child, including B&B, ski pass, equipment, return flights and transfers.Visit www.mountainparadise.comCheck out our favourite Family-friendly skiing destinations article in Junior's Ski & activity section.

If you’re travelling with another family, the Tivoli Lodge, Davos, Switzerland sleeps 12 and is in a private location, yet it is ski in/ski out and close to the centre of the village. Perfect for families with young children, the chalet boasts

nights, including return flights with BA to Vancouver airport and private transfers.Further south, for a mix of ski and other winter activities, try Winter Park in the Colorado Mountains. This unspoilt village has sleigh rides, ice skating and dog

to £43,000 for a week’s stay at Chalet Septième Ciel for 12 people over New Year (£3,583 per person).Tel: 020 7401 1101 or visit www.skiverbier.comLook at our Ski & activity section for other amazing travel suggestions.Find your inner ski

and Jumping Joey levels in ski school and I raced around the vast Big White ski area, my mother was forced to undergo luxurious spa treatments in the Beyond Wrapture Day Spa in the boutique-style Chateau Big White hotel.In the evenings, Big White had a good

, will appreciate a good selection of après-ski activities.Your options for accommodation include catered chalets, hotels or apartments. While catered breaks can appear to be a pricier option, they are certainly the most relaxing – do you really want to take

like their animal mascots and in St Johann in Tirol, a chocolate-box village an hour from Salzburg, the children’s ski school is run by Bobo, a giant penguin, and offers a mix of skiing and indoor activities. Skiing here is fairly gentle, so it’s a good