"That suggests that people who don't tend to go skiing were getting out there, " Richardson said.

WSJ: Skier visits up 20 percent at Northeast ski areas

This list is about ranking the best places to go skiing.

FORBES: The Top 10 Ski Resorts in the United States for 2013

Is this really a place to go skiing?

CNN: The snows of Erukenya

Hemisphere is decked out with a host of toys for the discerning seafarer to play with -- smaller speed boats to go water skiing and wake boarding, water scooters and diving gear, as well as a jacuzzi on the fly bridge.

CNN: A peek inside world's largest luxury catamaran

"Naked News Wire" fills you in on famous people who were photographed in the raw, and tells you how to find out where to go for nude skiing and volleyball.

FORBES: Anticlimax

My daughters and I managed to rouse ourselves one afternoon after skiing at Moonlight Basin to go to the spa and one night to take a Sno-Cat ride two miles into the back country in the dark for an excellent dinner (tenderloin and mashed potatoes followed by chocolate fondue) in a big, heated yurt, courtesy of Moonlight Dinners.

CNN: Taking the kids: On an old-fashioned Montana ski trip

Each winter, 1.25 million British people go skiing and the industry wants more of these to realise it is possible to ski outside the traditional months December to March.

BBC: Alp mountains

Besides the ethical issues in buying counterfeits there are very practical applications: buy a fake Rolex and the worst case scenario for the user is having the time wrong, but go skiing in a faux North Face and you might freeze to death.

FORBES: Golfers Beware: Counterfeit Clubs Proliferate Online

An evening out dancing is probably her main exercise but she also enjoys tennis and skiing and, as a few friends live abroad, she gets to go on some interesting trips.

BBC: Weather - Jo Farrow