SKI NEWS

HIGH NOTES

Watch Boy George, Ronnie Scott’s All Stars, James Bay and Tom Odell at Zermatt’s internationally celebrated Unplugged festival, with the mighty Matterhorn as the backdrop. A five-night self-catering break in the centrally located Madeleine Studio, starting on April 9, costs from £290pp, based on two sharing (mountain exposure.com). Return flights from London to Geneva cost from £116 (ebookers.com), and rail transfers to the resort cost £41pp (sbb.ch).

END OF SEASON SPECIAL

Rocker Lenny Kravitz headlines Ischgl’s famous Top Of The Mountain, an open-air concert on April 30 that marks the end of the ski season. Seven nights’ halfboard at the four-star Hotel Piz Buin, starting on April 24, costs from £1,475pp, based on two sharing, and includes return flights between London and Innsbruck and car hire (skisolutions.com).

HITTING NEW HEIGHTS

Take a helicopter ride and touch down (weather permitting) on the summit of Mont Blanc. You will be based for four nights at a three-star hotel in Chamonix, France, but you will also have the chance to spend a day on the slopes in Courmayeur in Italy. The B&B break, starting on March 20, costs from £589pp (skiweekend.com). The helicopter flight costs an extra £136pp.