Tristan Kennedy

Trentino-Alto Adige

Freelance Writer at Freelance

British journalist based in Italy. Features & long reads (and sometimes 📷) on environment & adventure for @Wired @FT @Outside etc. Also, guitar @CSCollective

Articles

The Haute Route by e-bike

1 month ago | ft.com | Tristan Kennedy

“Routine”, sniffs Frederick William Jacomb in the 1862 edition of the Alpine Club journal, “still appears to be the influence which...
| Korua Elevator Splitboard Review

1 month ago | whitelines.com | Tristan Kennedy

Snowboards We took this new Korua splitboard on a few backcountry missions to see whether the elevator really is better than the stairs... Price: €1,199Category: SplitboardSizes: 157, 162Flex: 6/10Shape: DirectionalProfile: Camber3D: NoBase: SinteredNew for 2024/25 season: YesKorua snowboards caught the eye of Whitelines’ staffers as soon as the brand first launched in 2014. They couldn’t not.
A skier’s guide to the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games

1 month ago | msn.com | Tristan Kennedy

Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
A skier's guide to the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games

1 month ago | telegraph.co.uk | Tristan Kennedy

Dates, tickets and venues - everything you need to know about the first Games to be hosted in Europe in 20 yearsIf you're a British skier or snowboarder - or indeed a fan of winter sport of any kind - it's hard not to get excited about the impending arrival of the Winter Olympics Games.
Adrenaline, avalanches and Olympic ambitions: freeride skiing reaches for the big time

1 month ago | ft.com | Tristan Kennedy

Virgile Didier taps his poles together, shuffles his skis and then points them straight down the mountain, quickly gathering speed.
Equipment matters: The kit you need for ski mountaineering

2 months ago | geographical.co.uk | Tristan Kennedy

On the surface of it, the rocky outcrop, 3,040 metres above sea level overlooking the Adamello Glacier in Italy, felt like an odd place to put a barbed-wire fence. And yet there it was. Or, at least, there were the remains of a fence – the twisted metal poking in and out of the snow, the spikes, though rusted, still looked cruel enough to do some damage. My first thought was to wonder who could possibly have been trying to pen their sheep in this high.
Equipment matters: The kit you need for ski mountaineering

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Tristan Kennedy

2 hours agoThese Are the 5 Best Places To Get Off-Season Ski Gear for CheapLooking to snag some new gear for next year? Now is a great time to score some deals. Spring is right around the corner, and if you're anything like …4 hours agoMartin Scorsese sets sights on new drama recounting infamous Alpine Meadows avalanche that killed 7 at Tahoe ski resortMartin Scorsese has signed on to produce a new film that will depict one of the deadliest avalanches in US history.
The ski resorts battling overtourism

2 months ago | msn.com | Tristan Kennedy

Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
‘We have no community’: The ski resorts battling overtourism

2 months ago | telegraph.co.uk | Tristan Kennedy

The rise of Airbnbs and an influx of tourists are creating a perfect storm with some fearing mountain towns are now at a tipping point Tristan Kennedy 27 February 2025 8:00am GMT 27 February 2025 8:00am GMT This feature is available for registered users. Please register or log in to continue Chamonix is just one of many ski resorts struggling with rising property prices and a shortage of affordable homes Credit: Buzz Pictures / Alamy The graffiti appeared on the night of Feb 4, right beneath...
‘We have no community’: The ski resorts battling overtourism

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Tristan Kennedy

The graffiti appeared on the night of Feb 4, right beneath the main cable car. “Too Much. Too Much. Too Much. Too Much,” it read – the same English-language phrase spray-painted four times in red letters on the snow. Three weeks on, the origins of this anonymous act of protest still remain a mystery. But its message – and its intended audience – couldn’t have been clearer: there were too many foreign tourists for the small Italian ski resort of Alpe di Siusi to handle.