A hearing in Paris against Ski Club of Great Britain leader Ken Piddlesden has found against the club in a ruling it pledged to appeal against.
The action was brought after Piddlesden was stopped on the piste in Val d’Isère in April 2014 and questioned by the gendarmerie.
He was fined €10,000 with a further suspended fine of €5,000.
The Ski Club pledged to continue its current ‘Ambassador’ programme in France.
As Ski Club leaders are non-remunerated volunteers the club continues to maintain the action is “misguided and inappropriate”, the body said.
Chief executive Frank McCusker confirmed: “We have asked our lawyer to immediately lodge an appeal to the court in Chambery. He will also be lodging an official complaint with the European Commission on our behalf.”
Commenting on the case, he added: “This is the outcome we expected.
“By adapting our services to members we are able to continue resort operations this season and we look forward to helping people to get the most out of their stay in the French resorts.
“Our Ambassadors, whilst not able to ski alongside the members, can still help them to plan an epic day on the mountains by suggesting routes and organising instructors and guides to optimise their time and experiences on snow.
“It is sad that skiing with a Ski Club leader will not be reinstated in France this season.
“The service was available for over 50 years and in that time many hundreds of thousands of British holidaymakers and club members have used our services and skied with our volunteer reps.
“Thankfully the Ski Club’s leader service in Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Andorra, Canada and America is unaffected by this outcome and is fully operational.
“We have also introduced our new ‘catch-up’ service that helps members to connect with each other to find a ski, boarding or socialising buddy in resort.
“We must thank everyone who has helped us to fight for the right to ski together socially. We will be continuing that fight.”
The club confirmed Mayrhofen in Austria had been added to its Leaders programme.
A Ski Club rep will be in the resort from January 24 to ski with Ski Club members until March 28, bringing the number of resorts with leaders to 18.
The number of Ambassador resorts in France remains at 11.
The Club has also launched an online ‘catch-up’ service that helps connect members who want to find a ski or boarding buddy when in resort.