Sloping off somewhere? Madonna proves her prowess on the piste as she escapes to Switzerland ski resort after 'discrimination' rant

She's aimed some frosty words at her critics after ranting online about her stolen music.

Now Madonna has found herself out in the cold - literally.

The Queen of Pop is spending her festive break in Gstaad, Switzerland with her family.

Proving she was as fit as ever, the 56-year-old whipped down the slopes at the well-heeled resort on Sunday.

Snow queen: Madonna is spending her festive break in the ski resort of Gstaad, Switzerland

Clad head-to-toe in black ski gear, the singer kept her face covered with a balaclava.

She hit the piste with a male companion and was also seen giving encouragement to a young skier wearing red.

Her sporty end to the year comes as she furiously lashed out after several demo tracks from her forthcoming album were leaked over the internet.

Taking to social media to vent her outrage on Saturday over what she called 'a world that discriminates against women.'

Sloping along: The 56-year-old looked like a pro on the piste as she whipped down the snow with a male companion

Material Girl: Madonna wore head-to-toe black during her time on the slopes

I'm behind you: The super-fit singer kept close to her male pal as they enjoyed their action-packed weekend

Don't preach: Madonna was spotted given encouragement to a skiing youngster during one part of the day

The 56-year-old singer posted a lengthy tirade along with a close-up snap of her with a plug stopping her red lipsticked mouth and fixed to a gold link chain. 

Her light blonde hair was swept back from her flawlessly pretty face, while her steely blue gaze was directed upwards.

'Their are those who want to shut me up but they cannot! (sic)' Madonna captioned the bizarre picture, ranting: 'We still live in a world that discriminates against women.

'Their are People that are so hateful. they want to create feuds between strong women that do not exist! I do not wish ill will towards any other female artist and i never have!

'The World is big enough for all of us! I will fight for my rights as an artist, a human and a woman till the end of my days!'

Can't 'shut me up': Her holiday comes after Madonna vented her rage over 'a world that discriminates against women' on Saturday via this social media portrait and a message

Fighting words: The original Material Girl put up her fists to 'people that are so hateful'

Smoking hot: The 56-year-old singer was perhaps hoping to reignite waning interest in the six new songs she released on iTunes with this cleavage-baring photo

'I come with a a lot of baggage': Madonna shared lyrics from her song Unapologetic B***ch and another dramatic image of her lugging a chic tote

She also posted a cleavage-baring photo of herself alongside lyrics from her reggae-inspired song Unapologetic B***ch: ' When we did it. I ll admit it. Wasn't satisfied.'

'I come with a a lot of baggage,' Madonna tweeted, along with a black-and-white picture of herself in a monochrome-print dress and dragging a big black tote.

Last week, Madonna released six new tracks from her forthcoming LP that were made available on iTunes, but they have suffered a dramatic dip in sales just one week later.

Madonna's move was to counter-attack the illegal distribution of 13 unfinished and, one week later, 14 completed tracks from new album Rebel Heart, her first release in three years.

The early availability of six tracks from her 13th album initially soared to the top of the iTunes chart, but then they quickly plummeted down the top 100, with Nicki Minaj collaboration B**ch I’m Madonna hovering at number 188.

Plummeting sales: Six new tracks from Madonna's forthcoming thirteenth album, Rebel Heart. have dropped out of the iTunes top 100, one week after their early release 

Meanwhile Living For Love, thought to be the album’s lead single, has fared worse on Amazon, where it languishes at number 529. 

The poor sales have prompted concern ahead of Rebel Heart’s planned release next March, with the album currently at number 38 in iTunes pre-orders and a worrying 167 on Amazon.

After three decades of pop domination Madonna’s album sales have declined over recent years, with American Life (2003), Hard Candy (2008) and MDNA (2012) all failing to hit the critical and commercial highs of earlier releases.

Struggling: The dip in sales has prompted concern ahead of the new album's release on March 10, 2015 

Madonna visits Mkoko, the school she built in Malawi

It’s understood that the entertainer is failing to attract a new generation of fans, while the older generation are less interested in her newer material.

Following the album leak earlier this month an enraged Madonna took to Instagram, where she likened the incident to ‘terrorism.’

'This is artistic rape!!' she cried out in a post that has since been taken down.

'These are early leaked demo's half of which wont even make it on my album the other half have changed and evolved.

‘This is a form of terrorism. Wtf!!!! Why do people want to destroy artistic process??? Why steal? Why not give me the opportunity to finish and give you my very best?'

Rebel Heart is expected to be released on March 10, 2015.