Ski holidays in Austria
Morning glacier skiing in Solden is now in operation, the Stubai Glacier has skiing on 2 glaciers, the Kitzsteinhorn Glacier has skiing on the upper slopes, whilst the Hintertux Glacier never closed! We are still awaiting the first big falls of snow for the season but the conditions are still ok to get high up and get some very early turns in.
Pitztal Glacier - image © www.skiingaustria.co.uk
Hintertux Glacier top station at 3250m - image © skiingaustria.co.uk
Back from an enjoyable day on the Hintertux Glacier yesterday, with great early summer skiing under blue skies and still with a great cover of snow. The Hintertux Glacier freestyle park was in full flow yesterday with a multinational mix of skiers and snowboarders taking advantage of the sunny weather of soft snow for landings. The wind picked up early afternoon which might have explained some of the missed landings but the break in action gave me the chance to chase down a ski ballerina – an exponent of a ski discipline that I thought was long extinct but seems to still thrive on the wide and gentle slopes of the Hintertux Glacier. I am not sure how much I captured of the display until I edited the video from yesterday but hopefully some as the action was priceless.
Soft snow for big air landings - image © skiingaustria.co.uk