Heavy snow in the Arlberg and beerrrrrrr in Davos
Powder awaits in Davos - image © www.skiingaustria.co.uk
The Arlberg was getting serious snow today as I drove from Innsbruck to Davos, Switzerland. The highway was deep in snow despite the ploughing and there were a number of abandoned cars strewn along the route. After the drive took twice as long as planned I arrived in Davos to find most of the ski lifts closed by high winds. The skies cleared later in the last hour and the conditions look great for tomorrow. And for those in the Arlberg resorts of Lech, Zurs, St Christoph, Stuben or St Anton then once the skies clear there will be some sensational skiing on offer. Had my first language lesson of the trip, it seems ‘beer’ is pronounced ‘berrrrrr’ in Davos, ‘beer’ is not understood in Davos- not a mistake I intend to make again. Powder skiing tomorrow then!
The skiing areas are organized very good, offering all sorts of transportation and many valleys connect to each other. There is not a rare chance that you start skiing in one valley in the morning an end up in a total different one at the end of the day. Some areas offer so many lifts and tracks, taht even after a week you have not seen them all. Another very important fact is the snowboarding friendly enviroment, allowing boarders the use all lifts and tracks. Many areas are host for big international skiing and snowboarding competitions and Innsbruck is even considered the “snoboarding captial” of Europe.
Just to clarify Innsbruck and Davos are some 3 hours apart so they are not ideally twin resorts to commute between, that would be an early start for sure.