Ski holidays in Austria
When St Anton am Arlberg has a January snow pack of 5.2m forecast snow is hardly needed - yet the incredible winter of 2012 rolls on. With barely a white patch of mountain but for the glacier areas at the start of December, it has been almost weekly heavy snow systems that have been rolling [...]
So the 5 day storm has basically run out of steam at a time when the snow base at the Galzig mid-station in St Anton is a stunning 5 and a half metres. Little wonder that several of the 5 Arlberg resorts were completely cut off in the last week - 5 metres is taller [...]
With 120cm of snow already having fallen across Austria since Thursday and with a forecast 80cm of further snow to fall over the coming 2 days, Austria is in the grip of an epic winter storm. Roads and railways have been closed, whole resorts in the Arlberg have been cut off and for those on [...]
After the heavy snow of the last few days the Mayrhofen ski area opened today with the Ahorn cable car ferrying skiers and snowboarders up to the fresh powder that has fallen over the last few days. The Penken side of the Mayrhofen ski areas is set to open in the coming days. With almost [...]
One of the more obvious ski lift links in the Alps is back on the boil with consultations underway regarding a lift linking the western extent of the St Anton am Arlberg ski area with the Lech - Zurs ski area in Zurs am Arlberg. The Arlberg ski area has long comprised of the ski [...]
En-route to Courchevel 1850 to guide a corporate group I stopped off in the Arlberg yesterday in bright blue sunshine. St Christoph had great snow down to the resort and despite the sunny conditions the snow was hard and firm right down to resort level. No snow on the radar in a period traditionally very [...]
A couple of things stand out this year on the slopes, one last weekend was great powder skiing followed by the Hoff and Kit on stage in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, the other was heli-skiing in the Arlberg. It is fair to say that everyone should experience these 2 alpine treats. Last weekend in freezing but sunny weather [...]
Just back from St Anton where the season opening weekend brought grey skies and intermittent snow today after the epic conditions of yesterday. There were some forlorn looking people in the restaurant I visited today who were talking about the night before - St Anton parties pretty hard and the season opening party is a [...]
Our articles on the snowiest part of the Alps, the ‘snow triangle’ that runs from Damuls east to Warth and then south to Zurs am Arlberg are causing a bit of debate. The latest shot comes from Stuben am Arlberg and the Hotel Mondschein. This from the owner Markus - “There is only one true [...]
Going back to the ‘snow triangle’ theme, Damuls in the Bregenzerwald labels itself as the ‘The snowiest village on earth’. We had a post today asking for more information on the snowfall stats in the Alps which I am trying to dig out. This image above taken toward the end of April 2008 is indicative [...]
First an email yesterday evening from a friend in St Anton saying it was dumping with snow, then another from Gerlos today with 40cm of snow in the resort this morning and a trip down to Innsbruck to see snow all over the city - this latest weather system is going make many ski holiday [...]
The Stubai Zoo is back at the Stubai Glacier tomorrow - the 2010 season opener of the Stubai Glacier park. Rails, twin tips and partying till late are on the menu. With the recent incredible snow conditions on all the local glaciers the Stubai Glacier is set to be a popular destination over the weekend. [...]
I had someone asking for more information on Stuben am Arlberg after saying in the last blog post that it was the part of the snow capital of Europe. I explained with a sketch of the map below that there is one region of the Alps that gets more snow than any other statistically. There [...]
Stuben am Arlberg is part of a geographic triangle in the Alps that includes Warth and Zurs am Arlberg which gets more snow than any other part of the Alps. No surprise then that the snow that is falling across Austria right now is also covering Stuben am Arlberg. Just had this image sent through [...]
Most have heard of the Arlberg, fewer my local hill Axamer Lizum. And whilst Axamer Lizum has a loyal following amongst Innsbruck locals who know its off-piste secrets it can’t really claim to have the international appeal of St Anton, St Christoph, Stuben or Lech - Zurs. One thing Axamer Lizum outdoes the Arlberg for [...]