Ski holidays in Austria
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 [...]
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 [...]
I can’t say from where I heard it as it may get someone in some bother but the St Anton am Arlberg to Kappl in Paznaun ski lift is pretty certain to get the go-ahead. The ground has yet to be cut for the new lift pylons but from interested parties it [...]
So today it was time for some runs in the biggest and highest ski area in the Bregenzerwald ski region, Warth-Schrocken, just across a ridge from Lech am Arlberg and boasting the biggest snow fall accumulation of any ski area in Europe (Damuls also in Bregenzerwald claims the title for the most snow at resort [...]
10th January 2008 – Bregenzerwald, the snow capital of the Alps. Located to the east of Bregenz, Bregenzerwald offers some 22 villages as well as the best snowfall record in Europe. I spent today skiing at Au – Schoppernau and Damuls. Whilst it has not snowed any noticeable amount in Austria for 10 days or [...]