Tag Archive for 'extreme'

Extreme wind and cold on the Stubai Glacier today

After the great weather and conditions on the Stubai Glacier yesterday today brought extreme wind conditions and with a bitingly cold southerly wind blowing across the southern glaciers in Austria. The Föhn wind can wreak havoc on the ski areas and today the extremely strong Föhn wind closed the Stubai Glacier around lunchtime. One of [...]

Gosau – charming villages, views onto glaciers and extensive intermediate skiing. Krippenstein – extreme skiing capital.

Just back from a weekend in Gosau and the Krippenstein Freeride Arena - contrasting neighbouring ski areas but both offering some really great terrain. Located in the Lake District region of Austria, Gosau is split into 3 villages along a charming valley that is abruptly ended by enormous Dachstein peaks and glaciers. We got great [...]