Ski holidays in Austria
One of the most beautiful things coming up to Christmas is visiting one of the seasonal markets. I love going to Salzburg, drinking gluhwein and browsing the seasonal stalls. If you are taking children a visit to the Marionette Theatre is particularly atmospheric at this time of year - it backs onto the wonderful Mirabelle [...]
After a month-long period of blue skies and sun and a complete lack of rain or snow, the cycle seems headed for a welcome end over the Austrian Alps with snow forecast in Kitzbuhel in the east and Ischgl and St Anton in the west. It hasn’t been the temperatures necessarily over the last month [...]
New season and nothing new in seeing the US on top of the women’s podium. Lindsey Vonn took the opening FIS women’s race on the Rettenbach glacier today high above Solden with Elisabeth Görgl coming in third for the Austrians. More painful for the Austrians maybe seeing a German finish above any Austrians on their [...]
The Stubai Zoo Park officially opens this weekend with a big event to bring in the new season on the 3000m+ Stubai Glacier Terrain Park. Eisgrat will be hosting a festival village with gear to buy and test and over in the Zoo there will be competitions over the 3 days. Sporting excellence will make [...]
We have had seen a huge growth in business and corporate trip enquiries in the last few months asking for a wide range of Austrian ski holiday resorts. Initially it was believed there must have been a successful marketing push behind the surge but the range of resorts, dates and industry profiles suggests something more [...]
Further snow is forecast for the coming day and a half over the Austria glaciers. With the Stubai Glacier boasting an early October snow depth of 80cm, the Hintertux Glacier coming in at 105cm, the Kitzsteinhorn Glacier with 50cm and the Pitztal Glacier a whopping 153cm of snow at the highest point in Austrian skiing, [...]
Last weekend was truly summer in Austria - my son and I were sunbathing at the outdoor Pool in Kaprun and enjoying a Jazz breakfast (and wearing shorts) in the hot sunshine at the Tauern Spar. We spent some time last Friday in Salzburg and the temperature was pushing 30 in the Mirabell Gardens. This [...]
The winter season rumbles on with the latest instalment of the autumn snow arriving over the weekend and depositing some half a metre or more on the glacier skiing areas of Austria. Saturday weather was characterised by low cloud and heavy snow whilst Sunday saw intermittent snow and clouds as well as over half a [...]
With the Tirol snow card now valid for the season, the Hintertux Glacier Betterpark opening festival already behind us and heavy snow forecast to arrive Friday and fall throughout the weekend then it is time to call the winter 2011/12 in Austria officially open. The glacier skiing should be pretty impressive over the weekend with [...]
The Stubai Glacier opens for the ski season tomorrow after a big storm swept the region and deposited over half a metre of new snow across the glaciers. Initially the Eisjoch and Windachferner glaciers will open and these will be followed by the Daunferner glacier for the visitors this coming weekend. It was late September [...]
With falling temperatures and heavy snow down to 2000m, Austria is seeing the first signs of winter 2011/12. The Hintertux Glacier is currently seeing heavy snowfall and as the temperatures continue to fall through the day then snow will be hitting all main peaks in the ski region. Monday is set to see further heavy [...]
Can’t want any longer for the ski / snowboard season to kick off? Well in less than 3 weeks there will be lots of air, attitude and atmosphere at the Hintertux Glacier Better Park opening from the 30th September till the 2nd October on the Hintertux Glacier. As usual there will be a festival atmosphere [...]
With the glacier skiing season just around the corner, the fragility of these ecosystems is very much in the spot light. Glaciers offer fantastically long ski and snowboard seasons but the pressure on their existence is clear scientifically as well as anecdotally from dated photos on the walls of mountain huts - the retreat is [...]
Kaprun occupies a spacious valley floor beneath the mighty Kitzsteinhorn Glacier and next to the lakeside ski holiday resort of Zell am See. The all-new Tauern Spa is one of the latest additions to the area as it expands its range of visitor facilities. Open year-round with outdoor thermal pools the Tauern Spa offers superb [...]
Summer holidays for many are about the traditional sandy beach with deck chairs and sun but for those of us who can’t give up our snow in summer there is the Kitzsteinhorn snow beach. It is actually possible to make snow castles with your bucket and spade - although gloves are advised as up on [...]