Ski holidays in Austria
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 [...]
After a cold and very wet system arrived in Austria over the weekend the conditions on the glaciers were sure to be good - and they were. Today we were at the Hintertux Glacier for some summer powder, no matter that it is June, if the temperatures suck and the peaks are white then there [...]
In the last few days I was on the Stubai Glacier and there was still an impressive 30km or so of skiing on offer. Set to close for skiing in the middle of the month there is still a chance to get a few turns in before the ski season ends there and the massive [...]
For those who can book last minute book flights, drive through the night or fake illness nearer to the Alps then tomorrow could be an incredible day of mid-May glacier powder skiing on the Austrian glaciers. Overnight saw a cold front hit the Austrian Alps with heavy rain in the valleys and heavy snow from [...]
I was up on the Stubai Glacier today for a bit of filming, some photography and of course some skiing in fresh powder snow. The last few days have been cold and wet and the glaciers have got a good snow cover over here in Austria. Cold the glaciers maybe in peak winter and for [...]
Great spring conditions on the Stubai Glacier - image ©www.skiingaustria.co.uk
The car parks at the Stubai Glacier offered a pretty good indication of the popularity of the Stubai Glacier ski area today - they were full and it was mighty popular. With many lower ski areas closing and the late Easter meaning lots of skiers and [...]
Those who have skied the Schladming region of Austria and have gazed across in wonder toward the Dachstein peaks will fully appreciate how incredible the scenery at the Dachstein Glacier was yesterday. High winds and endless changing skies made for an incredible setting, with the sheer rock faces of the Dachstein on one side and [...]
Whilst the buds start to show in down in the valley in Innsbruck, a little south of the city and some 2.5km plus higher the Stubai Glacier is offering some superb skiing on perfect snow. I skied there today, my first time since the autumn and it is so easy to forget just how good [...]
I keep hearing second hand reports of snow droughts in the Alps??? I should have run my camcorder during the journey I made yesterday from the Kitzsteinhorn Glacier, to Zell am See, onto Leogang and through the Ski Welt. The current snow conditions are really excellent with the biggest snow storm I have seen this [...]
18 months old and now a skier - Josh took to the snow today on a windy Stubai Glacier although his decent was marred by a binding failure on his skis - I am about to write to the manufacturers! The Gamsgarten moving carpet proved something of a distraction as did the automatic doors on [...]
Today was a very good day to be a skier or snowboarder on the Pitztal Glacier, Austria. The highest ski lift in Austria at 3440m coupled with new snow and sunny, cold conditions meant the skiing on the Pitztal Glacier was some of the best of the season so far. The overnight [...]