Ski holidays in Austria
With the inaugural Youth Olympic Games all set for January in Innsbruck, Austria there could be some big stars of tomorrow flying the flag for the UK. One of those is freestyle skier Katie Summerhayes from Sheffield, England. Busy in preparation right now we caught up with Katie for a short online Q&A to get [...]
A big powder weekend to accompany the season opening of the Stubai Zoo Park on the Stubai Glacier - irony indeed since most there were far more concerned with flight than depth of powder. It did mean though that the powder tracks took longer to track out than could have been the case. Cold and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Aside from the altiports in the Alps such as Courchevel and Meribel, Innsbruck has to be the shortest airport transfer available? Innsbruck airport may not accommodate the Airbus A380 but any European flights are able to land, unlike the altiports which take anything from light aircraft to remote controlled versions. It is a genuine airport [...]
After the colder weather and snow last week the skies cleared today to give one of the best powder days in some weeks. At least 30cm of powder was on offer in Innsbruck and judging by the detonations that were taking place on the north side of the city they had as much if not [...]
After days of strong winds the weather pattern is changing and snow was falling on the slopes above Innsbruck this afternoon. The forecast is for snow from now until early next week which is really welcome given the sunny and dry conditions of the last couple of weeks. Traditionally this is a great period for [...]
The third coming of the skigloo is now complete in the mountains above Innsbruck, Austria. The concept a couple of years ago was to create a place where likeminded skiers and snowboarders could enjoy an apres ski drink after the slopes. The location in pristine nature above Innsbruck along with a hand crafted igloo that [...]
The third incarnation of the (in)famous skigloo is with us and we are provisionally looking at the 12th or 13th of March to welcome friends and strangers to an afternoon of temperance and salubrious apres ski. Located high in the back country of Axamer Lizum, Innsbruck we will be issuing a meeting point to those [...]
Saturday had fresh powder and clear blue skies for a very busy day in the mountains above Innsbruck. Conditions were superb and by late in the afternoon it seemed every square metre of powder had been tracked in Axamer Lizum by the visitors who parked long down the road from the resort. And for those [...]
The third incarnation of the skigloo is underway in the Austrian Alps. First conceived in 2008 and opened in 2009 the skigloo represents an oasis in snowy and beautiful world in the mountains above Innsbruck. It is a place where friends and skiers / snowboarders meet a few times per winter to celebrate the winter [...]