Ski holidays in Austria
After a November that can best be described as mild to reasonably cool, very sunny and very, very dry, then the arrival of December is bringing winter fully back to earth with heavy snow set to hit the west of Austria from this weekend onwards. Records for lack of precipitation have been smashed in the [...]
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 [...]
Some kudos but I am sure that they would happily replace that with some snowflakes - Obergurgl in Austria opened on time and has ski pistes running back to the resorts thanks in part to some early season snow and a larger part due to the snow cannons that pump out artificial snow. Temperatures have [...]
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 [...]
Purveyors of middle of the road euro pop rock Roxette are set to open the Ischgl winter season with an open air concert for 20 000 or so pop crazed revellers. The mountains of Paznaun Valley are set to reverberate to classics such as Crash, Boom, Bang, The Look and of course Joyride. No idea [...]
Now that Ischgl has started a TV advertising campaign we have a pretty clear idea of where they are and where they expect to be. For years now Ischgl has been entertaining big name stars in an attempt to position the brand at the forefront of winter sports destinations. I am not sure of the [...]
Snow yesterday, over night and today in Ischgl has provided some great power skiing conditions. Earlier this week (and despite a couple of weeks without snow) the pistes in Ischgl were surprisingly impressive with little ice and some great piste skiing on offer. Off-piste on Monday and Tuesday was not worth tackling due to the [...]
Four hours into my 5 days in Ischgl and without even sampling the snow the appeal of Ischgl is clear. It is my first trip to Ischgl this winter and I am guiding a corporate group for the coming days. Colder temperatures and snow are forecast for the coming days and I imagine an après [...]
A leisurely day in the ski holiday resort of Kuhtai today is to be followed by anything but in the mega ski and apres ski resort of Ischgl tomorrow. I was up in Kuhtai with my family today for a winter walk and toboggan - in between squeezing in some serious mountain food and watching [...]
The body overseeing the environment in Austria has blocked the proposed development of the Ischgl ski area into the Piz Val Gronda region. This expansion that has been mooted for 25 years would have added an additional 60km’s or so of ski pistes. Understandably opinions are pretty polarised with environmental campaigners saying this was a [...]
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 [...]
Josh made his first real trips into the heart of Austrian skiing with a day combining visits to St Anton am Arlberg and Ischgl – two of the places he is likely to spend some time if all goes to plan. St Anton was abuzz with work on the new Rendlbahn ski lift and you [...]
Powder skiing in Ischgl, Austria - 13th December 2008
……and after this we were invited to watch the Ischgl Top Model beauty pageant up on the mountain. Some days in Ischgl are impossible to beat
Just back from a great day, yesterday in the Paznaun Valley visiting the ski holiday resorts of Kappl and See, lesser known neighbours of Ischgl. The weather was cold and clear and the latest snow over the previous days the conditions were as good as you can get – really great news for all those [...]
So after some great glacier skiing the action has moved down the mountain and already there have been some really incredible powder days. Ischgl over last weekend was really quite outstanding. The snowfall over the previous week gave way to clear skies on Saturday and there were some truly great sections. We skied the lower [...]