Ski holidays in Austria
There has been much talk at home over the last weeks about Kitzbuhel. My wife is deserting me and Josh in a week or so for the Tirolean resort for what is a well deserved break from the two of us. It got us talking about what makes a great destination. One thing that you [...]
But for some high cloud the skiing in Fieberbrunn, St Johann, Kitzbuhel and the Ski Welt region today was superb. There had been around 30cm of powder overnight in Fieberbrunn with endless fresh lines to take. I drove through Soll and the Ski Welt resorts first thing and the mist was lifting to show off [...]
Seeing a Swiss racer on the top of the podium at the Hahnenkamm race weekend in Kitzbuhel is not a pleasant sight for Austrians, therefore the second appearance in 2 days for Switzerland’s Didier Cuche will hurt greatly. Fully deserved as one of the pre-race favourites, Cuche delivered yet again to prove that the Swiss [...]
Cuche is pretty untouchable at the moment, it must be painful viewing for the Austrians, especially in an Olympic year. Today he bagged the Super G on the Kitzbuhel Hahnenkamm. Tomorrow ominously it is the downhill and he is looking mighty good. A different discipline maybe but the same terrain so what happened to my [...]
Didier Cuche had to settle for 2nd as a resurgent Bode proves if he is on his game there are few to touch him, during the final practice on the Kitzbuhel Hahnenkamm Streif downhill course. The practice was brought forward due to worsening weather and it is snowing right now in Innsbruck and snow is [...]
Snow is due all week in the Austrian Alps whilst temperatures on the long term forecast are set to be colder. Tomorrow in the Innsbruck region snow should fall to around 1000m whilst mid-week the snow level is set to fall. The ski areas in the west of Tirol and in Salzburgerland are forecast get [...]
Next week Austria is set to host winter again. After the superb opening shots of winter 09/10 early October, Autumn returned to offer clear and stable weather. That is all set to change again from the 2nd November right through next week. Of the non-glacier skiing areas in Austria Kitzbuhel has been the biggest name [...]