Ski holidays in Austria
With the Pitztal Glacier dominating the Pitztal valley it is easy to pass the ski areas of Hochzeiger and Rifflsee. Benjamin Raich is a Hochzeiger local, whilst Rifflsee has good top height and a ski piste that passes by the base-station of the Pitztal Glacier funicular. Turning into the Pitztal today was pretty dispiriting, the [...]
We have seen more calls this year for early season and glacier skiing in Austria. One question always arises – ‘what is it like’? Having skied the glaciers in Austria for 9 years now my experience is a very positive one overall. Personally I like the cold and November into December can be bitingly cold. [...]
Here in Innsbruck the weather has been very wet, windy and for the areas above the freezing level (today that was about 1100m in Innsbruck) there has been big accumulations of snow. Last week there was no snow on the peaks. According to the snow reports the Hintertux Glacier has had a metre of new [...]
The Austrian Alps are currently getting hit with the first real snow of the winter and around Innsbruck today there was endless and heavy snowfall. Down in Innsbruck at 575m there was cold air and very heavy rain. The freezing level was around 1200m and for the ski areas of the tirol and the glaciers [...]
So after a mild September in the Alps the weather is changing to bring colder and wet weather to Austria. Snow is forecast for the coming days on the higher ground as well as the glaciers and the snow is forecast through into next week. Temperatures are forecast to be down 10-15 degrees celcius on [...]
I have never quite understood how you can measure the snow depth on a glacier but there are far smarter people than me doing exactly that as the glaciers open for the autumn ski season. Topping the table is the Hintertux Glacier that is open throughout the year with around half a metre of snow, [...]
The Tirol Snow Card - 1 Ski pass, 77 Ski areas, 923 Lifts, 3105 kms of piste, valid between 01/10/09 and 15/05/10 - €590
So 4 days in a snow dome or unlimited access to these areas for 7 months:
Alpbacher Bergbahnen, Axamer Lizum, Bergbahn Kitzbühel, Bergbahn Pillersee, Bergbahnen Fendels, Bergbahnen Fieberbrunn, Bergbahnen Fiss/Ladis, Bergbahnen Kappl, Bergbahnen [...]