Ski holidays in Austria
Just back in Innsbruck after the ski trip to Davos and the frigid temperatures of the Swiss Davos / Klosters region have been experienced in the Austrian Tirol as well. Snow is set to fall over the coming days and the forecast for the Arlberg region is for some great snowfall tomorrow and then a [...]
The Tirol got a good dump of snow over the Friday / Saturday and today I headed up to Alpbach where the blue skies and powder snow made for some great conditions, certainly the very best of the last week. Alpbach is predominantly a family ski area both with locals and visitors but there is [...]
Gerlos and the Zillertal Arena delivered a big, big powder day today. Zell am Ziller had similar snow but the low cloud conditions were best in Gerlos where the sun broke through for some good periods. The powder snow was superb. Check out our latest snow report from the slopes of Gerlos today:
There was a [...]
Just back from a weekend in Zauchensee, south of Salzburg and east of the snow capital that is currently the Austrian Tirol. So after leaving all the powder behind in the Innsbruck area and the Zillertal Arena ski region in Tirol we drove straight into masses of the stuff in Zauchensee, Ski Amade. It snowed [...]
Just back from Zell am Ziller in the Zillertal Arena. If you haven’t been, change that soon - it is one of the best kept secrets in Austrian skiing. I personally rate alongside the Arlberg as the best ski region in Austria. It is very different to the Arlberg and very varied. The fundamentals are [...]
2 days now out of 5 have delivered some outstanding powder skiing in Innsbruck and I did not ski the other 3 – I am sure the stats could have been even better had I headed up the Innsbruck mountains. Cold in the shade and very still, the conditions above Innsbruck this afternoon were outstanding. [...]
A week ago the lower slopes were very patchy and un-skiable in Axamer Lizum and then bang – right on cue a top, top powder day to start the season! The opening day of Axamer Lizum winter season 2009/10 served up a great day of powder skiing / snowboarding. Several days of heavy snowfall in [...]
Mild, spring weather is upon us in the Tirol but only last week the weather was far more wintry with some great powder skiing up in Stuben am Arlberg. I had taken some great film using a helmet camera of the powder runs that I was getting but the camera came out of its housing [...]
With a 5km ridge, a vertical of at least 1km and snow accumulation record that is in the top 3 in the Alps, the case for Stuben being the best off-piste ski holiday destination in the Alps is strong. Added to that there is heli skiing on offer (Lech – Zurs being the only region [...]
With intermittent snow during the whole of last week, conditions cleared over the weekend and there was outstanding powder skiing in the Innsbruck ski region. I did not ski Nordpark but my friend weatherman Flo did and he reported late Friday afternoon that there were banks of snow chest deep beneath the Seegrube. One downside [...]
After several days of snow here in Innsbruck, today saw what will be a brief lull in the wintry weather with clear skies and clod lingering in the valleys beneath around 1500m. Te powder skiing in Axamer Lizum, Innsbruck was excellent with perfect visibility and some very deep banks of snow, particularly in the trees. [...]
Axamer Lizum, Innsbruck delivered some very deep snow today, especially in the trees and two days of constant snow. In the afternoon the snow got a little heavier but the depth in some areas that had not been tracked was possibly half a metre. There is snow forecast all week and into the first half [...]
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 [...]