Tag Archive for 'rettenbach'

Winter 11/12 begins now

With the Tirol snow card now valid for the season, the Hintertux Glacier Betterpark opening festival already behind us and heavy snow forecast to arrive Friday and fall throughout the weekend then it is time to call the winter 2011/12 in Austria officially open. The glacier skiing should be pretty impressive over the weekend with [...]

FIS race season kicks off with a Finnish win in Solden

With clouds breaking around 2800m in the Otztal Valley today the Rettenbach glacier was a dramatic place to be with clouds in the valleys and bright sunshine across the glaciers. Further snow had fallen over night and the start was delayed slightly as snow was cleared from the course. Austria came in 2nd but an [...]

Glacier fest this weekend on the Rettenbach and Stubai Glaciers

So we will be covering 2 great events this weekend on the glaciers over here in Austria. The Stubai Glacier will be hosting the moreboards.com opening weekend freestyle event and party (as if that needing adding). Kathy will be our Skiing Austria ambassador over the weekend on the Stubai Glacier and has made a vow [...]