Ski holidays in Austria
The villages have won a number of awards for the best après ski in Europe and with good reason – there is just so much of it. Apres ski starts at three thirty in the afternoon – at around 4pm you can find people dancing in discos with beers and rum. Of all the après [...]
Freezing, windy and snowing here in Innsbruck with wind burn more likely than sun burn. The snow is falling intermittently at the moment but there is forecast a good fall over the next 2 days and snow right through next week. Salzburg is looking at epic snow falls this weekend with severe weather warnings in [...]
I’ve been looking up at the cams in the valley and its great to see so much snow at the beginning of December. It reminds me just how good it can be to ski with kids in the valley once they have found their feet. From about the age of 4 or 5 kids have [...]
For me he will always be the boss and mentor of Summer Quinn and C.J. Parker and the hero dad of Hobie. When that drum beat used to kick in on a soggy English weekend signalling an escape to LA County there was a definite electricity in the air. I was ok with Kit but [...]
I started skiing with my son in Saalbach when he was around 2 – he used the little baby skis and I took him up and down the button lifts between my knees. There are a fair number of runs that are good for little’uns or older kids just starting out.
My favourite lift is 48a [...]
Saalbach may not traditionally have been seen as one of the obvious family resorts but for us it has really provided the balance for happy kids and adults. It has a fantastic mix of terrain and around ten ski and snowboard schools. Many people seem surprised when I tell them that my oldest son started [...]
No we are not moving over to Salzburgerland but we do have a new contact who is going to be offering our readers a ‘locals’ take on Saalbach-Hinterglemm, what is happening, what should be happening and what the locals do on and off the slopes. Rachel owns the Dunscombe Studio apartment in Saalbach and as [...]
Clients of ours and some of the finest exponents of après ski in the Alps are currently in Saalbach taking advantage of the great ski area and the superb après ski. News came through yesterday that in the absence of the Norwegian bikini team the guys in the group have befriended a herd of goats [...]
Not sure if you read the last article and the comment from John - if you did you might have found yourself bonding with a man whose genes seem healthily nestled somewhere between Ernest Shackleton and Ollie Reed:
“Hats off to the people trapped in a (UK) pub for 3 days over new year because they [...]
The TV weather channel here in Austria complete with its accompanying Volksmusik is showing a very white landscape across Austria. The Zillertal Arena resorts of Gerlos and Konigsleiten are continuing to see heavy snow as are the Zell am See - Kaprun and Saalbach-Hinterglemm regions. The Kitzsteinhorn Glacier looked in great shape whilst all the [...]
Having sat in an Austrian restaurant and seen German guests tipping the waiting staff all of 40 cents on a bill of €49,60 (and trust me this was not a one off) it comes with unchallenged German authority that the Salzburger Sportwelt has been rated as the best value ski holiday region in the Alps. [...]