Ski holidays in Austria
Heavy snow has been falling in the Tirol all day and with low temperatures into next week and further moderate to heavy snowfalls forecast mid-week, the conditions for half term week look fantastic. I drove through Soll at the end of last week and saw more snow there than I can remember seeing - the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
What a job - skiing between mountain huts getting beer and cake prices!
Everyone who has travelled (and I mean everyone) has inevitably been drawn into price comparisons with home prices as well as previous excursions – you hear it in every après ski bar, mountain restaurant, lift ticket office queue, everywhere. I was as shocked [...]
It seems on my last post on the Tirol snow card I had failed to read the small print. The card which covers 77 Ski areas, 923 Lifts, 3105 kms of piste and is valid between 01/10/09 and 15/05/10 costs €590 but for those with the residency papers in Tirol then the cost tumbles to [...]
Late February, looking back toward Brixen and the main section of the Ski Welt Wilder Kaiser region from Westendorf on the best day in the region that I have ever encountered. There was tons of new snow and the clouds had a real symmetry to them especially viewed from the new top station of the [...]
Anyone having skied the Ski Welt Wilder Kaiser this season will have seen some new and impressive ski infrastructure. Yesterday was my first ski in the Ski Welt Wilder Kaiser region this winter and the link into Westendorf has brought great benefits to users on either side of the Brixen – Westendorf link. The Choralmbahn [...]