Ski holidays in Austria
The third coming of the skigloo is now complete in the mountains above Innsbruck, Austria. The concept a couple of years ago was to create a place where likeminded skiers and snowboarders could enjoy an apres ski drink after the slopes. The location in pristine nature above Innsbruck along with a hand crafted igloo that [...]
The third incarnation of the (in)famous skigloo is with us and we are provisionally looking at the 12th or 13th of March to welcome friends and strangers to an afternoon of temperance and salubrious apres ski. Located high in the back country of Axamer Lizum, Innsbruck we will be issuing a meeting point to those [...]
Not a blue corner of the sky visible in the last day finally! I was getting pretty tired of the blue skies, SPF 25 and 50km views. I am not sure I was in the majority since the newspapers and radio were raving about beautiful sunny days. For me there is nothing better than bitingly [...]
The third incarnation of the skigloo is underway in the Austrian Alps. First conceived in 2008 and opened in 2009 the skigloo represents an oasis in snowy and beautiful world in the mountains above Innsbruck. It is a place where friends and skiers / snowboarders meet a few times per winter to celebrate the winter [...]
In last couple of years I have spent a good deal of time out of Austria, skiing in Japan, Andorra, Switzerland and France. This winter I have 2 trips planned for Switzerland and Italy and the rest of the time it is going to be Austria. So winter 09/10 in Austria – well it has [...]
The hills are alive with après ski as the Skigloo, the après ski hangout located high in the mountains above Innsbruck returns to life this week after extensive remedial work over the weekend. Conceived as a place to meet up and relax after a day on the mountain, the Skigloo occupies a secret spot high [...]
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 [...]