October 3rd, 2011 by matt
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 [...]
October 13th, 2010 by matt
For the next 8 months my closest plastic companion is going to be the Tirol snow card - I picked mine up today and am off to the Stubai Glacier tomorrow to get it spinning turnstiles. The weather has been cooler with amazing sun over the last few days but snow is forecast over the [...]
September 29th, 2010 by matt
When you add them together that means 2 very good days coming up. The glacier skiing in Austria is currently fantastic and with October round the corner when we usually get the first big snow of the winter things are looking mighty good on that front. The Tirol snow card covers all the main glacier [...]
September 16th, 2010 by matt
The Ski Welt is set to open this winter on the 4th December with a provisional earlier opening should the conditions be right. The farmers over here are predicting a cold winter so fingers crossed. Soll, Brixen, Westendorf and Ellmau as well as the other ski holiday resorts in the Ski Welt region are covered [...]
August 22nd, 2010 by matt
The new Tirol snow card has been advertised and the ski areas for the 2010/11 ski season total 81. In those 81 ski areas there are 960 lifts and over 3100km of skiing. Possibly the best aspect as well as the scope of the ski areas included is the fact that the pass covers all [...]
October 26th, 2009 by matt
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 [...]
September 25th, 2009 by matt
The Tirol Snow Card - 1 Ski pass, 77 Ski areas, 923 Lifts, 3105 kms of piste, valid between 01/10/09 and 15/05/10 - €590
So 4 days in a snow dome or unlimited access to these areas for 7 months:
Alpbacher Bergbahnen, Axamer Lizum, Bergbahn Kitzbühel, Bergbahn Pillersee, Bergbahnen Fendels, Bergbahnen Fieberbrunn, Bergbahnen Fiss/Ladis, Bergbahnen Kappl, Bergbahnen [...]