Ski holidays in Austria
When St Anton am Arlberg has a January snow pack of 5.2m forecast snow is hardly needed - yet the incredible winter of 2012 rolls on. With barely a white patch of mountain but for the glacier areas at the start of December, it has been almost weekly heavy snow systems that have been rolling [...]
With blue skies, frigid temperatures and still masses of powder to tackle the conditions in Kitzbuhel today were some of the best that will be found all winter (probably). The snow pack in some areas was really mind blowing and whilst wind has played a role in drifting it into big slabs these sections in [...]
So the 5 day storm has basically run out of steam at a time when the snow base at the Galzig mid-station in St Anton is a stunning 5 and a half metres. Little wonder that several of the 5 Arlberg resorts were completely cut off in the last week - 5 metres is taller [...]
With 120cm of snow already having fallen across Austria since Thursday and with a forecast 80cm of further snow to fall over the coming 2 days, Austria is in the grip of an epic winter storm. Roads and railways have been closed, whole resorts in the Arlberg have been cut off and for those on [...]
After the all too dry autumn, the winter has really arrived in the last month and the snow has been relentless with some great conditions on offer for those skiing or snowboarding in Austria over Christmas / New Year. Already there have been avalanche 4 warnings right across northern and western Austria and whilst the [...]
After a November that can best be described as mild to reasonably cool, very sunny and very, very dry, then the arrival of December is bringing winter fully back to earth with heavy snow set to hit the west of Austria from this weekend onwards. Records for lack of precipitation have been smashed in the [...]
The winter season rumbles on with the latest instalment of the autumn snow arriving over the weekend and depositing some half a metre or more on the glacier skiing areas of Austria. Saturday weather was characterised by low cloud and heavy snow whilst Sunday saw intermittent snow and clouds as well as over half a [...]
The Stubai Glacier opens for the ski season tomorrow after a big storm swept the region and deposited over half a metre of new snow across the glaciers. Initially the Eisjoch and Windachferner glaciers will open and these will be followed by the Daunferner glacier for the visitors this coming weekend. It was late September [...]
With falling temperatures and heavy snow down to 2000m, Austria is seeing the first signs of winter 2011/12. The Hintertux Glacier is currently seeing heavy snowfall and as the temperatures continue to fall through the day then snow will be hitting all main peaks in the ski region. Monday is set to see further heavy [...]
After a cold and very wet system arrived in Austria over the weekend the conditions on the glaciers were sure to be good - and they were. Today we were at the Hintertux Glacier for some summer powder, no matter that it is June, if the temperatures suck and the peaks are white then there [...]
I was up on the Stubai Glacier today for a bit of filming, some photography and of course some skiing in fresh powder snow. The last few days have been cold and wet and the glaciers have got a good snow cover over here in Austria. Cold the glaciers maybe in peak winter and for [...]
After days of strong winds the weather pattern is changing and snow was falling on the slopes above Innsbruck this afternoon. The forecast is for snow from now until early next week which is really welcome given the sunny and dry conditions of the last couple of weeks. Traditionally this is a great period for [...]
Saturday had fresh powder and clear blue skies for a very busy day in the mountains above Innsbruck. Conditions were superb and by late in the afternoon it seemed every square metre of powder had been tracked in Axamer Lizum by the visitors who parked long down the road from the resort. And for 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 [...]
As the sunny conditions persist in Austria we are in the traditional snow season in this part of the Alps. Snow may arrive in a few days and later in the week but the huge dumps of snow that Austria is so well known for at this time of the year are not yet visible [...]