Ski holidays in Austria
Today was one right out of the blue - the forecasts were not good and high winds were expected but as the morning wore on it was clear there were some great conditions in the mountains. None more so than in the Stubai Valley - famed for the Stubai Glacier but also offering some other [...]
On Monday evening the first head to head rail battle in Neustift took place. Neustift looked really great - all the snow, rails and of course bars in the middle of Neustifts centre. It was very atmospheric. 20 snowboarders and 20 skiers had to proove their ability in three runs and 6 of each group [...]
After the great weather and conditions on the Stubai Glacier yesterday today brought extreme wind conditions and with a bitingly cold southerly wind blowing across the southern glaciers in Austria. The Föhn wind can wreak havoc on the ski areas and today the extremely strong Föhn wind closed the Stubai Glacier around lunchtime. One of [...]
So after hauling around a load of camera gear so far this season, today was the first ski where I could let the skis run a bit without being bulked-up with camera harnesses and get the legs working. Today I skied at the Stubai Glacier with a couple of friends that came over from the [...]
After the unseasonal weather across the Alps the weather is set for a far colder period according to the long and short range forecasts. Whilst the Austrian glaciers have been in fantastic shape for autumn skiing they will soon be bursting at the seams as more people opt to go to them during the wait [...]
One of the themes that we feature on the new Skiing Austria website is the ‘best skiing in Austria’. We think that the best ski holiday resorts in Austria are Lech, St Anton, Stuben, Neustift, Solden, Konigsleiten, Gerlos and Zauchensee. There are some very big names in Austrian skiing clearly missing from this list and [...]
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 [...]
On Friday the Moreboards – Stubai Zoo Opening started with a Warm-Up Party at the Dorfpub in Neustift. Against Matt’s concern I went to the Stubai Glacier on Saturday morning – we arrived at the parking at 9:30 and had to park already at Platform D. Same at the station, a big crowd of all [...]
So we will be covering 2 great events this weekend on the glaciers over here in Austria. The Stubai Glacier will be hosting the moreboards.com opening weekend freestyle event and party (as if that needing adding). Kathy will be our Skiing Austria ambassador over the weekend on the Stubai Glacier and has made a vow [...]
After a sustained cold and wet front the skies have cleared to reveal the extent of the first winter snap and it is all good. Pretty much all the region in Austria got a good dump of snow and whilst the weather is set to be milder this week in Austria the ski holiday resorts [...]
We have seen more calls this year for early season and glacier skiing in Austria. One question always arises – ‘what is it like’? Having skied the glaciers in Austria for 9 years now my experience is a very positive one overall. Personally I like the cold and November into December can be bitingly cold. [...]
Here in Innsbruck the weather has been very wet, windy and for the areas above the freezing level (today that was about 1100m in Innsbruck) there has been big accumulations of snow. Last week there was no snow on the peaks. According to the snow reports the Hintertux Glacier has had a metre of new [...]
The Austrian Alps are currently getting hit with the first real snow of the winter and around Innsbruck today there was endless and heavy snowfall. Down in Innsbruck at 575m there was cold air and very heavy rain. The freezing level was around 1200m and for the ski areas of the tirol and the glaciers [...]
So after a mild September in the Alps the weather is changing to bring colder and wet weather to Austria. Snow is forecast for the coming days on the higher ground as well as the glaciers and the snow is forecast through into next week. Temperatures are forecast to be down 10-15 degrees celcius on [...]
I have never quite understood how you can measure the snow depth on a glacier but there are far smarter people than me doing exactly that as the glaciers open for the autumn ski season. Topping the table is the Hintertux Glacier that is open throughout the year with around half a metre of snow, [...]