Tag Archive for 'zell am see'

Salzburgerland Card – most summer fun you can have for 46 Euros ?

A few years back my brother was staying over at our place in Saalbach when he discovered the Salzburgerland card. Loving to get the most out of everything he visited as many of the attractions as he could including a very obscure car museum in Kaprun. I do have to agree though that the card [...]

Austrian Spas - Gastein and Kaprun

I’m off to Baden in Switzerland shortly for some work related stuff. I was on their website reading about their ‘amazing’ spa and wonder if it really can live up to those close to us in Saalbach. I’m a bit of a spa Junkie - I love them. In fact when I retire I plan [...]

Great powder day on the Kitzsteinhorn Glacier, Austria yesterday

I keep hearing second hand reports of snow droughts in the Alps??? I should have run my camcorder during the journey I made yesterday from the Kitzsteinhorn Glacier, to Zell am See, onto Leogang and through the Ski Welt. The current snow conditions are really excellent with the biggest snow storm I have seen this [...]

Saalbach and Hinterglemm - whats new

I’ve spent the last couple of weeks in Saalbach and Hinterglemm checking out the new huts, cable car and runs with my six year old son.
We firstly tried out the new u-bahn cable car in the Centre of Hinterglemm. The cable car itself was never running at full capacity so luckily no queuing even at [...]

Salzburg forecast over one metre of snow this weekend

Freezing, windy and snowing here in Innsbruck with wind burn more likely than sun burn. The snow is falling intermittently at the moment but there is forecast a good fall over the next 2 days and snow right through next week. Salzburg is looking at epic snow falls this weekend with severe weather warnings in [...]

Heavy snow in the mountains around Innsbruck and towards Salzburg

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 [...]