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Big powder day in Gerlos

Gerlos and the Zillertal Arena delivered a big, big powder day today. Zell am Ziller had similar snow but the low cloud conditions were best in Gerlos where the sun broke through for some good periods. The powder snow was superb. Check out our latest snow report from the slopes of Gerlos today:

There was a [...]

Titanic sinks again in Zillertal

Today the Zillertal Arena hosted the Stroh Juchee ‘sled race’ - Austria once again proving that it can do the bizarre as well as anyone with the USS Enterprise and a group of cross-dressed, beauty pageant farmers gracing the event. The day was very much a family affair with kids on sledges watching adults on [...]

The Zell am Ziller to Gerlos ski link - the essence of skiing

I was back in the Zillertal Valley yesterday and for those who like cold air, new snow and superb views then it would have been a day to remember. I am not sure of the temperatures out of the sun but the fresh snow under ski was squeaking, as were my fingers as I adjusted [...]

Plenty of new powder in the Zillertal

The Zillertal seemed to do pretty well out of the latest snowfall in Austria over night. With just 10cm or so falling in the Innsbruck region there was genuine powder skiing today in the Zillertal Valley. The ski areas in the Zillertal 3000 including Finkenberg and Lanersbach had some great powder today as did Mayrhofen. [...]

Winter arrives in Austria – one metre of new snow on the Hintertux Glacier

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 [...]

Skiing throughout the summer on the Hintertux Glacier

Back from an enjoyable day on the Hintertux Glacier yesterday, with great early summer skiing under blue skies and still with a great cover of snow. The Hintertux Glacier freestyle park was in full flow yesterday with a multinational mix of skiers and snowboarders taking advantage of the sunny weather of soft snow for landings. [...]

Cold and great snow in the Zillertal

Austria continues to see very cold and clear conditions. Today I was in the linked ski area of Hochzillertal and Hochfugen. At first there was widespread cloud cover and very flat light but as the morning wore on the skies cleared leaving superb cloud formations. The area was busy as it is the easiest of [...]