Feb. 6, 2010
Heavy snow has been falling in the Tirol all day and with low temperatures into next week and further moderate to heavy snowfalls forecast mid-week,...
Read moreFeb. 4, 2010
But for some high cloud the skiing in Fieberbrunn, St Johann, Kitzbuhel and the Ski Welt region today was superb.
Read moreFeb. 2, 2010
Today was one right out of the blue.
Wonderland in Stubai - Read moreFeb. 1, 2010
I took josh on a whistle-stop tour of some resorts in Tirol today before the forecast clouds roll in.
Read moreJan. 31, 2010
After the recent days of low clouds and snow here in the Tirol the skies cleared today to give a top ski day.
Read moreJan. 20, 2010
Just back from the first race training at the 2010 Kitzbuhel Hahnenkamm downhill on the Streif course, skiing in from Kirchberg to avoid the mayhem of...
Read moreJan. 19, 2010
With the Pitztal Glacier dominating the Pitztal valley it is easy to pass the ski areas of Hochzeiger and Rifflsee. Benjamin Raich is a Hochzeiger...
Read moreJan. 13, 2010
With less than a week before the training runs for the 70th Kitzbuhel Hahnenkamm race begin and the Hahnenkamm Strief course is in great shape and set...
Read moreDec. 31, 2009
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...
Read moreDec. 13, 2009
Just back from a weekend in Zauchensee, south of Salzburg and east of the snow capital that is currently the Austrian Tirol.
Read moreDec. 11, 2009
Just back from the Zillertal Arena and saw Gerlos après ski at its best – snowing heavily, europop après ski mixes, Glühwein stands and the mountain...
Read moreDec. 10, 2009
Just back from Zell am Ziller in the Zillertal Arena. If you haven’t been, change that soon – it is one of the best kept secrets in Austrian skiing.
Read moreDec. 5, 2009
A week ago the lower slopes were very patchy and un-skiable in Axamer Lizum and then bang – right on cue a top, top powder day to start the season!...
Read moreDec. 3, 2009
The case for suggesting Axamer Lizum, Innsbruck has the best skiing in Austria might be professional suicide – we pride ourselves in offering the very...
Read moreNov. 28, 2009
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...
November glacier skiing - Read moreNov. 20, 2009
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...
Read moreOct. 29, 2009
We just had a blog comment from Japan, a hotel owner in Hakuba, Nagano Japan talking about the depth of snow they get in their region.
Read moreOct. 27, 2009
To a non-skier or snowboarder there must be a level of bewilderment in purchasing what can be a fairly expensive holiday with the guarantee of cold...
Read moreOct. 25, 2009
For the 2nd day on the Rettenbach glacier high above Solden the male racers in the Austrian ski team failed to rise to the weather, snow conditions or...
FIS in Sölden - Read moreOct. 19, 2009
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.
Read moreOct. 15, 2009
We have seen more calls this year for early season and glacier skiing in Austria. One question always arises – ‘what is it like’?
Read moreOct. 3, 2009
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...
Read moreSept. 30, 2009
St Anton are running a competition for an individual to officially open the ski season 2009/10.
Open the slopes - Read moreSept. 23, 2009
Morning glacier skiing in Solden is now in operation, the Stubai Glacier has skiing on 2 glaciers.
Read moreSept. 4, 2009
In October, when the non-glacier skiing world is trudging the ski shows and thumbing travel brochures, Solden in Austria is already hard into the...
Sölden opens - Read moreMay 24, 2009
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.
Read moreApril 21, 2009
Late February, looking back toward Brixen and the main section of the Ski Welt Wilder Kaiser region from Westendorf
Read moreMarch 18, 2009
Just had this through from Isabella at the Krippenstein Freeride Arena, a Freeride off-piste race that is not for the faint hearted and where the...
Read moreMarch 16, 2009
The hills are alive with après ski as the Skigloo, the après ski hangout located high in the mountains above Innsbruck returns to life this week after...
Read moreFeb. 20, 2009
Just back from a great day, yesterday in the Paznaun Valley visiting the ski holiday resorts of Kappl and See, lesser known neighbours of Ischgl.
Read moreFeb. 2, 2009
Just back from a weekend in Gosau and the Krippenstein Freeride Arena – contrasting neighbouring ski areas but both offering some really great...
Read moreJan. 24, 2009
Despite the Austrians failing to win for the second successive day on the revered Hahnenkamm race course the Austrians still waved flags, sang and...
The Strief - Read more