Browsing entries tagged with Austria
27 Apr 2022
Thousands of Tyrolean residents in Austria have joined forces to protest against the destruction of a glacier to join two ski resorts. A petition with more than 168,000 signatures was handed to the Tyrol…
14 Mar 2022
Kings of Leon will join a long list of musical greats to close the ski season at the Austria resort of Ischgl. The American rock band will play an open-air, live gig at 2,320m at Iscghl’s “Top of the…
18 Feb 2022
Austria is easing its Covid rules this weekend — partially following Switzerland which has dropped all requirements for masks and Covid certificates indoors. Switzerland yesterday (Thursday 17 February)…
21 Jan 2022
Travel some alpine countries is set to become far easier in the coming weeks, with Austria and Switzerland relaxing test requirements for visiting Brits this weekend. From tomorrow, Saturday 22, January,…
30 Dec 2021
The SkiWelt and Kitzbühel in Austria have together launched what they claim is the longest ski circuit in the world. The new “KitzSkiWelt Tour” connects the SkiWelt Wilder Kaiser – Brixental with…
28 Dec 2021
Skiers headed to Austria are urged to ensure they have all the correct Covid testing and paperwork after it emerged that border control at Innsbruck airport denied entry to more than 100 British travelers…
9 Dec 2021
Ski holidays in Austria are set to return next week, after the country’s nationwide lockdown lifts on Sunday (12 December). The provinces of Voralberg and Tyrol, home to many of Austria’s ski resorts,…
22 Nov 2021
Skiers should have confidence in booking a holiday in Austria this season, says the owner of a ski instructor academy in Kaprun, which today is sending home 200 of its students. Ski Instructor Academy…
16 Nov 2021
As Austria places two million unvaccinated people into lockdown, the Tyrolean ski resort of Ischgl has cancelled next week’s opening season concert and announces a ban on the consumption and sale of…
21 Sep 2021
All skiers over 12 will need to be double jabbed, recovered from Covid or regularly test negative if they want to ski in Austria and Italy The news means families looking to ski in Austria and Italy —…
2 Aug 2021
The Montafon valley in Austria is preparing to unveil a brand new gondola in place of the 40-year-old Valisera Bahn which did its last laps in February 2021. The Silvretta Montafon ski area, together with…
3 Dec 2020
Skiing will be allowed in Austria from 24 December, but limited to locals only with hotels ordered to remain closed. The news was announced yesterday by the Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz, speaking…
2 Nov 2020
Since I wrote the piece about ski resorts open ski resorts open last Friday, Austrian ski areas have been forced to close or postpone opening. This is part of a second lockdown ordered by the Austrian…
29 Sep 2020
With fresh snowfall across the Alps last week thoughts are turning to skiing and guidance on keeping skiers safeguarded from Covid-19 have been released from the French and Austrian governments. This advice…
1 Jul 2020
Work has begun on the installation of a high-speed eight-seater chairlift in the centre of the Austrian ski resort of Schladming. The new chair will replace the 26-year-old four-seater Lärchkogelbahn…
14 Apr 2020
While travel as we know it is not currently possible, “armchair travelling” is the new buzzword, and helping to keep horizons intact for those with wandering feet. While some companies are offering…
19 Feb 2020
The Austrian ski resort of Ischgl has hit the big screen in a new comedy drama opening in cinemas at the end of the month. Hollywood film “Downhill”, starring Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus,…
23 Dec 2019
The Austrian ski resort of Schladming-Dachstein has opened a new 10-seat gondola in the Planai section of its ski area. The lift, which replaces an old six-seater ‘bubble’, uses state-of-the-art technology…
28 Nov 2019
A new toboggan run of 7.3km will open in Sölden this winter, from the mid station of the new Gaislachkogal gondola. The new toboggan run will offer a new attraction to the already popular Austrian ski…
2 Oct 2019
The iconic Tyrolean ski resort of Kitzbühel will be the first non-glacier ski area in the Alps to open for the 2019/20 season. On 19 and 20 October it will be opening pistes served by the Resterkogel…
30 Aug 2019
The Austrian ski resort of Ischgl is adding six-seater chairlift for the coming winter that will be the fast chairlift in the resort. The detachable six-seater Velilleck F1 will transport skiers up to…
21 Aug 2019
Crystal Ski Holidays have added another new resort to its programme for the coming winter — Hopfgarten in Austria. A traditional Austrian mountain village with old houses huddled around a twin-towered…
5 Jul 2019
Work will begin later this summer on a €60million wellness complex in the Austrian ski resort of Ischgl. When finished, the Silvretta Therme will have a gigantic pool with separate swimming areas across…
7 Jun 2019
The iconic Austrian ski resort of Kitzbühel is teaming with events this summer to appeal to holidaymakers keen to explore the mountains in the sunshine. Festivities kick off at the end of this month with…
18 May 2019
The ski resort of Hochkar — which in January was cut off by heavy snow — has reopened this weekend after another heavy fall and offering free skiing to all. The news has brought such a rush of skiers…
8 Feb 2019
Where is the snow lying deepest so far this winter? Snow-Forecast.com has compiled a handy list to tell us skiers and snowboarders where the biggest falls have been — but remember that deep snow doesn’t…
9 Jan 2019
Another cold front has hit Austria — with even more due at the weekend, resulting in villages and ski resorts over the Austrian and Bavarian Alps being cut off amid near historic levels of snow. Avalanche…
24 Dec 2018
The cost of taking your family skiing has risen in many resorts for the coming season, but pick carefully and you can still get value for money, says Andrew Brown of Post Office Travel Money, which last…
10 Dec 2018
If you are thinking of skiing over New Year or in January, the traditional and iconic Austrian ski resort of Kitzbühel has events on throughout the month to keep skiers entertained on and off the piste.…
18 Oct 2018
Rock legend Lenny Kravitz is to join the long list of great acts to close the season at the Austrian ski resort of Ischgl next April. Ischgl’s Top of the Mountain concerts are legendary in the ski world;…
15 Oct 2018
Bardonecchia and Bansko have come out on top as the cheapest ski resorts in this year’s Ski Resort Report from Post Office Travel Money and Crystal Ski Holidays. The 12th annual Ski Resort Report, published…
13 Sep 2018
For the second consecutive weekend in the row, there has been snow falling on the higher slopes in the Alps, the particular the Stubai glacier in Austria which reported 20cm of snow, whilst the Hintertux…
6 Sep 2018
The Austrian Tirol is now much more accessible, due to British Airways, easyJet and Laudamotion increasing the number of flights to Innsbruck from the 9th December 2018. British Airways will run flights…
5 Sep 2018
The Austrian ski resort of Kitzbühel have built two new lifts for the 2018/19 winter season, which will allow skiers to travel quicker up the mountain. The design of their 6SB Brunelle chairlift offers…
30 Aug 2018
A cold front which is currently moving central Europe resulted in snowfall in the Alps last weekend. The Austrian glaciers saw the largest fall, which localised over 1500 metres, including the resort of…
6 Jul 2018
Crystal Ski Holidays confirms some new changes to their Whizz Kids Club including its new name: Beanie Bear Club. This new childcare provision will be focused on 3-8 year olds (previously 3-11 year olds)…
8 Jun 2018
Crystal Ski Holidays has added the Austrian resort of Serfaus to its 2018-19 winter programme, much to the delight of Where to Ski and Snowboard editors Chris Gill and Dave Watts. Serfaus, on the Austrian…
12 Feb 2018
The traditional and historic Austrian ski resort of Kitzbühel will this year again be open for spring skiing until 1 May, thanks to a world class snowmaking system. The iconic resort enjoys one of the…
10 Jan 2018
The Austrian ski resort of Kitzbühel is counting down until the start of its famous Hahnenkamm downhill races — which start next week. This year will be the 78th time the Hahnenkamm — probably the…
25 Nov 2017
Although it has a big, beautiful and varied ski area, the USP of Kitzbühel is its old town, with its car-free central streets lined by gabled and arcaded stone houses, some dating from the middle ages.…
22 Nov 2017
With snow in the Alps, and more cold and snowy weather due to blow in over the coming weekend, now is a pretty good time to buy a ski holiday. Particularly this week, because tour operators and ski companies…
16 Nov 2017
Have you got your copy of Where to Ski in Austria yet? The brand new book went on sale last month, and you can order it through the website for just £7.50 plus P&P, though it’s available through…
15 Nov 2017
Courchevel has opened three runs today following a bounty of early-season snow. The ski resort in France’s Three Valleys opened the Verdons, Biollay and Bellecote runs at 9am this morning, Wednesday…
6 Nov 2017
A big storm has delivered a dump of snow across the Alps — with up to 100cm of new snow above 2,300m in some areas — and more snow is on the way. In the Austrian ski resort of Kitzbühel, where the…
31 Oct 2017
Norwegian Airlines is running a flash sale with ski flights to the US and Europe massively reduced for three days only. The Halloween 2017 sale runs from today, 31 October, to Thursday 2 November, covering…
26 Oct 2017
Where to Ski Austria is here, it’s real, and Editor Gill is at the Telegraph Ski & Snowboard show today (Friday, 27 October) selling and signing copies on the Inghams stand. If you can’t make it…
17 Oct 2017
Prices in European ski resorts have plunged in the past year — with Morzine costing 13% less during the 2016/17 season than the winter before, according to a report by the Post Office. The report,…
15 Oct 2017
Where to Ski in Austria, the first of a new series of ski resort guidebooks from the Where to Ski and Snowboard stable, will be published on Friday 27 October and is now available to pre-order at a discounted…
12 Oct 2017
Two very different ski resorts are opening this weekend. In Austria, the world-famous resort of Kitzbühel will begin the winter season on Saturday, 14 October, one of the first non-glacier ski areas to…
29 Sep 2017
Crystal Ski Holidays have launched a new ski and city break in Innsbruck for the winter ahead, allowing skiers to get a little more from their winter holiday. The Austrian city of Innsbruck has nine ski…
21 Sep 2017
The Austrian ski resort of Ischgl is unveiling a luxurious new six-seater chairlift this season. The new high-speed Palinkopf chair, which replaces a 20-year-old four seater at a cost of €12million,…
20 Sep 2017
A new overnight route to ski resorts in the Austrian Tirol has opened up a new way of travelling to the Alps this winter. The route is not one of the most direct ways of getting to the Tirol, but it will…
18 Sep 2017
It’s been snowing again in the Alps, which bodes well for anyone planning a spot of autumnal glacier skiing. For the third weekend in a row, snow has blanketed ski resorts across the Alps, delighting…
5 Sep 2017
Where to Ski is back! Last night, Monday 4 September, Editor Gill and Editor Watts hosted our annual launch in London — unveiling the first of a number of new, smaller guides to individual countries.…
18 Aug 2017
The airline easyJet has launched a new route to southern Austria that will be benefit skiers this winter. The flight from London Gatwick to Klagenfurt in Carinthia, will open up access to around 40 different…
3 Aug 2017
Following the news that it is placing Heavenly and Swedish ski resorts on the menuCrystal Ski Holidays has added Nassfeld in Austria to its winter programme for 2017/18. Nassfeld is the largest ski…
31 Jul 2017
The luxury hotel group Six Senses is to open a property in Kitzbühel, its first resort in the Austrian Alps. The announcement comes hot on the heels of the news that Six Senses is to open a property…
9 Jun 2017
Crystal Ski Holidays has launched a new flight from Yorkshire to the French Alps. The flight from Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA) to Chambéry Savoie Mont Blanc Airport for this winter coincides with…
27 Mar 2017
The ski resort of Kitzbühel in the Austrian Tyrol will stay open until 1 May. Kitzbühel traditionally has one of the longest seasons in Europe and will yet again be one of the first non-glacial resort…
13 Mar 2017
Next season’s Epic Pass has gone on sale, offering unlimited, unrestricted access to an incredible 45 top ski resorts around the world. The 2017-18 Epic Pass, issued by Vail Resorts, is currently available…
6 Mar 2017
It’s currently snowing in the Alps, and if weather forecasts can be relied upon, this month is going to be a goodie for snowfall which bodes well for Easter and late-season skiing. Fraser Wilkin of Weather…
22 Feb 2017
The ski resort of Kitzbühel will go James Bond crazy over the second weekend in March, with an entire programme of events dedicated to 007. It would seem fitting that the Austrian ski resort that boasts…
3 Feb 2017
How do you fancy tackling Kitzbühel’s famous Streif run — on which the Hahnenkamm is held — on foot, uphill at night? On Saturday 25 February the Austrian ski resort will host the ““Vertical…
22 Jan 2017
Britain’s Dave Ryding has taken second place in the Kitzbühel Slalom World Cup. He lead the standings after the first round but was eventually pipped to the post by Marcel Hirscher of Austria. Dave…
21 Jan 2017
Last year, Max Verstappen drove a Formula 1 car on a ski slope in Kitzbühel to celebrate the start of the Hahnenkamm ski race — and this year it was the turn of Spanish Grand Pris motorcycle rider Marc…
19 Jan 2017
Conditions are set to be perfect for this weekend’s Hahnenkamm in Kitzbühel — with two days of training runs on the Streif complete. Last weekend, world cup downhill racing had to be cancelled on…
6 Jan 2017
Heavy snow has “transformed” the landscape in Austria this week, with up to 80cm falling in parts. It’s welcome news for ski resorts who have been desperate to keep skiers and snowboarders happy…
4 Jan 2017
A range of celebrities and sporting figures have arrived in Austria to start training for Channel 4’s winter sports show The Jump, including five-time Olympic gold medal-winning cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins.…
20 Dec 2016
Snow has been falling in the Alps — with a storm hitting very localised areas. According to our snow guru Fraser Wilkin of weathertoski.co.uk (who produces our weekly snow reports) the heaviest snow…
7 Nov 2016
Crystal Ski Holidays has over the past year raised £68,000 for Disability Snowsport UK (DSUK), the charity that provides access to adaptive skiing and snowboarding for people with disabilities. A money,…
21 Oct 2016
Whistler Blackcomb has been added to the Epic Pass for the coming ski season, following the final closure on its acquisition by Vail Resorts. This means that all 2016-1t Epic Pass and Epic Local Pass holders…
12 Oct 2016
Skiers can now compare train prices at a glance with a new price-checker resource on rail-ski website Snowcarbon. The price-checking tool, which goes live tomorrow (Thursday 13 October), will allow skiers…
11 Oct 2016
The ski resort of Kitzbühel in Austria will next week become the first non-glacial ski resort to open its lifts for the winter season. On Saturday 22 October, skiing will begin on Resterkogel and…
6 Oct 2016
Have you booked your ski holiday yet? For the next five days, Crystal Ski Holidays is running a flash sale, offering an extra £100 off per person on 100 different hotels, apartments and chalets across…
5 Oct 2016
A huge investment of over €45 million on four new 10-person gondolas means that the Arlberg, covering the resorts of St Anton, Stuben, Zürs, Lech, Warth and Schröcken, will be the largest lift-linked…
4 Sep 2016
Some of Europe’s top ski areas have been added to the Epic Pass for this coming season. The multi-resort pass from Vail Resorts has added Les 3 Vallées, Paradiski and Tignes-Val d’Isère in France,…
1 Sep 2016
The Austrian ski resort of Ischgl will this winter open a new wind-defying eight-person chairlift this winter. The new €14m Flimjochbahn will be able to carry 3,200 skiers and boarders from the main…
30 Aug 2016
Ski tour operator Inghams has added the resort of Montgenèvre in France to its programme for the forthcoming season. Inghams will offer two chalets in Montgenèvre, the3.5 diamond Chalet Rocher de L’Aigle…
15 Aug 2016
The world’s first music festival on snow is branching out — to Sun Peaks in Canada in its North American debut next spring. Snowbombing, the festival that takes place in Mayrhofen, Austria, every year,…
27 Jul 2016
We have already reported on the huge development involving four 10-person gondolas that will make the Arlberg the biggest ski area in Austria. Zell am See will have a new 10-person ‘zellamseeXpress’…
8 Jul 2016
A ground-breaking new laser-controlled chairlift is being built this summer on Madrisa in Klosters-Davos. The six-seater “Schaffürggli” chairlift is the first of its kind in Switzerland, featuring…
28 Jun 2016
Crystal Ski Holidays has added the resort of Hochsölden in the Austrian Tirol for the coming ski season. Hochsölden is a small satellite resort situated above Sölden, with which it shares a 145km ski…
27 Jun 2016
Skiers will have a new flight option to the Austrian Tyrol this winter, when British Airways starts a service from London Heathrow to Innsbruck. The new route starts on 4 December and will run four times…
21 Jun 2016
The Austrian ski resort of St Johann has been added to the Scandinavian season pass, MySkiStar All. In May, Scandinavian ski resort operator SkiStar became a majority owner of the Austrian resort St Johann,…
23 May 2016
Question: when was this photograph taken? Mid winter? A couple of months ago? Answer: This morning. The Chamonix-based ski manufacturer Zag posted it on Facebook with the caption “Who said winter was…
2 Mar 2016
Ischgl continues to pull in the big names for its Top of the Mountain concerts — with rock band Muse now booked to close the 2015-16 ski season. The Austrian party resort is famous for its big-name concerts…
20 Feb 2016
Ski Arlberg in Austria has announced the opening of a new lift that will link Zürs and Stuben and create the largest ski area in Austria. The Flexenbahn gondola is effectively a replacement bus service…
16 Feb 2016
The ski resort of Borovets in Bulgaria has won the title of “Ultimate Après-Ski Resort” with the most bars per square kilometre, following extensive research by Crystal Ski Holidays. According to…
11 Feb 2016
With great snow conditions currently on offer in the Alps and US in time for half-term (read today’s snow report here), our thoughts start to turn to Where to Ski and Snowboard 2017 (yes, scary). Editor…
10 Feb 2016
Bad news for skiing families this half term — the value of sterling has fallen by more than 10 per cent in the past two months. According to the Post Office Travel Money, although prices are still lower…
29 Jan 2016
What would you do if you found an envelope stuffed with cash on a piste? Hopefully hand it in to police, which is what two Austrian men did when the found €16,000 (about £12,225) on a piste in Wagrain,…
21 Jan 2016
Authorities in Austria may fine Red Bull for their stunt last week using a Formula 1 car in Kitzbühel. F1’s youngest-ever driver Max Verstappen tackled the Streif course in the Austrian ski resort,…
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