Browsing entries tagged with Austria
25 Mar 2013
Skiers are being warned not to underestimate the dangers of mixing booze and skis, following a survey taken in Austria, a country renowned for its lively après-ski. The Austrian Road Safety Board (KFV)…
12 Mar 2013
Ski instructors in the SkiWelt Wilder Kaiser-Brixental — Austria’s largest linked ski area — are offering visitors free ski guiding tours of the area until 23 March. If you are staying in Going,…
19 Feb 2013
A new 2km long gondola will link two of the snowiest ski resorts in Alps next season, Lech-Zürs and Warth-Schröcken in Austria. The Arlberg ski area, which takes in the resorts of Lech, St Anton, St…
10 Feb 2013
Piste maps from Aspen and Vail in Colorado, Sun Valley in Idaho, Squaw Valley and Mammoth Mountain in California and Okemo Mountain Resort in Vermont are among some of the 38 US ski resorts added to Google…
5 Feb 2013
The 42nd FIS World Skiing Championships kicks off in earnest today in Schladming, Austria, with the women’s super G. Last night, organisers staged a dramatic firework display as part of the opening ceremony…
11 Jan 2013
Temperatures are dropping and it’s snowing again in the Alps. Just when everyone is heading back to work after the New Year break, the snow is coming — and it’s much needed after this week’s warm…
20 Dec 2012
Skiers and snowboarders in are being warned to take extra care after a 23-year-old Swedish woman died yesterday in an avalanche in Nendaz, Switzerland. The woman, who has not yet been named, was skiing…
10 Nov 2012
Snow has been falling this week and more is forecast across the Alps this weekend, with Obergurgl in Austria joining the ever-growing list of ski resorts opening early. Conditions are so good in Obergurgl…
28 Oct 2012
Winter has arrived in ski resorts across Europe and North America. While we were digging out our winter coats in the UK this weekend, snow started to fall across the Alps. It’s dumping in Verbier, Tignes,…
26 Oct 2012
Canadian authorities are reminding all off-piste skiers to brush up on their avalanche skills this season, following the death of a mountain worker in British Columbia. Pat Lawrence Desmarais, a 50-year-old…
15 Oct 2012
Monday morning has brought snow across France, Austria, Italy and Switzerland — with particularly heavy dumps on the
28 Sep 2012
As Tignes prepares to open to skiers this weekend, ski resorts in Australia have extended their season and are hailing it as one of the best ever. Thredbo and Perisher in New South Wales and Mt Buller…
20 Sep 2012
The Alps have been hit by more snow for the third week running — in time for more glaciers to open this weekend. Austria and Switzerland both reported fresh snowfall last night, with temperatures…
17 Oct 2011
Austria’s Hintertux glacier has welcomed a special visitor to its autumn snow: an American hero from the 9/11 US bombing tragedy. Keen skier Richard Picciotto is the highest-ranking survivor…
14 Sep 2011
The Kitzbühel ski area is to have a new six-pack for the start of this winter. Actually, the swanky new lift, with heated seats and covers is being constructed at the far end of the region – in…
19 Apr 2011
Obertauern in Austria is gearing up for another round of the Gamsleiten Criterion from 21-25 April, when visitors can be seen digging all over the snow rather than skiing it. Hundreds of keen Easter visitors…
6 Apr 2011
While much talk is about winter slipping away and rapidly deteriorating pistes (which, yes, is evident in the recent ‘heatwave’), there has been new snow in Austria this week – which,…
21 Sep 2010
Beers in Austria may not be quite the bargain next season that we’re used to. Brewers and the Austrian foodstuffs agency have announced prices are set to rise, following increased energy, labour…
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