Browsing entries tagged with Kitzbuhel
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…
9 Sep 2021
Ikon Pass — the mega ski pass that offers access to ski resorts across North America — has added the Dolomiti Superski in Italy and Kitzbühel, Austria to its list, now offering up to 21 days of skiing…
18 Apr 2020
A ski resort in Finland is preserving snow for the 2020-21 winter season after being forced to close early due to the coronavirus outbreak. Staff at Levi, a ski resort in Finnish Lapland north of the Arctic…
13 Nov 2019
The organisers of one of ski racing’s most famous races, the Hahnenkamm, have announced a record prize fund for next year’s event — the 80th anniversary. The Austrian ski resort of Kitzbühel will…
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…
8 Aug 2019
Crystal Ski Holidays has added a new flight route to Memmingen Airport in Germany for this winter, in response to a growing number of skiers wanting to head to nearby Austria for their holiday. Flights…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
13 Aug 2018
A number of ski resorts have begun announcing their planned opening dates for the 2018-19 ski season, some as soon as this autumn. Ruka in Finland may be the first resort in the world without a year-round…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
21 Jan 2012
Just days after announcing his retirement from competitive alpine racing, Didier Cuche has won the Hahenkamm race in Kitzbühel – and has broken a record on the Austrian course. Cuche, 37, becomes the…
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…
22 Jan 2011
Didier Cuche of Switzerland has matched the best in Kitzbühel’s history books, with a storming performance to win the men’s Hahnenkamm downhill. Cuche claimed his fourth win on the classic…
15 Sep 2010
The Kitzbühel-Kirchberg ski area in Austria will have another smart new lift opening this season; and this one is a jumbo two-stage gondola to replace two ancient and queue-prone chairlifts. Kitzbühel…
22 Jan 2010
The 70th Hahnenkamm World Cup races are underway in Kitzbühel, and will continue until 24 January. Didier Cuche has already claimed the first medal, storming to victory in the super-G. After the excitement…
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