Would you take your goat for après ski?

mat — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:25:14 +0000

Well the Swiss fans this weekend at the FIS opening race event in Solden, Otztal Valley, Austria had a couple of goats in immaculate shape to accompany them to the bars after the race action was over. Maybe to was hex on the Austrian team after years of being some way behind their neighbours – if so it worked and the Swiss took the opening men’s event today with Didier Cuche pipping Ted Ligerty of the USA to the opening GS race win of the FIS season. The party was in full swing as I left the glacier and conditions were really good for this time of the year. Here is the top 10 mens’ GS results from Solden, Austria:

1   CUCHE Didier     SUI     2:21.45
2   LIGETY Ted     USA     2:22.05
3   JANKA Carlo     SUI     2:22.40
4   BLARDONE Massimiliano     ITA     2:22.41
5   RAICH Benjamin     AUT     2:22.90
6   JANSRUD Kjetil     NOR     2:23.27
7   GRANGE Jean-Baptiste     FRA     2:23.87
8   SIMONCELLI Davide     ITA     2:24.03
9   ROY Jean-Philippe     CAN     2:24.08
10   RICHARD Cyprien     FRA     2:24.13

FIS men’s slalom comes to Mutters, Innsbruck

mat — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:23:39 +0000

Mutters, the ski holiday resort located above Innsbruck scored a coup today by hosting an FIS men’s slalom ski race. Only a couple of years ago the ski area of Mutters was the reserve of ski tourers since the old lift system had been decommissioned. Around 2 years ago there was substantial new investment in lifts and restaurant facilities. Since last winter the Mutters ski area has been connected to the newly revamped Gotzens ski area and plans are afoot to link these 2 areas to the impressive higher and bigger ski holiday resort of Axamer Lizum. Today saw another event that marks the re-emergence of Mutters as one of the leading ski holiday resorts around Innsbruck.

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Would you take your goat for après ski?

FIS men’s slalom comes to Mutters, Innsbruck