Tag Archive for 'glacier skiing'

Pitztal Glacier today – very, very good

So overnight snow on the Pitztal Glacier combined with sunny weather and a cold wind to give superb ski and snowboard conditions. I wasn’t the only one to head to the Pitztal Glacier but there were far fewer skiers than on the weekends and the wide slopes allowed you to feel pretty. Take a look [...]

Stubai Zoo opening kicks off another Park season on the Stubai Glacier

The weekend saw the opening of the Stubai Glacier Park, the Stubai Zoo. The Stubai Zoo opening featured a huge Park display and competition as well as a snowboard village with all the leading players in the ski and snowboard freestyle market. For those looking for air then the great powder snow conditions were of [...]

Another epic day on the Tirolean glaciers, this time the Hintertux Glacier

The sensational start to the winter 10/11 continues with fresh snow on the glaciers. Luckily for me I was up at the Hintertux Glacier today and whilst visibility wasn’t great it was for a reason – more snow was falling. The 1st October 2010 and there are 42km of ski pistes open at the Hintertux [...]

22 days earlier than last year – the season starts for me at the Hintertux Glacier

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jbYV-eOifY

2nd September 2010 – after 50cm of snow in the last days of August there was no choice but to head for the Hintertux Glacier – the only open glacier skiing area in Austria at the moment. I didn’t get the powder prize – that went yesterday with cooler temperatures and higher clouds. I could [...]

My season opener at the Hintertux Glacier tomorrow

Well it is time to get the boots and skis in the car once again and head south to the incredible glaciers in the Austria Tirol. My season opening ski is happening tomorrow at the Hintertux Glacier and after half a metre of snow fell over the glaciers in the last couple of days the [...]

Winter 08/09, well it is finally here and what a really great start.

Powder skiing on the Stubai Glacier with 60cm of new snow over Friday and Saturday – and it is the 5th October!. The runs are complete down to the Gamsgarten base and the red 9 and blue 7 down to Gamsgarten were as good as any time in any season – genuinely superb skiing. The [...]