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Pitztal Glacier today – very, very good

mat — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 21:52:52 +0000

Fresh overnight snow on the Pitztal Glacier - image © www.ineedsnow.com

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 at the video snow report and some ski action from today:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POII6p2EpRU

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

mat — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 21:15:52 +0000

Air higher than the mountains - image © www.ineedsnow.com

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 little consequence – but for the record the snow conditions were outstanding with several days of snow prior to the weekend. You can see a video of the Stubai Zoo opening here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6f885_tHYI

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

mat — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 19:21:55 +0000

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 Glacier, indicative of the amazing start to the winter over here, surely the best in the last decade? I am gong to try for another couple of glacier visits next week, before they start getting seriously busy. Check out the latest snow report for the Hintertux Glacier today:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgRMybHugKU

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

mat — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:52:12 +0000

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 see the tracks though:( I did get fantastic weather today though with freezing temperatures at the peak and really impressive snow on the ski pistes. The open ski areas was really impressive – really a quite area with many lifts running. The weather is set to be seasonal so now more dumps over the coming days but with half a metre up there conditions should remain excellent.

My season opener at the Hintertux Glacier tomorrow

mat — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:43:03 +0000

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 skiing looks set to be very impressive. So after tomorrow there will just be 9 months skiing left – no wonder the body aches each May

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

mat — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:11:36 +0000

Powder skiing on the Stubai Glacier with 60cm of new snow over Friday and Saturday – and it is the 5^th 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 new snow was groomed later in the day and the pistes were absolutely perfect. Off-piste was limited to a few safe areas but there were some excellent lines. There were a few up there but no real crowded pistes or lifts. Later in the afternoon the pistes were almost empty. One highlight was getting access to the ‘Summit platform’ which was closed due to the heavy snowfall. A minute with the ‘lifty’ and a bit of Tirolean dialect sprinkled in and the door to the stairway was open – great views and some big drops.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7578204973718159568