Tag Archive for 'ski'

Buy boots, hire skis

This weekend I am in the Bregenzerwald ski region to the west of Bregenz. I managed to pack every electronic and camera accessory that I required but managed to forget my ski boots. So hire was the only option with my own boots stranded in Innsbruck. I tried on 4 pairs on the hire shop [...]

Win a heli ski holiday in Stuben am Arlberg

With our generous partners we are offering a chance to win some really great prizes. All that is required is you go to www.ineedsnow.com/win and review a ski holiday resort. All published entries go into the draw to win the following great prizes:
Prize 1 – 7 day half board stay in the Hotel Mondschein [...]

Latest Pitztal Glacier – powder skiing again

It was May 08 when I had my best powder day of the winter in Austria on the Pitztal Glacier. November served another superb powder day over the weekend although the off-piste terrain is more limited by the gaping crevasses that are very evident on the edges of the ski area. There were plenty of [...]

Latest snow conditions from the Kaunertal Glacier

The snowboard epicentre of the Tirol Oberland, the Kaunertal Glacier had great conditions over the last week and this weekend was no different. New snow and clear skies gave some excellent conditions. The run back to the base station car park is still being prepared but the entire main glacier area is open and it [...]

London ski show – parties, crashes and beer shortages

I do sense a conspiratorial force when the only two London ski show VIP invites I received this year were to the Tirol (Austria) and Hokkaido (Japan) parties. Living much of the year in Tirol and having had a fantastically excessive ‘familiarisation’ trip to the Japanese resorts last winter, I knew what to expect. Unfortunately [...]