January 10th, 2009 by mat
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 [...]
November 30th, 2008 by mat
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November 17th, 2008 by mat
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 [...]
November 17th, 2008 by mat
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 [...]
November 4th, 2008 by mat
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 [...]