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There is much talk of rekindling the Skigloo for the coming winter – the swingometer has moved slightly positive again after I finally managed to get my health cover to pay for the couple of hours on a drip in Innsbruck hospital for a back injury sustained during construction of the Skigloo. I have no [...]
I have to admit that spring skiing is not for me – I miss the short days and biting cold of the glaciers in November and December. That said (and not for the first time) I am widely ostracised when I air my views on Spring skiing. And if it weren’t for the dread that [...]
Following a relaxed if enjoyable Skigloo party on the weekend the dice man and his weapons of mass destruction have now left Austria. Bar owners the length of the Tirol are counting the cost of the departure of a man who has in the past been single-handedly capable of keeping local economies afloat. Whilst the [...]
After repair work and testing of the Skigloo, the famed après ski dwelling is open to friends again this Saturday, 14:00 CET. The meeting point will be the Sonnalm, Axamer Lizum, Innsbruck, Austria at 13:30 CET. See you there.
The Skigloo, appreciated locally for its salubrious properties is back in action high above Innsbruck. With the recent huge snow falls the roof had suffered considerable bowing under the massive weight. The result was a ceiling height that went from 2m to 30cm and the strangest inverted domed ceiling you could imagine. After repair work [...]
The Skigloo is open for business! After several days frantic preparation the Skigloo invited its first guests yesterday and is now officially a force for bad if you are too gauge the reaction of those who have started the week in a wretched state. We opened the Skigloo with beer, schnaps and Jägermeister, offerings that [...]
After some delay due to great snow conditions, a back injury and work commitments we have set the opening party for the Skigloo for this weekend, Sunday 15th Feb 2009. Conceived in the days of falling share values, rising unemployment, weak £ and a very dodgy KGB guy with his hand on the EU’s gas [...]