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New snow on the Rettenbach glacier for the season opening FIS race weekend

With the start delayed by half an hour to clear overnight snow the lingering valley cloud cleared around 2800m to leave the Rettenbach and Tiefenbach glaciers in Solden pristine and sunny as well and along with the lapping clouds in the valleys Solden glaciers were quite a picture. The race went to Finland with Austria [...]

Solden winter 08 FIS race weekend and season opening

One of the very best events of the winter season is upon us, the season opener at Solden, on the Solden Glacier. There is an FIS race weekend to start the traditional race calendar and the usual apres ski mayhem of Solden later in the day. The race program is as as follows:
Dates
25 Oct 2008 [...]