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For anyone else ruing the end of another winter season there is some solace – autumn glacier skiing. Why wait until Christmas to start skiing again – this picture was taken on the 5th October 2008, with great powder skiing on offer after several days of snow. The crowds were really absent as well making [...]
With what seems to have been light snow each day this last week around Innsbruck and further snow over night, the snow cover in the Innsbruck region resorts is excellent. Today I dropped in on Schlick 2000, a resort connected to Innsbruck by tram and part of the Stubai Valley region. The area is compact, [...]
With my wife around mid term pregnancy then this is my last winter where there is likely to be the prevailing weather conditions governing my decision to ski. Spending the majority of the winter in the Austrian Alps, I often chose to ski the least at the most popular times. The upcoming changes that we [...]
Powder skiing on the Stubai Glacier with 60cm of new snow over Friday and Saturday – and it is the 5th 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 [...]