The five Tyrolean glacier ski areas offer 300 kilometres of pistes, 75 cable cars and lifts and around 100 kilometres of off-piste runs. The “White5” ski pass is valid from 01 October, can be used …
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News articles about events and activities in the ski areas of Austria, with details of resort openings and closures as well as new and planned ski area expansions.
Winter 21/22: Austrian Ski Resort Regulations
The Austrian government today announced the regulations governing skiing in the country’s winter resorts for the upcoming season. A government minister said that the new rules would result in ‘stricter regulations for a safer winter’. …
Continue readingSkiWelt Ski Season Over in Early March
The SkiWelt Wilder Kaiser – Brixental ski area in Tyrol has announced the closure of its lift system on 07 March 2021 after 70 days of operation in the winter season. Perfect conditions, enthusiastic skiers, …
Continue readingSt Anton Ski Race Fans – With a Difference
St. Anton am Arlberg hosts the international elite of women’s skiing for the downhill and super-G races on 09 and 10 January 2021. The races are being held without a live audience because of the …
Continue readingBorder controls postpone Ischgl ski opening
The Tyrolean ski resort of Ischgl has postponed the opening of the ski season because of its links to the duty-free resort of Samnaun in Switzerland. Many Austrian ski resorts opened over the Christmas period, …
Continue readingNight Train to the Snow
Taking an overnight train to a ski resort is far kinder to the environment than driving or flying. ‘Nightjet to the Snow’ is a programme of overnight rail packages which was launched last year by …
Continue readingAustria reopens ski resorts – but just for locals
The ski season has finally started in Austria this winter – but only for those living in the country. Many resorts across the country opened today – although there were some major exceptions. Others, for …
Continue readingAustria will reopen ski areas, but…
The Austrian government today announced that ski areas would reopen in December as part of an easing of corona virus lockdown restrictions. In a press conference this afternoon, the government said that ski areas would …
Continue readingSkiing with Plenty of Space in the East Tyrol
Skiers in other places find themselves stuck in traffic jams, then in car parks and finally in queues at the lift. In the tranquil (but still ultra-modern) ski resorts of the East Tyrol you have …
Continue readingFrom the City to the Ski Slopes
The “SKI plus CITY Pass” combines city sightseeing in Innsbruck and ski trips to 13 ski areas in Tyrol. Ski in the morning, and then visit the Imperial Palace or the Alpine Zoo in Innsbruck …
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