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 …
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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.
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 readingThe 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 readingTaking 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 readingThe 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 readingThe 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 readingSkiers 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 readingThe Silvretta Montafon ski area in Vorarlberg has expanded its range of ski slopes with a new, weather-protected valley run. Skiers in the Silvretta Montafon ski area can now take a new, seven-and-a-half kilometre long, …
Continue readingThe “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 …
Continue readingDespite the difficult end to last winter and an uncertain beginning to the next ski season, plenty of investment in ski infrastructure has taken place over the summer months. Here is a short list of …
Continue readingAustria has announced that it is closing ski lifts across the country from this Tuesday, 03 November as part of the newly-announced lockdown measures against the coronavirus. The use of cable cars, gondolas and any …
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