Cold, sunny and powdery – snow conditions in the Alps
Some days, you head up to the mountains expecting a leisurely piste ski under sunny skies. Then, a riding buddy points out some untracked, distant couloirs.
Hospiz Alm – the most celebrated hut in the Alps
With roots as a 14th-century high-alpine refuge, the Hospiz Alm is possibly the most famous mountain hut in the Alps. Today, it serves après ski crowds, gourmands and wine connoisseurs. It’s probably the most famous hut in the Alps.
Kitzbühel – the most atmospheric resort in the Alps
There are arguably prettier villages, certainly more dramatic horizons, and there are undoubtedly resorts with more potent après ski, than Kitzbühel, but it is hard to look beyond Kitzbühel for atmosphere – the place is absolutely captivating.
Innsbruck – the best ski transfer airport in the world
Airport transfers are the least enjoyable part of any corporate ski trip. Resorts such as Val Thorens and Val d’Isère are victims of the Alps geology and require lengthy airport transfers. But Innsbruck, located in one of the principal valleys of the Alps, offers some of the ski world’s shortest airport transfers.
January snow conditions set to be excellent
The season for corporate ski trips rarely includes Christmas or New Year, but the events come thick and fast when the second week of January arrives. The exceptional conditions in the Alps right now will ensure great skiing when the corporate ski trips begin in a couple of weeks.
New for 2025 in Lech am Arlberg
Whether it was the people or the skies, change was in the air yesterday in Lech am Arlberg, as the most charming resort in the Alps geared up for the busiest weeks of the calendar and a weather system forecast to bring in more than a metre of snow.
The Arlberg opens – winter is here
Glacier skiing beginning in September is always a joyous moment, but when the big beasts of skiing open their slopes, it feels like winter has arrived.
Snow conditions in the Alps
Winter is rolling in, with fresh snow over the last couple of days greeting the opening ski areas. Austria boasts the biggest skiable areas, Zermatt the best snowpack.
Laughing at future corporate ski trips
In 2007, visionary comedians created a celebrated comedy festival in the Austrian mountains – the Altitude Festival – how prophetic the name now is.
The Arlberg opening weekend – the best conditions in recent memory
With more than half a metre of snow falling across the Arlberg and frigid, piercing blue skies today, this was as good as it gets for opening weekends anywhere.
The switch is flicked on winter
Nov. 4, 2023
60cm of snow fell on the Austrian glaciers yesterday, Kitzbühel is blanketed and Ischgl and Obergurgl are on track to open in the next few weeks....
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5 reasons why corporate ski trips are peerless.
Dec. 12, 2022
What is that makes corporate ski events so uniquely special, dates in calendars that excite like nothing else? Whilst team events in different seasons...
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