November corporate ski trips
Blue skies and fresh air seem a distant prospect in northern European cities in November. It’s so different in the Alps, where ski resorts offer fresh snow, great hotel rates and time spent around an open fire at a Christmas market.
Winter ends with a snow party
Last week, there was a burning snowman in Zurich. Last weekend, there were the final days of glacier skiing in Innsbruck - winter is ending. But it goes out with a bang, with a weekend of sunshine to cap a cold, snowy week.
Corporate skiing through the ages – a seasonal guide
Where to ski, at what time of the year and why. The beauty of skiing in the Alps is that there is a right time and place to ski, in pretty much every month of the year. Event planners have so many options to deliver corporate ski trips year-round.
Half a metre falls on Tirol
A solid half a metre of snow fell on Tirol, Austria in the last 24-hours, with even more in drifts. The biggest dump of the season so far and it was met with clear skies. What a day to be a skier!
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.
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.
When does the 24/25 ski season start? September 20th.
The storm which ravaged central Europe this week brought huge snow deposits over the higher elevations of the Alps.
Skiing starts on the Stubai Glacier, Innsbruck
The leaves are falling and the days shortening – all this means glacier skiing. This weekend marked the start of the winter ski season in Tirol,...
Project to make the best skiing in Innsbruck bigger & better edges closer
Long a dotted line on the Innsbruck region ski map, the decision as to whether Muttereralm / Götzens ski areas will finally be linked to the fantastic...
Waiting for the last run in a place where skiing is a birthright
Back in autumn, when borders were closing and public health pressure mounted, an Austrian official stated that skiing was a birthright. The ski lifts stayed open.
6m of snow on the Stubai Glacier – May spring skiing redefined
May 6, 2019
Incomprehensible quantities of snow fell over the Austrian glaciers over the weekend. Not one to miss some spring turns, we headed up to the glacial ice fields to find incredible snow depths. In places, there was almost too much snow to move.
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