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Epic Conditions at Arlberg, Austria

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This past week has been insane. The snow has just been piling up. Between digging out my car and riding powder there has been barely anytime for writing conditions reports and taking pictures. It has been quiet on the mountain the past few days as well. Especially the dump days have been super fun with fresh tracks every run. Last weekend it snowed 40cm of dry light pow on a rather hard icy surface but if you stayed away from steep terrain you could ride bottomless faceshot pow […]
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Eike Poeppelmeier |
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6 Skiers Die in French Avalanche | Deadliest Avalanche in France in 8-Years

It is being report that skiers which consisted of four men and two women aged between 58 and 73 were hiking and skiing when they were swept to their deaths by a large avalanche. This incident happened early in the morning on January 25th, 2015 in the Queyras mountain range which is close to the border with Italy. This accident brings the avalanche death total in the Alps to 17 this winter. The Alps average about 30 skier/snowboarder deaths per year. The Alps lost 17 skiers/snowboarders in 2014 season, 21 in 2013, and 22 in 2012. […]
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Two Skiers Killed in Austrian Avalanche | 6 Avy Deaths in 2015

On Monday afternoon, an avalanche in Western Austria left two skiers dead and one in critical condition. A group of seven Germans were skiing off piste at St. Anton am Alberg, when one skier triggered an avalanche, carrying four of them over 2,600 feet down the mountain. A mountain guide observed the incident and called on rescue crews, which brought the alpine police, mountain rescue services, and three helicopters to help. Tragically, two men were pronounced dead at the scene. One of the four men, who was severely injured, was transported by helicopter to a hospital in […]
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Blower Powder and Blue Sky’s in St.Anton, Austria

The cradle of alpine skiing St. Anton finally come’s alive with amazing light, blower powder after a long drought in November/December with barely any snow. The past week there has been quit a bit of precipitation that came partly as rain. Yesterday night it was cold and it snowed a good 10 cms all the way to the base and with the other 20-30 cms that we got this week there is decent base on most aspects now above 2000m. Up high in the alpine you can find up to 40 cms of fresh especially in east facing slopes and couliors where the strong westerly wind has deposited light dry pow […]
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Eike Poeppelmeier |
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Sun, Fun & Powder in Obergurgl, Austria

December hasn’t really delivered the goods here in Austria but at higher elevations above 2400m there is a decent base and good snow conditions to be found. This doesn’t leave many options so we headed back to Obergurgl in the Ötztal one of our favorite spots to ride easy access backcountry. The terrain is gnarly and there is a ton of options available with short hikes. Thursday during the day and evening there was significant precipitation in most of western Austria. Due to the high temperatures it rained up to 2400m. Above that it snowed about a good 10cms. […]
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Eike Poeppelmeier |
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Austria Conditions Report: Light, Dry, Cold Powder in Obergurgl

With most Austrian lower elevation ski resorts still closed and waiting for more snow. We headed back to Obergurgl/Hochgurgl which is one of the 4 non Glacier ski resorts that are currently open in the country. We have had some colder temps and precipitation in most parts of the Alps and it looks like winter is coming and here to stay. The forecast a mix of sun and clouds left us hopeful to get some decent visibility. With a significant snowfall at higher elevations there were 20cms of fresh pow above 2500m at all aspects of the mountain […]
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Eike Poeppelmeier |
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Austria Conditions Report: Powder, Sun and Big Terrain

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November has been a very unusual month in Austria. It’s been the warmest November ever recorded in weather history (in 240 years). That of course meant close to no snow at all in the mountains except of course on the glaciers and at higher elevations above 2500m. So we have been waiting and praying for colder weather and snow. Temperatures have still been quit high but freezing level has dropped to about 2000m now in early December. On the 2nd of December it finally snowed a 10-15 cms mostly in the […]
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Eike Poeppelmeier |
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