The 9 Busiest Ski Resorts in the World by Visitor Numbers Did you know that there are an estimated 5,764 ski areas worldwide? However, most of that mind-boggling number are mom-and-pop ski areas, with maybe just one or two lifts. If we cut down that number to only include those ski areas with more than four ski lifts to qualify as a ‘ski resort,’ we still have staggering 1,945 ski resorts […] Brains Julia Schneemann | April 24, 2023 4 Comments
St. Anton, Arlberg, Austria Conditions Report: 30cm Soft Pow What an amazing start into the weekend! 30 cm of fresh white goodies fell on Friday during the day. This made the Arlberg sparkle in the sun all weekend – perfect freeride conditions. The Arlberg being the largest ski area in Austria boasts ridiculous amounts of terrain right out of the nearly 100 lifts. Conditions Report Eike Poeppelmeier | February 21, 2017 0 Comments
New Gondola at Arlberg Creates Largest Austrian Ski Resort | 87 Lifts, 200-Miles of Trails… With the upcoming winter season bearing down upon us, St. Anton am Arlberg ski resort in Austria is delighted to announce that they are nearing completion of their Flexenbahn cableway. St. Anton is nestled in the Arlberg which is a mountain range located between Tyrol and Vorarlberg Austria with several other ski resorts located within. Upon completion of the new […] Industry News Dylan Cautela | September 12, 2016 1 Comment
Rendl, St. Anton, Austria Conditions Report: Ridge Climbing to the Pow The lifts at the Rendl, St.Anton take you up to over 2600m directly to an endless ridge line with plenty of drop in points for steep, big mountain lines. There is even a fixed rope traverse to make the exposed walk across the ridge a lot safer. Conditions Report Eike Poeppelmeier | March 13, 2016 0 Comments
Arlberg, Austria Conditions Report: Deep Pow is Back This week has been amazing with fresh powder pretty much everyday. Especially last nights storm brought the goods. It snowed 30 cm all the way down to the Valley and finally Arlbergs amazing treeruns with fun, playful terrain were full on again. Conditions Report Eike Poeppelmeier | March 6, 2016 0 Comments
Arlberg, Austria Conditions Report Video: Promising Start for March March has been of to great start. Tuesday we got 20-30 cm on a firm base but great blower pow. Wednesday it was a little warm and few flakes, this was great for the snowpack softening up that hard layer. Thursday we woke up to another 20cms of blower pow and no more buried crust. Not much going on at the resort so we had a great group pow shred all day as shown in the short video. Conditions Report Eike Poeppelmeier | March 4, 2016 0 Comments
Stuben am Arlberg, Austria Conditions Report Video: Faceshot Madness Its been dumping most of the week with some sunny breaks. It’s been great riding, excellent fluffy pow. Chris Schnabel and friends shredding the Albona North Face in Stuben am Arlberg, Austria in this video. Eike Poeppelmeier | January 8, 2016 0 Comments
Arlberg, Austria Conditions Report: It’s On!!! Finally after weeks/months of waiting and praying for snow the powder has come! Since Saturday evening we’ve had a mix of sun and snow resulting in a good 60cm of fresh powder. The snow came with quite a bit of wind but at cold enough temperatures that it’s the fluffy, sprayy good stuff. Conditions Report Eike Poeppelmeier | January 6, 2016 0 Comments