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
Arlberg, Austria Conditions Report Video: Finally a bit of Powder The Arlberg region received 10 cm of fresh on Wednesday. East facing slopes had wind blown snow where you could get some faceshots. Chris Schnabel and friends shredding in St. Anton. Eike Poeppelmeier | December 11, 2015 0 Comments
Interview with Dutch Pro Freerider Irian van Helfteren My roommate, friend and riding buddy Irian van Helfteren is definitely worth an Interview. He was the first dutch man to compete in the Freeride World Tour, is a talented photographer and mountain guide – who knows the ins and outs of the Arlberg region. He has been living in Ausrtia for over 10 years. He divides his time up between […] Featured Article Eike Poeppelmeier | April 1, 2015 0 Comments
Video: Couloir Riding in St. Anton, Austria Between St.Anton and Kappl there is this about 600m vertical couloir which nobody seems to ride. A beautiful line we had to check out. The high pressure has given us great touring conditions the past few days. But day time heating has made everything but pure north facing slopes sketchy. On the weekend there was around 300 human triggered avalanches just in Tyrol – Crazy! The high pressure has given us great touring conditions the past few days. But day time heating has made everything but pure north facing slopes […] Conditions Report Eike Poeppelmeier | March 9, 2015 0 Comments
Epic Powder at Arlberg, Austria Epic powder and bluebird skies – What more could you ask for? The biggest problem today was so many great lines to ski and perfect pow on all aspects. Where to go first in this huge accumulation of ski resorts? We started our day close to home in Stuben, which has a lot of great north facing runs. Good choice, just like any other today. The snow was just amazing and it kind of reminded me of that velvety AK powder that is just so effortless to ride […] Conditions Report Eike Poeppelmeier | March 6, 2015 0 Comments
Back to Winter at Arlberg, Austria After a week and a half of high pressure and spring like conditions we are back to winter weather. This is good news because everything but north facing slopes were getting pretty thin. Sunday it snowed about 10 cm and it was a nice little refresh, though a lot of places you were still hitting crust. Monday morning there was a couple hours of sun which we used to shred the rocky steep backside of Rendl, St. Anton. You can reach the ridge line from […] Conditions Report Eike Poeppelmeier | February 24, 2015 0 Comments