Search and Rescue Dog Locates Buried Avalanche Victim in Austria A 19-year-old Austrian man was caught last Wednesday inย an avalanche while skiing with friends in Tyrol, and then rescued thanks to an avalanche search and rescue dog, which was able to locate him before it was too late. The man, from Tyrol, was skiing with four friends on fresh powder on Sunday when they triggered an avalanche. Another skier was […] Avalanche Matias Ricci | January 17, 2017 0 Comments
Fatal Skier Triggered Avalanche in Austria Yesterday Yesterday around noon a group of three men skiing in Lech-Zurs, Austria triggered an avalanche, which caused the burial of a single skier from their party.ย The group consisted of one guide and twoย Dutchman who were skiing off-piste on theย Trittkopf Gamsmulde (2720 meters). One of the Dutchman, 33-years old from Amsterdam, was caught in the avalanche and buried completely.ย The avalanche danger […] Avalanche Dylan Cautela | January 17, 2017 0 Comments
Skier Triggered Avalanche Claims Lives of Two in Austrian Alps On Saturday, a large group of people snow touring through the Austrian alps of Tyrol triggered an enormous avalanche.ย The group consisted of ten members- one on touring skis, one on snowshoes, and eight using splitboards- with an objective of reaching the Verwall Valley located slightly east of St Anton am Arlberg. The avalanche released at approximately 12:30 pm on Saturday […] Avalanche Dylan Cautela | November 30, 2016 0 Comments
Over 2,000 Avalanche Deaths in Switzerland since 1936 The mountainous terrain that dominates the geography of Switzerland lends itself to phenomenal skiing, arguably some of the best in the world. This has not been missed by the off-piste adventurers, as more and more of them have taken to the offerings in the surrounding backcountry. But along with all that often-sought snowfall comes the danger of avalanches and avalanche […] Avalanche Robin Azer | November 2, 2016 1 Comment
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
The “Epic Pass” Just Added 17 Days of Free Skiing in France, Italy, Switzerland, & Austria Vail Resorts’ $809 Epic Pass just added 17 free ski days at 6 ski resorts in France, Italy, Switzerland, and Austria. ย All the ski resorts they added in Europe are HUGE… Your 2016/17 Epic Pass will get you: 6 Days of free skiing betweenย Les 3 Valle, Paradiski, & Tignes-Val d’Isere in France 5 Days of free skiing atย 4 Vallees, Switzerland […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 1, 2016 1 Comment
Obergurgl, Austria Conditions Report: Spring Powder We went on a 2 day trip to the รtztal hunting for some spring powder in Obergurgl/Hochgurgl. Last weekend it snowed roughly 20 cm, so Obergurgl with it’s high elevation up to 3100m was the perfect place to go. Generally it’s been a low snow year in the southern Alps this season but above 2600m there are still great dry pow stashes to be found. Obergurgl offers a huge amount of terrain and amazing lift infrastructure giving access to seven huge bowls that have AK like terrain. Conditions Report Eike Poeppelmeier | April 14, 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