Northern Hemisphere Heatwave: Austria’s Hintertux Glacier is the Last Summer Ski Resort Open to the Public Following the announcement by the Fonna Glacier in Norway and Timberline Lodge and Ski Area, OR, to close their operations on August 21 due to the record heatwave, the Northern Hemisphere now has only one summer ski resort left open to the public for skiing. The last man standing amongst the roughly forty summer ski resorts is the Hintertux Glacier […] Julia Schneemann | August 15, 2022 1 Comment
Early Snowfall Means European Resorts Starting to Open Already We’re still thinking about golf, hiking and mountain biking, but heavy snowfall earlier than usual in the Alps means that European riders are able to get their snow fix already at a couple of Austrian resorts this weekend. Pitztal Glacier (Pitztaler Gletscher) and Stubai Glacier ski areas both plan to start the lifts turning at 8:30am this Saturday, 16th September. A spokesperson […] Conditions Report Steven Agar | September 12, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: Insane Powder in Austria Today It’s only September and people are getting faceshots in Austria. Almost doesn’t seem fair as we sit in record heat this week in the Western USA… But it’s our fault, right? Shouldn’t we all be in South America or Austria skiing powder right now? Yes. Yes we should… This video is from Hintertux, Austria today. Hintertux got over 3-feet of snow the past few days. It’s only September and people are getting faceshots in Austria. Almost doesn’t seem fair as we sit in record heat this week in the Western USA… But it’s our fault, right? Conditions Report SnowBrains | September 25, 2015 1 Comment
35″ Powder Day in Austria Today | Photo Tour: Wow. This is silly. People are getting fully shacked on September 24th in Austria today. They’ve gotten 35″ of new snow in the past couple of days up high. Hintertux ski resort is located in Austria, they have large glacier skiing areas, and stay open nearly year round. They currently have 10 lifts open with 18 available ski trails buried in 35″ of new snow. It’s currently 23F up top at Hintertux. Industry News SnowBrains | September 24, 2015 0 Comments
Alps Conditions Report Video | Long Lines in 3 Feet of Snow on Oct. 11th & 12th, 2013 The Alps got nuked on this weekend. HIntertux & Kaunertal in Austria were open and this weekend. Kaunertal had to close down on Friday after receiving 100cms (39”) of new snow. The boys at WePowder.com got out there and got after it and it was good. Mostly glacier skiing on mellow terrain, but who’s gonna complain about thousands of vertical feet of mellow, deep powder skiing in October? […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | October 14, 2013 0 Comments
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