Austrian TV Commentator Cut Off Live On Air While Talking About Climate Change Former ski racer-come TV commentator Benjamin (‘Benni’) Raich looked stunned on live TV when his TV station told him “Stop” over his earpiece as he was talking about climate change during his coverage of the FIS Alpine World Cup in Sölden, Austria. “I’m not supposed to say anything more,” the 45-year-old said while still live on TV before the Austrian […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | November 1, 2023 0 Comments
Switzerland’s Lara Gut-Behrami Wins Women’s FIS World Cup Giant Slalom in Sölden, Austria The piste on the Rettenbach Glacier was perfectly groomed, fresh snow had fallen, topping up the well prepared race course and painting the surrounding area in a fairytale-winter-white after weeks of unseasonably warm weather. Winter is here, or at least the spirit of it and with it the FIS Alpine World Cup season opener, which was held in in Sölden, […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | October 29, 2023 0 Comments
100 Days Until the 23/24 FIS Alpine World Cup Season Opener in Sölden, Austria Fans of the FIS Alpine World Cup can set their timer: in just 100 days the 23/24 Alpine World Cup season will kick off with a women’s Giant Slalom on October 28, 2023, followed by the men’s Giant Slalom race on October 29, 2023, in Sölden, Austria. Last year, the women’s Giant Slalom event and season opener in Sölden had […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | July 19, 2023 1 Comment
How Your Favorite Ski Race Athletes Stack Up After the Season Opener in Soelden, Austria The summer has come to an end and the FIS World Cup season has kicked off where it has for the last 14 years; the treacherous, up to 65% inclined pitch of Soelden, Austria. Now rejoined with the sound of spectators, the best alpine skiers in the world competed under a blue sky with the Women competing on October 23rd […] Olympics Phil Tremblay | November 9, 2021 0 Comments
Austrian Ski Area to Open a Week Early This Friday View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sölden in Tirol (@soelden.official) Could winter really already be here? Even though Fall—let alone winter—hasn’t even started yet, one Austrian glacier ski area is set to open on Friday, September 10—a week earlier than expected. Solden ski area in Austria, which has 31 lifts and 144 kilometers of ski […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 8, 2021 0 Comments
Inbounds Avalanche Kills 2 on Opening Day at Sölden, Austria Snow Camps Europe brought to our attention the terrible news of an inbounds avalanche at Austrian resort Sölden which has killed two snowboarders. The snowboarders were traversing off-piste around noon today when they triggered a huge slide that came onto the blue piste #33 run, according to police. Both victims were equipped with beacons, and one even managed to trigger […] Avalanche AvyBrains | November 9, 2019 3 Comments