Inflation Drives Price Hikes at European Ski Resorts for 22/23 Amidst rising costs driven by inflation and increased energy prices, several European ski resorts have announced price hikes this season. Prices in Austria are set to hike by an average of 8% across the country. SnowBrains had a look for our readers across different resorts. St. Anton in the state of Tyrol will increase their day pass from €61 to […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | November 28, 2022 0 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
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: Splitboarding Bliss at the Rendl Yesterday was absolutely epic. Splitboarding with local shredder/mountain guide Bas Elhorst in his back yard the Rendl. Conditions were perfect, velvety AK like pow in protected and north facing slopes, almost no wind and bluebird skies. We did a series of hikes and lines. Riding three completely untracked big mountain lines in perfect powder. Conditions Report Eike Poeppelmeier | March 11, 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
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