The Stubai Glacier, the largest in Austria, is 50 kilometers from the Brenner Pass and 38 kilometers from Innsbruck. Using the cableway Schaufeljoch you can quickly reach the highest point of the glacier, the "Top of Tyrol", located at 3165 m altitude.
There are 24 modern ski lifts and 100 kilometers of slopes, with snow all year, giving the opportunity to practice various disciplines: downhill and cross country skiing, snowboarding, carving, telemark and backcountry.
All 4 Stubaital ski areas are accessible through the single ski pass. For fans of ice climbing, at the start of Gamsgarten there is a waterfall of 20 meters in height. For lovers of free skiing and snowboarding there will be a fun park along 400 meters this year. Athletes can descend on banked curves, cross steep walls, undulating tracks, three large and three small jumps, flat box, rainbow box and flatrail.
May is one of the best months for skiing in the Spring of Stubai. sounds like a joke, but the closure of most ski areas in the Stubai Valley, just over the border Brenner, this is the time most beautiful of the season. Thanks to the largest skiable glacier in Austria, in fact, here you can ski until June. In May, thanks to high altitude, the snow stays in good condition and the days are long, warm temperatures, sun tans than the sea. P>
Skiing until May. When the days get longer and many are already thinking of the sea, is the best time of the ski season. In the southern Alps we are not accustomed to thinking of skiing in April and Mai, when nature comes alive, but spring skiing in the Austrian Tyrol is a real tradition.
Mariah Carey to perform at Top Of The Mountain concerts in Ischgl (Tyrol)
on Wednesday 7 March 2012
The superstar Mariah Carey will perform the legendary season closing concert at the high profile luxury ski resort of Ischgl, in the Austrian Tirol on Monday 30 April. "It doesn't get much better than this," said Tourist Office Director Andreas Steibl. "We are proud and excited to announce this exceptional star for the closing concert of this exceptional winter season.
Dario Cologna and Justyna Kowalczyk, the king and queen of the 2011-12 Tour de Ski
Swiss Dario Cologna and Justyna Kowalczyk Poland close to winning the grueling climb of Alpe Cermis and win the sixth edition of the Tour de Ski 2011-12. The Kowalczyk wins a tight race with Marit Bjoerge, while Dario Cologne was the author of a race to the top 5 during all stages of the Tour p>
Only two weeks and starts with the World Cup alpine skiing. Leading the dance as every year will be the usual giant, male and female, to be held on 22:23 on October Soedeln Rettebach.
"We expect a significant snowfall and temperatures between 10 and 12 degrees below zero. I'm not worried, I see no problems and am very positive. About 40 will be at work in the last days before the race, "said Rainer Gstrein, head coach of the Austrian race.
Sölden (Ötztal), the 2011-12 season launches the ski-tour Big 3-Rally
on Tuesday 13 September 2011
It will reopen at the end of Septembre Sölden, in the Ötztal valley, Tyrol's winter holiday in paradise less than two hours away from Bolzano, which has 34 lifts connected to each other by 146 km of slopes, partially located on the two glaciers of Rettenbach and Riesenferner. The Tyrolean town for the 2011/12 season offers a new ski-trip to be addressed in a day, called "Big 3-rally".
The Freeride World Tour Expands to Six Stages in 2011
The Freeride World Tour is expanding to six stages in 2011. Following the success of its three previous editions, the Freeride World Tour 2011 grows from four to six tour stops with new events in St. Moritz, Switzerland, and Fieberbrunn, Austria.