While some are still enjoying autumn walks in the mountains and valleys, snow-hungry skiers and boarders are already heading for Tirol’s glaciers. I have to admit, skiing in autumn has many advantages. Here are a few of the highlights for the 2019/20 season together with some information on what’s new in the region’s glacier ski…
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The Iceman’s name is not Ötzi. The Iceman’s name is Kilian Scheiber. A Vent-native, this mountain guide has bagged the peak of Wildspitze for more than 400 times – although it was not exactly what you would call love at first sight between him and the highest mountain of North Tirol (and Austria’s second tallest).
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The Wildspitzbahn on the Pitztal Glacier is at 3,440 metres above sea level the highest cable car in Tirol. Nowhere else in Austria can passengers travel as quickly and comfortably into the realm of eternal snow and ice. However, building and operating a cable car at this altitude is a huge technical and logistical challenge…
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The first in our series of articles on the most spectacular cable cars in Tirol takes us to the Stubai Glacier. In October 2016 this resort witnessed the opening of what is surely Tirol’s most exclusive cable car: the Eisgratbahn, the longest and most comfortable triple-wire cable car in the Alps.
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An awe-inspiring celebration of war, glory and everything snow, the biggest contemporary live performance in the world is set to return to Sölden’s mighty Rettenbach Glacier again this year: HANNIBAL.
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Is it true that weather and altitude have an impact on baking? And how many pieces of cake are enjoyed a day at Austria’s highest lying coffee bar and pastry shop? Norbert Santeler, Pastry Chef at the Pitztal Glacier Ski Resort, knows all the answers.
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