NEWS
SKIWELT: Wilder Kaiser – Brixental, Austria’s largest lift-linked ski area, is offering 280 kilometres of slopes this winter after a new run was created in the SkiWelt Brixen area.
The new red piste descends from the and is part of a €23m investment for the SkiWelt this season, the lion’s share of which has gone on a new €10m Aualm lift above Scheffau.
The new detachable 8-seater chairlift claims to be one of the most advanced, most technically sophisticated, most comfortable lifts in the world.
SOLDEN: A black run in the Tirol’s Ötztal valley has been extended by nearly a kilometre thanks to the installation of a new lift.
The old triple Wasserkar chairlift has been upgraded to a high-speed detachable 6-seater chairlift, with full weather protection hoods.
Austria
James Bond on skis
With James Bond just about to take to the Austrian ski slopes in Spectre, the latest 007 movie, the Skier & Snowboarder takes a look back at the times the superspy has donned a pair of skis or a snowboard on the big screen
James Bond may be able to save the world with a twinkle in his eye and a few gadgets provided by ‘Q’, but even he would have had trouble overcoming the hurdles we encountered trying to get photographs and information about his exploits on skis and snowboards.
On our journey there were more twists, turns and misleading information than one of 007 author Ian Fleming’s famous stories...
Resorts unite
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After courting each other for several years, two Austrian ski areas have settled into married life after tying the knot with a new €13.5m gondola. ROB FREEMAN raises a glass of turnip schnapps to celebrate
IF TWO ski areas have been crying out for decades to be joined in happy union, then it’s Alpbach and Auffach. The marriage has taken place and what a lovely couple they make.
