Two ski resorts in Austria - Alpbach and Wildschönau - will be merged into a single ski area, which will be named Ski Jewel. The slopes of the two resorts will be united thanks to the new eight-place gondola, which is planned to be installed this summer.

Schladming ski resort is considered to be one of the most renowned in the Austrian Alps. It hosted major alpine skiing world championships for many times. In 2013 Schladming will host the next Alpine Skiing World Cup.

Residents of Zell-Am-Se town had to complain about excessive noise, which produces numerous bars of the Austrian ski resort in the Salzburg region.

This year, the main star of the closing ceremony will be Mariah Carey. The famous American pop diva will give a concert in Ischgl on April 30, 2012.

Recently Austrian rescuers had to work more than usual. Two men were unable to descend from the Alpine slopes without assistance. One of the unlucky climbers was a musician, while the second pretended to be a celebrity.

Sölden ski resort, which has the reputation of "the snowiest resort in Austria" and which traditionally hosts the first stage of Alpine Ski World Cup, may also be considered as the most rave area in the Alps. Anyway, this spring Sölden will deservedly bear this title as here will come the №1 DJ in the world - David Guetta.

Nassfeld ski resort is one of the largest winter recreation areas in Carinthia, which offers a special service on its slopes. To be more precise - not on the slopes, but on the lift.

At the world-famous Austrian ski resort of Seefeld on February 19 will be organized Maskentreiben 2012 festivities. Originally a small celebration created by local residents for the tourists evolved into a vivid entertainment show, enjoying great popularity among the guests of the resort.

Saalbach-Hinterglemm ski resort in Austria started the ski season. The season opening was accompanied by one of the most spectacular this year shows - snowmobile races Swatch Snow Mobile, which took place on the streets of the resort on December 8-11, 2011.

In Austrian federal state of Lower Austria authorities plan to improve the image of the region and make it more appealing to the winter holidays fans by traditional measures. Lower Austria is preparing to present the Winter Card.

The authors of the guide to the ski resorts in Europe, which is published by the German ADAC motorists club, often called the Stubai Valley the best ski region in Austria for the family holidays. In the 2011-2012 season the Stubai Valley once again confirms the rightness of the German motorists.

Zillertal Valley resorts, which tracks are located on the slopes of the Kitzbühel Alps, prepared several grand innovations for the new season. New lifts, shops and entertainment - these benefits will be available for those, who wants to spend winter holidays in the Zillertal-Arena region in 2011-2012 season.

The largest combined ski area of Austria in the Salzburg land - Ski Amade - this year actively prepares its slopes to the season. The total amount of investments in the modernization of the resorts that are part of Ski Amade in 2011 is approximately 80 million Euros.

Ski resorts in Austria suddenly got a lot of snow for its slopes in September 2011. This fact has allowed many well-known regions of winter recreation announce the opening of the season in September, before the traditional date.

Winter season opening show in Ischgl, known as Top of the Mountain, has received the headliner. At this time on the ski slopes of the Tyrolean Alps will perform the Swedish duo Roxette.

Skiing in Austria: before the new winter season many ski resorts in this country tend to draw attention to their tracks with a variety of promotions and discounts. Thus, Tirol Schwaz resort attracts family tourists by generous offers. At the resort children are taught the basics of downhill skiing for free.

Numerous French, Swiss, Austrian and Italian ski resorts are still unable to open all its tracks while waiting for snow. However, according to meteorologists’ forecasts, all fans of winter sports still have the hope.

"Konsument" as a demonstration example gives the rise in prices for ski passes in two centers of skiing holidays in Austria. Zimmering ski resort and located nearby Schtulek over the past four years have raised the cost of ski passes for 14% and 14.5% res

One of the most famous ski resorts in Austria - Zölden in Tyrol - will soon present its guests a new tool that promises to improve the already-established ski infrastructure. We are talking about super modern lift, which takes amateurs of ski holidays to

On April 25th, 2009 on the slopes of Austrian ski resort St Anton will take place one of the hugest ski events of the year - “Der Weiße Rausch - The White Thrill” ski race. This competition is annual and throughout the years it has become some kind of cul

Westendorf, one of the most popular Alpine ski resort situated in Austria, is getting ready for the next Jump and Freeze event which is held this year for the 13th time. For the years of its existence it evolved from small local contest into some kind of

Kitzbühel Alps ski region’s website announced that all new Kitzbüheler Alpen AllStarCard will be introduced before the beginning of the coming season. The new ski pass will be valid for one day period or longer and give the rights to visit seven ski areas

New Arena Downhill Roller Coaster has been recently installed in Zell am Ziller, a well known ski resort located about 480 km west of Vienna and about 60 km east of Innsbruck. The new attraction is kind of toboggan that can give a lot of fun not only to k

Huge snowfalls that have been taking place across the Austrian Alps beginning since the last weekend, October the 3-5 brought up to 70 cm of fresh snow powder with them. They benefited immensely to the snow layer on ski resorts slopes some of which are al

The new 2008-2009 skiing season on Austrian Stubai glacier will get started on September 27th. Stubai is the biggest glacier skiing area of this Alpine country. It provides amateurs of winter sports about 110 km of downhill pistes, a fun park and a lot

By the beginning of this winter ski lift connection consisting of conveyor and gondola lifts, funicular and a bridge over a valley will link Westendorf with other Skiwelt ski area resorts including Brixen im Thale, Ellmau, Going am Wilden Kaiser, Scheffa

Schladming, a small town in the Styria area in Austria to host the 2013 Alpine Ski World Championships

A survey that took place in Austria showed that this spring Easter tourism in Austria will be much higher than it was the previous year.

Skiers who go to ski to Austrian slopes every year have got excellent chances to buy property there. There is a great amount of holiday property in the Austrian Alps that is offered at a very favorable prices.

If you go skiing or snowboarding to Europe some day, you will see that almost all of them full of skiers. At some resorts there are male-skiers predominantly. However, it is not always so.