Austrian landscapes are unusual and multifaceted and offer many different opportunities to enjoy from the snow. Carefree winter happiness aside from everyday life is given not only to fashion sports, but also to open-air parties.
Flying foxes
There are no faster: to soar on the "flying fox" in the air above the snow-covered forests and gorges. In Vorarlberg in Wart-Schrecken am Arlberg, strong spirit has two options for this. Alpine school Widderstein (website) offers a 200-meter rope descent, along which you can move from Vorarlberg to Tyrol. And in the Flying-Fox park of the Alpine Schröcken school there are six lines of rope-ways for "flying foxes" located at a height of 20 to 90 meters above the surface of the snow (website).
Freeride and board
And again, snow: freeriders on snowboards are already making the first pauler tours in the snow-covered slopes of Kitzsteinhorn in the Salzburger Autumn in the fall. The local motto sounds like "Freeride XXL" and "Safety first of all". There are five routes in the immediate vicinity of the ski lifts. The information base of the freeride in the Alpine Center and the numerous information stands at the beginning of the route inform about the dangers outside the route and offer up-to-date information on the condition of snow, avalanches and slopes.
30 km off-piste slopes, amusement park and snow cover of the Dachstein-Gletcher region arouse interest in activity in loose snow . Freesports Arena skiing area in Krippenstein, in Upper Austria, and the size of the Dachstein plateau inspire freeriders, snowkaters and ice-climbers . They are offered more than 50 different directions in the ice of Krippenstein . Freeride skiing tips for beginners and professionals can be obtained at the Freeride Center courses in Tyrol's Sölden (website) . It is for snowboarders who are willing to practice on the slopes that courses on protection snow avalanches Snowboard Avalanche Awareness Camps (SAAC) in Tyrol guided guides in the mountains and professional snowboarders (website) . In St. Anton, fans of off-piste descents climb the mountain by cable car to go to the valley in skiing th guide .
Freeride in Carinthia
In the ski resort of Grossglockner-Heiligenblut in Carinthia at 1160-2989 meters above sea level lovers of deep snow cut the virgin soil in an area of 25 hectares with numerous variants of descent and without marking the ski runs . The selected checkpoints offer detailed information on the current state of the avalanches (website) . For all those who are excited by skiing on snow-covered slopes away from safe trails, the Salzburg Region has published an information brochure that contains only a description of 24 routes, but also advice on preparation, materials science and security . You can order a brochure on the website .
On the "board" for Austria
Hardcore snowboarders enjoy participating in numerous activities that take place in amusement parks in the Austrian mountains: the Air & Style Contest competition on Mount Bergisel near Innsbruck (05.02.2011) embodies sport, music, a party and stars - a great scene for snowboarders (website). Snowboarders spend a great evening at the Moreboards Stubai Premiere (22.-24.10.2010) on the Stubai Glacier, where international professionals demonstrate their skills (website).
A new season begins with a bright party, first-class snowboarders and fashionable groups the Kaunertal region in Tyrol (15.-17.10.2010). In the Branderntal valley in Vorarlberg this year, the Brandnertal amusement park opens the so-called "Backyard", where "obstacles" are guided by specific topics: for example, oil barrels, pink pipes and tires should resemble the backyards of large cities (website).
In snowshoeing before snow-balloons
Is there a desire to get an unforgettable impression of the descent? On the mountain ridge of the Retikon in Vorarlberg, snowshoe walkers put an airboard in the backpack, inflatable high-tech sledges, so that after a respite on top they can fly from the mountain on a guided aeroboard on loose snow (website) . In the Nassfeld ski area in Carinthia, sports equipment, snowbikes, snow bikes, scooters, snowtubes or airboards, offers a swift rush through the snow . After a short instruction of the guide, you can immediately start .
Biathlon in Austrian
Ski and Biathlon Center in I Nnerrozenau in the resort region of Pirn Pril in Upper Austria offers fascinating training in biathlon. On them, participants learn to handle a rifle and test their skills during a small relay race. A "Biathlon Diploma" (website) is issued for memory. You can also try your hand at the biathlon Olympic discipline in courses offered by the Ski School in Ramsau in Styria. Here in Ramsau, guests can get first experience in ski jumping
Ice fun
Enter the rage: 100 km / h or more reaches the speed of the buoyers when they are rushing along the mirror-smooth ice surface of Lake Neusiedler. The buoy is a sliding mobile vehicle with a sail that is about six meters long, which can be hired at sailing schools on the Pannonian Lake of Stappensee (website).
Not horizontally but vertically and much slower than sailboats, ice-climbers move around frozen water . Such an opportunity is provided by ice-covered waterfalls, for example, in the valleys of Möltal and Maltatal in Carinthia (website) or the 28-meter-long glacial towers in Kötschach-Mauthen in the Hailetal valley in Carinthia, where the elite of Austrian ice-climbers annually gather for the national championship (website )
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