Skiing
Revolutionary new ski lift opens in St. Anton
A new gondola lift is due to open in St. Anton for winter 2006/7 featuring a totally new technology that employs a `giant wheel’ of individual gondolas to allow skiers to enter at ground level. The gondolas then take passengers up to link into the main gondola cableway.
Gourmet in the snow
With the rise of gourmet menus and professional chefs, chalet cuisine has come a long way from its school dinner-style beginnings. Lucy Crisp finds out what’s driving the ski cuisine revolution.
Ski weekends on the rise
The number of people going away to ski or board for a weekend is on the rise according to the Ski Club of Great Britain’s Snowsports Analysis Report.
A star is born
The latest, and coolest, place to feel `on top of the world' opens this week in Hochgurgl, the Austrian Tirol's highest parish. Located at 3,080 metres, the new restaurant, bar and viewing platform at the `Top Mountain Star' offers one of the most stunning viewing platforms in the Alps as its unique `crystal' shaped design incorporates 360 degree floor to ceiling windows to give unrivalled views of the Oeztal Alps and the Dolomites to the South.