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Started by Denni77 in Austria - 7 Replies

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Denni77 posted Jul-2013

Hallo my snow buddies.tomorrow i will be in the Austrian Alps for my summer vacations.among other activities i really wanted to go for snowboard in Kaprun where i know there is a glacier.what i dont know is if its open this time of year and i cant get specific info from the site.
If anyone knows please let me know.
Thank you all in advance.

Dave Mac
reply to 'Kaprun summer ski?'
posted Jul-2013

Hi Denni, yes there are lifts open, and 1.9m of snow at the top.
http://www.snow-forecast.com/resorts/Kaprun/snow-report

Denni77
reply to 'Kaprun summer ski?'
posted Jul-2013

Thanks for your reply Dave.it says thought further down that the resort runs:closed.it also says though 4 lifts open.confusing.i guess i am gonna have to find out there.thanks again.

J2SkiNews
reply to 'Kaprun summer ski?'
posted Jul-2013

Hi y'all. I am just working on the J2Ski August snow report! I'm afraid that despite the snow depth, and the confusing on-site info, the Kitzteinhorn glacier at Kaprun is closed for skiing/boarding until a yet-to-be-decided date in mid-September. There are a couple of glaciers that are open in Austria however - Tux near Mayrhofen in the Ziller Valley (http://www.hintertuxergletscher.at/en/home.html - one of biggest, year round) and Molltal ( http://www.gletscher.co.at) with 12km of runs open. A third choice maybe the Dachstein glacier but it has another confusing website. I'm told it's always open but last time I looked it said 0 slopes open. Maybe it was just a bad weather day. Might be good to visit though as they just opened a new cable car with an open air balcony on the roof of it you can stand in. Looks very cool, in more ways that one.
www  The Snow Hunter

Bedrock barney
reply to 'Kaprun summer ski?'
posted Jul-2013

Not sure if this helps but we are in Tignes and skied 6 days last week. It was very warm yesterday reaching 11 degrees at the lowest point of the skiing area. Quite a contrast in conditions in 1 week. It's 24 or 25 degrees in the resort at 2,100m (and apparently was 38 degrees in Bourg St Maurice yesterday!). The locals are saying that the conditions are unseasonably warm. Therefore glacier skiing in Europe probably quite challenging. We found that conditions were good from 8am to 10am with decent skiing over by around 11am.
slippy slidey snow......me likey!

Dave Mac
reply to 'Kaprun summer ski?'
posted Jul-2013

Yes, the site is confusing ~ I got as far as "Piste Conditions ~ Good", and my eyes started watering, so I couldn't see the "closed slopes" bit.

Ian Wickham
reply to 'Kaprun summer ski?'
posted Jul-2013

It seems that a lot of europe are experiencing above average tempetures, lets hope it stays around for another couple of weeks :thumbup:

Denni77
reply to 'Kaprun summer ski?'
posted Aug-2013

Thank you all for your replies and the tips.i just came back.kaprun was closed for August.too bad.thank you all again.

Topic last updated on 11-August-2013 at 13:46