Posted in A hot tip on Jan 26th, 2010
Freestyle skiing is more than just a sport! It is a way of life! Breaking with obsolete traditions, trying new things, pushing your own limits: it is said that in the 1950s Norwegian ski jumpers started to include tricks and stunts in their jumps. Another opinion is that the USA or Switzerland is the home [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 15th, 2010
Publish your downhill race on the web with SkiMovie!
From now on, the ski run at Hochmaisbahn is even more attractive to hobby ski racers: two cameras are recording every skier and snowboarder from start to finish. Only a few seconds after crossing the finishing line, you can analyse your performance at www.schmitten.at or at a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 14th, 2010
On Saturday, 16th January, the Volvo ICE Camp on Kitzsteinhorn is opening its gates for the fourth time already. For a period of almost four months you can grab the opportunity to enjoy a drink at the stylish ice bar, have a look at the latest Volvo C30 model at the highest situated show room [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 12th, 2010
The special event in the light of the full moon takes place in winter now, too!
Since the event MoonWalk & SpiritTalk was such a great success in the summer months of 2009, it is taking place now in winter, too. Grab the opportunity on 29th January, 26th February or 29th March 2010!
Interested guests meet at [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 26th, 2009
Early on Sunday morning, at 8:15 am to be precise, we packed our rucksacks, laced up our walking boots and took one of the very first gondolas of the ‘Gletscherbahn Kaprun’ cable-car facilities to an altitude of 3,029 metres. From there, we set out to conquer the last 200 metres of altitude to the cross [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 15th, 2009
The weather forecast has announced fog and clouds and in the afternoon we are even supposed to see some rain. However, for us these are perfect conditions to make an excursion into another world. When we set out from Mitternberghof inn, the sky is covered in clouds. Following trail no. 82/83 we reach a crossroad [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 31st, 2009
We are building a disc golf course!
You have not heard of disc golf yet? Well, then it is about time! Disc golf is played with a frisbee and – as the name suggests – has similar rules to golf. There is a tee-off zone and a hole which has a very unique shape in disc [...]
Posted in A hot tip on Jul 28th, 2009
…has become one of my dearest leisure-time activities in the last months . In rain, snow and sunshine I cannot wait to get out of the house to hunt for a great new cache! Meanwhile my friends have accepted this eccentricity of mine and do not consider my GPS receiver a competition… But what [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 7th, 2009
Thanks to the diversified activities, we could not even be bothered by a few rain drops and were able to enjoy an absolutely amazing weekend in Zell am See-Kaprun. On Saturday at 5 pm good-looking boys and girls clad in dirndl dresses made by Gössl plunged into the waters of Lake Zell from the 5-metre [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 28th, 2009
The Hiking Season Opening is approaching with giant strides and the blog campaign on sharing your motivation for going on a walking tour is in full progress, too. One of the contributions reminded me of an extraordinary night – the night of my first geocaching tour.
To cut a long story short: the weather was horrible! [...]
