Posted in A hot tip on Feb 23rd, 2010
Surrounded by pristine white: especially during the recent few weeks of winter Zell am See-Kaprun has displayed its most beautiful sides. Rays of sunshine make the blankets of snow on the summits of Kitzsteinhorn and Schmittenhöhe as well as down in the valley sparkle like diamonds and invite holidaymakers and locals alike to discover this [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 16th, 2010
This was the question on my mind on Friday morning when I woke up to discover that this was the day of my first touring ski race (Aufi Owi).
Less than three weeks ago, I was fooling around with my colleagues and faster than we could say Jack Robinson our names showed up on the starters’ [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 4th, 2010
Visitors of Zell am See are rather bewildered when they take a stroll through the pedestrian precinct and see that huge amounts of snow are unloaded here. Elsewhere, municipalities are desperately struggling to get the current snow chaos under control and we flood our pedestrian precinct in snow?
But wait, here comes the answer: tonight the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 13th, 2010
Tonight daredevil ‘Freaks on Snow’ will be performing breathtaking jumps and stunts on the kicker for the first time this year. This winter season, the Snow Night is taking place at the valley station of cityXpress cable car every Wednesday at 8 pm.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 11th, 2010
On 4th January the time had come! The great welcome party for the women’s U.S. Alpine Ski Team including superstar Lindsey Vonn took place in Kaprun. Guests, locals and celebrities from the entire region joined the affectionate reception of the team in Zell am See-Kaprun. Before being able to enjoy her time at the party, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 10th, 2009
The 12th day of the 12th month of the year is a very special skiing day: in context with the opening ceremony of the new cable car facilities, Schmitten gondolas and Kettingbahn, winter sports fans can enjoy the day swishing down the slopes on skis and board for just 12 euros. The proceeds of this [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 27th, 2009
‘Mountain Festival’ on Schmittenhöhe on 6th September 2009
On Sunday, 6th September, Schmittenhöhe is inviting its guests to enjoy the traditional ‘Mountain Festival’ and the ‘Ranggler Alpencup’ wrestling tournament with high-class participants. The ‘Mountain Festival’ is kicking off with a mountain mass at Elisabeth Chapel at 10 am.
The following morning get-together includes a presentation of the [...]
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 Uncategorized on Jul 24th, 2009
Equipped with walking shoes, poles, a GPS receiver, and a paraglide of 20 kilograms in their backpacks, the 30 participants of this year’s ‘Red Bull X-Alps’ are fighting their way over the passes of the Alps. It goes without saying that some starters have taken Zell am See-Kaprun as their destination.
Christoph Kaufmann was so lucky [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 20th, 2009
From last Friday to Sunday the sky above Zell am See was more colourful than we are generally used to. This was due to the PARAnoia ACRObatixx Paragliding World Cup which was staged in Pinzgau for the third time in a row. More than 40 participants outdid each other in performing daredevil tricks and stunts [...]
