Austria Archives - The Snowalker https://www.thesnowalker.com/tag/austria/ One more mountain line Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:51:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.thesnowalker.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-Snowalker-logo-mountain-bw-2-1-32x32.jpg Austria Archives - The Snowalker https://www.thesnowalker.com/tag/austria/ 32 32 90835253 Sustainability, mass tourism and the cult of the real skier https://www.thesnowalker.com/2020/08/31/can-mass-tourism-scale-ski-resort-actually-be-more-sustainable-than-small-ski-areas/ https://www.thesnowalker.com/2020/08/31/can-mass-tourism-scale-ski-resort-actually-be-more-sustainable-than-small-ski-areas/#respond Mon, 31 Aug 2020 06:18:06 +0000 http://www.thesnowalker.com/?p=2116 The lore of real skiers and small ski areas that rock   Little ski areas rock, the mom-and-pop owned operations are keeping it real, saving the sport of skiing from McDonaldization by the evil empire, that the big ski resort corporations present. Although exaggerated a little, this is the lore […]

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]]> https://www.thesnowalker.com/2020/08/31/can-mass-tourism-scale-ski-resort-actually-be-more-sustainable-than-small-ski-areas/feed/ 0 2116 Discovering the developing mountain biking scene in the Gastein Valley, Austria https://www.thesnowalker.com/2018/05/04/mountain-biking-in-the-gastein-valley/ https://www.thesnowalker.com/2018/05/04/mountain-biking-in-the-gastein-valley/#respond Fri, 04 May 2018 10:24:08 +0000 http://www.thesnowalker.com/?p=699 The water cascades down a steep rocky path with a roaring sound and disappears under a stone bridge, it forms a near vertical waterfall on the other side, before finally reaching the valley floor some few hundred meters lower. The surrounding Belle Époque style village of Bad Gastein in Austria´s Salzburg state […]

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]]> https://www.thesnowalker.com/2018/05/04/mountain-biking-in-the-gastein-valley/feed/ 0 699 The Making of: Red Bull Playstreets 2019 https://www.thesnowalker.com/2017/05/07/the-making-of-red-bull-playstreets-2017-in-bad-gastein-austria/ https://www.thesnowalker.com/2017/05/07/the-making-of-red-bull-playstreets-2017-in-bad-gastein-austria/#respond Sun, 07 May 2017 14:30:43 +0000 http://www.thesnowalker.com/?p=397 The Red Bull Playstreets event is a unique contest on the international freeskiing competition calendar. Held on the 14th and 15th of February 2019 in Bad Gastein Austria for the eight time, it is arguably the only in-city slope-style event in the world. Although the town center is conveniently located on […]

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]]> https://www.thesnowalker.com/2017/05/07/the-making-of-red-bull-playstreets-2017-in-bad-gastein-austria/feed/ 0 397 Krippenstein – Austria ´s world powder heritage site https://www.thesnowalker.com/2015/11/12/krippenstein-austria-s-world-powder-heritage-site/ https://www.thesnowalker.com/2015/11/12/krippenstein-austria-s-world-powder-heritage-site/#respond Thu, 12 Nov 2015 19:00:56 +0000 http://www.thesnowalker.com/?p=82 The Dachstein mountains rising up to 3000 m are known for the high number of karst caves in the area, some of which are 60-80 km long. The inner Salzkammergut region, which includes the Dachstein massif and the town of Halstatt have been declared as a world heritage site by […]

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