http://www.complete-ski.com/blog/ Complete Skier blog with weekly post updates from our skier in St Anton, Austria en-uk Copyright 2010, The Collinson Group Ltd. Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:00:00 GMT feedback@complete-ski.com http://www.complete-ski.com/blog/avalanches.cfm Two weeks ago in St Anton a 62 year old ski instructor, Peter Reigel, died in an avalanche, whilst guiding an off-piste lesson. He and his group had tracked up well away from the beaten path in search of fresh powder, a couple of days after a huge snow dump. Although he had been off-piste many times, and was carrying with him the right equipment, this was not enough to save him. Many of the group he went out with, although not inexperienced off-skiers, were, apparently, not fully aware of how to use much of the avalanche rescue gear. http://www.complete-ski.com/blog/avalanches.cfm#comments Complete Skier Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.complete-ski.com/blog/guide-to-kaprun.cfm VIDEO POST: Kaprun is the next destination for our blogger, and he shows off the main sights and scenes of the Austrian ski resort. http://www.complete-ski.com/blog/guide-to-kaprun#comments Complete Skier Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:00:00 GMT http://www.complete-ski.com/blog/kaprun-area.cfm Having spent the large majority of this season in St Anton, a resort with a reputation for both challenging skiing and lively après ski, when visiting Kaprun for a week I was fairly apprehensive as to how it would match up on both these fronts. Having blogged last week on the skiing in the Europa sport region, which did not disappoint, this week it is time to compare the après options in both towns. http://www.complete-ski.com/blog/life-in-kaprun.cfm#comments Complete Skier Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:00:00 GMT http://www.complete-ski.com/blog/views-from-zell.cfm VIDEO POST: Complete Skier moves from St. Anton to Zell am See, and shows us the '200 peaks' view from the summit, and some of the views on his descent. http://www.complete-ski.com/blog/views-from-zell.cfm#comments Complete Skier Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:00:00 GMT http://www.complete-ski.com/blog/kaprun-area.cfm When given the chance to visit another resort and a different ski area for a week, I immediately jumped at the chance. In recent weeks slight cabin fever has started to set in, having been in St Anton for over two months and the opportunity to experience a new town and ski some different runs seemed like the perfect cure. http://www.complete-ski.com/blog/kaprun-area.cfm#comments Complete Skier Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:00:00 GMT http://www.complete-ski.com/blog/snowboarding.cfm I woke up this morning to overcast, dark skies above St Anton and snow pouring down. In short, it really wasn’t the greatest skiing weather, and today started to seem like it might be a wasted day spent inside. It was only when the man in the ski/board rental shop offered to lend me a board for a day that I sensed that the day might not be such a waste after all. Initially, I was fairly apprehensive, though the opportunity to spend all day outside, albeit, on the nursery slopes seemed better than the alternative, staying inside. http://www.complete-ski.com/blog/snowboarding.cfm#comments Complete Skier Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:00:00 GMT http://www.complete-ski.com/blog/ski-jumping.cfm VIDEO POST: Complete Skier shows us skiers and snowboarders performing jumps on one of the main pistes in St Anton. http://www.complete-ski.com/blog/ski-jumping.cfm#comments Complete Skier Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.complete-ski.com/blog/apres-ski.cfm St Anton, as well as being famous for its wide ranging ski area is well known for its lively après-ski soon. Having now been out here for over six weeks, I finally feel qualified to give an overview, albeit brief of the numerous après ski options that give St Anton this reputation. http://www.complete-ski.com/blog/apres-ski.cfm#comments Complete Skier Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:00:00 GMT http://www.complete-ski.com/blog/st-antons-bars-video.cfm VIDEO POST: St Anton has a reputation as being one of Austria's best ski resorts for the après ski scene. Complete Skier takes you round the resort's best bars and nightspots. http://www.complete-ski.com/blog/st-antons-bars-video.cfm#comments Complete Skier Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.complete-ski.com/blog/new-years-eve.cfm New Year's Eve back home is perhaps the biggest night of the year. In St Anton it is no different. Most of the bars in town charge admission prices to get in. This can range from €90 for the Ibiza imitation style Picadillys (to keep away seasonairres) to €20 for quite a few bars including the English run Scottys and Cuba. As a result of this, we all decided to spend the night wandering the streets of the St Anton (with a few beers in our pockets). This was absolutely fantastic fun. The streets were packed with friendly people, especially when the clock struck midnight, as many of the bars force people outside to watch the numerous firework displays that go on all over the town. http://www.complete-ski.com/blog/new-years-eve.cfm#comments Complete Skier Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:00:00 GMT http://www.complete-ski.com/blog/skiing-in-st-anton.cfm VIDEO POST: Our Complete Skier films himself skiing down the slopes of St. Anton in Austria. http://www.complete-ski.com/blog/skiing-in-st-anton.cfm#comments Complete Skier Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.complete-ski.com/blog/white-christmas.cfm It is a strange feeling waking up on Christmas day in a foreign place far away from all your family and friends. Everybody back home always hopes and dreams of the clichéd white Christmas. Spending Christmas 2009 in a ski resort, I expected nothing less, and this idea proved some consolation. http://www.complete-ski.com/blog/white-christmas.cfm#comments Complete Skier Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.complete-ski.com/blog/cold-snap.cfm Saturday and Sunday in St Anton saw two massive slope side parties to celebrate the opening of the main Nasserein lift as well as the opening of many of the runs lower down the resort. This has meant that for the first time this season the resort is now nearing capacity. The bars and restaurants are now noticeably more packed and there are more people milling around in the town during the day. http://www.complete-ski.com/blog/cold-snap.cfm#comments Complete Skier Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.complete-ski.com/blog/st-anton-from-lift.cfm VIDEO POST: Our blogger shows what St Anton looks like from the vantage point of the Galzig lift. http://www.complete-ski.com/blog/st-anton-from-lift.cfm#comments Complete Skier Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.complete-ski.com/blog/first-day.cfm After almost two weeks out in the Alps, today was the first chance that I got to go skiing. Despite last night's opening night parties, I got up at just before 9 to collect my skis and headed up the mountain for my first run of the season. http://www.complete-ski.com/blog/first-day.cfm#comments Complete Skier Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.complete-ski.com/blog/guide-to-st-anton.cfm VIDEO POST: The Complete Skier blogger moves on to the Austrian town of St. Anton am Arlberg, in the Tyrolean Alps. He shows you the most important things to see and do in one of Europe's premier ski destinations. http://www.complete-ski.com/blog/guide-to-st-anton.cfm#comments Complete Skier Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.complete-ski.com/blog/snow-in-argentiere.cfm Thinking of the Alps at the end of November automatically evokes images of skiers, boarders and snowy landscapes. So when I arrived on a cold Friday evening in England for a twenty-hour coach journey out to the resort of Argentière, in the shadow of Mont Blanc, it was this mental picture that I was using to get myself through the journey. http://www.complete-ski.com/blog/snow-in-argentiere.cfm#comments Complete Skier Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:00:00 GMT http://www.complete-ski.com/blog/guide-to-argentiere.cfm VIDEO POST: CompleteSkier shows you round the sights of the French ski resort of Argentière, just a few kilometres away from the presitigious resort of Chamonix. http://www.complete-ski.com/blog/guide-to-argentiere.cfm#comments Complete Skier Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT