It’s snowing in Obergurgl and it’s only August! This bodes well for the 2020/21 ski season ! Book the luxurious The Chalet, at 11º East Obergurgl for a fully catered ski chalet, right on the slopes and in the village centre! August 4th 2020. The summer lifts that run in Obergurgl are shut… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Alpine Style
Driving to Obergurgl Ski Resort
Why not drive to Obergurgl and save the hassle and concerns of flying that are becoming so apparent this year? Desperate for crisp clean mountain air and a skiing holiday? Concerned how flying this year might turn out to be a disaster? One of the many advantages of staying at The Chalet, at 11º… Read more »
Obergurgl Ski Resort News
Much excitement after road from Zwieselstein to Obergurgl shuts due to a landslide! Emergency Helicopter despatched to supply food and medicines to Obergurgl. Sudden landslides have closed the road between Zwieselstein and Poschach preventing residents from Obergurgl leaving the village. With no possibility to clear the road likely before 10th June 2020 residents of Obergurgl… Read more »
Skiing in 2020 and 2021!
Pure fresh alpine air must be good for us after months of lockdown! With summer holidays now looking like a rather remote prospect, perhaps it’s time to turn to consider a winter skiing holiday, and with Covid always at the front of everyone’s mind, here are a few things to consider when booking a… Read more »
Chalet at 11º East Obergurgl – Book now for cheap flights in 2021!
Who could possibly have realised last Christmas that the ski season could have been wrecked by the Coronavirus crisis? We never saw it coming – how could we have? But I guess it could have been worse. Many of us – including me, helping the Snow-Camp charity at the annual City Ski championships in January… Read more »
The Chalet, at 11 º east Obergurgl, Austria
SKI CHALET IN OBERGURGL It’s been a busy ski season at The Chalet, at 11º East Obergurgl. We started the season with a colossal amount of snow, allowing all 25 lifts to open right on day one in mid-November! 112 kilometres of perfectly groomed slopes greeted our guests who started to arrive from mid-December. Our… Read more »
It just snows and snows!
Only three weeks ago the slopes were completely green. Then the heavens opened, and it has snowed more or less constantly. The result? The mountains have been completely transformed from green to white, and Obergurgl has more than enough snow to last the entire season. Although The Chalet, at 11º East does not officially open… Read more »
Obergurgl opens for the 2019- 2020 season today !
Yes it’s only mid-November, but Obergurgl has opened for the ski season to much fanfare! With 19 of the 25 main lifts already open, its looking like it will be a great year: https://www.obergurgl.com/winter/live-info/lifts-slopes/lift-slope-status.html And whilst lower resorts at this time of year are depending on artificial snow, we have had huge dumps of… Read more »
Hannibal for the Chalet 11 Degrees East
Were you there? At the Hannibal Glacier Spectacle just down the road from us at Sölden, our neighbours in the Oetz Valley? If you’ve never been to this extraordinary biennial event, you really should try to get there next time – in the spring of 2021! It’s a huge son-et-Lumiere show staged at 2,684… Read more »
Chalet at 11º : The “Audi Nines”
With their high-altitude, snowsure slopes, daily flights from Innsbruck and short transfers, Obergurgl and its neighbour Hochgurgl could hardly be better placed to provide the perfect ski holiday. And the Chalet at 11º East offers a mountain sanctuary for all – from relaxing holidaymakers to anyone seeking sanctuary from the elements. If only Ötzi the… Read more »