Amazing snowfall bodes well for 2021 skiing in Obergurgl! What’s not to look forward to compared to 2020? Massive snowfall across the Tyrol causes road closures, school closures and avalanches. In the eastern part of Tyrol the avalanche danger rose to the highest level- 5 following exceptionally heavy snow throughout the week and the weekend…. Read more »
Superfast broadband ensures you can operate just as easily from Obergurgl as from your home in the UK. If you don’t need to work in the office, why not rent a luxury ski chalet for a few weeks and work from the Austrian alps? This is somewhat better than WFH! With a laptop and… Read more »
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 »
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 »
The Chalet, at 11ºEast Obergurgl offers exclusive luxurious catered holidays. You rent The Chalet all to yourselves, so you know exactly who your sitting next to! Whilst Covid 19 seems to be abating, a private exclusive ski chalet is clearly the best option . Interesting article, reprinted from the Caterer, about client expectations post Covid… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »