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 »
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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 »
Easter Skiing in Obergurgl
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Diamond of the Alps
Known by many as the “Diamond of the Alps”, Obergurgl is a stunning traditional Austrian mountain resort. As a very snow sure resort with a huge variety of runs as well as an abundance of things to do other than ski, Obergurgl will satisfy the non-skiers as well as every standard of skier, making it… Read more »
The Perrier-Jouet gondola experience
Here’s to a White Christmas at The Chalet at 11º East with a very different way to celebrate, The Perrier-Jouet gondola experience. Enjoy the fantastic 360° view from the Kirchenkarbahn while sipping a glass of Perrier-Jouët Champagne and some delightful finger-food in a heated gondola! Not all ski areas can guarantee good skiing over… Read more »
Ski Chalet Obergurgl – Bookings Available
Just in the middle of a dream? Fix that #manicmonday feeling by booking your ski holidays! The snow is here and our Chalet Team are ready to welcome you. The snow is already amazing and should ensure an excellent season just like last year! The Chalet at 11 East still has vacancies for January and… Read more »
Hannibal in Solden 2019, Outdoor Glacier Spectacle
The most sensational live performance at 3,000m above sea level in Sölden, Austria The most spectacular contemporary live performance which takes place every two years in the upper Ötzal valley on the Rottenbach Glacier is back for 2019. Hannibal will be returning to the mountains on 12 April 2019, and promises an enthralling and immersive… Read more »
World cup opening in Sölden 2018
It’s happened every year this century – the official European opening of the World Cup ski races on Sölden’s Rettenbach Glacier. This World Cup season kicks-off here on the last weekend in October with giant-slalom races for men and women, and attracts thousands of visitors and ski enthusiasts to the Ötztal valley. It also attracts… Read more »
Dave Ryding press conference
Watch out for a tall British skiing ace training on the local slopes this winter! Dave Ryding, 6 feet tall in a helmet, liked his time here in Obergurgl-Hochgurgl so much last year that he’s coming back to train here again in the coming winter. “There are many reasons why Obergurgl is the ideal location… Read more »
Getting fit for the 2018/2019 ski season
Some of the team at The Chalet at 11 º East Obergurgl are already getting into training for the forthcoming ski season! This fitness session took place in 15 pods at the Coca-Cola London Eye, which Barry’s Boot Camp hired for a novel charity training session. The high energy workout – a formula perfected by… Read more »