Surfing the web for idea's during the Spring, after we though all our snowboarding days were over, I happen to start clicking through the Austria Offical Tourist Information website and came across Summer Skiing and was surprized there were a few to choose from.
Salzburg Airport, Austria
Kitzsteinhorn glacier looked favourable at this point and I looked at its location in relation to Airports. It seemed like it was approximately 75 minutes from Salzburg Airport for a great days summer skiing !
I hunted down UK airports that flew to Salzburg and opted for Standead as the scheduled flight times looked perfect. I think we fly out at around 06.30am and landed in Salzburg airport at about 09.30, the last return flights were departing Slazbrug Airport at 22.40 tthe same day.
We pre booked the car hire, so once we landed one went to the car hire desk to beat the queues (if there was one out of season?) whilst the others collected the snowboard bags. We managed to leave the Airport just after 10.00 and headed on the empty motorway to the the Ski Slopes in the Summer (this is mad we said) !. We got changed in the car park and got on the gondola about 11.30am which wasn't bad, clear blue skies, red hot I think it was about 25 celcus and all the summer pistes were open. As this was mid week the pistes were empty and only the international Ski Teams seemed to be there.
Kitzsteinhorn-Kaprun Piste Map - Winter Version
Check out Kitzsteinhorn Glacier website for more details.
This particular trip was in early May and the furthest point you could ski down to was Langwied at 1978m which was a Gondola station. However we went in late June another year and you could Ski down to the Main Aplincentre at 2450m which is understandable.
There are plenty of runs to keep you interested for a day trip, we stopped about 13.30 for lunch and to soak up the sun even more. After an outstanding and surreal days boarding we headed for the Umbrella Bar at about 16.40 to unwind for an hour. The atmosphere as always in Austria was friendly and fun, the usual Bavarian Beer/Euro pop songs were blasting out which brought a mouth stretching smile to us all.
Kitzsteinhorn - View on Sonnenkarbahn Chair Lift
Once off the slopes we had a walk around the local village of Kaprun which is ideally situated for this area and Zell am Zee. As the flight was late in the evening we did not have to rush around everywhere, it was relaxed and we took out time getting back to Salzburg Airport to hand over the car and check in. On another trip we had a drive around Salzburg and dropped into the close by retail park for pizza.
Kitzsteinhorn Glacier - AlpinCentre Umbrella Bar
Overall this was an excellent off the cuff trip, which was well worth doing to break up the lack of snowboarding days during the rest of the year, I think we got about four and a half hours in boarding which wasn't bad and satified our appetite for snow, Austrian Mountain atmoshpere, Snowboarding and the great outdoors.
We took these trips when the flight taxes and hidden extra's where not as high and time tables may have changed since so please check. Its all about getting the earliest flight out and the latest flights back.
Have a look into it for the Spring and Summer sking, as it still may be worth a trip out for a slide to ease you desire.
What a Rad Day !
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