Category: Skiing & Winter

Innsbruck, the capital of Tyrol, lies in the Inn valley directly beneath the Nordkette and combines old town with high mountains. From the Goldenes Dachl it takes only about 20 minutes by the Hungerburgbahn and the Nordkette cable cars up to around 2,256 m at the Seegrube. The city twice…

The Marmolada, at 3,343 m, is the highest peak of the Dolomites and carries their only significant glacier. Its steeply falling south face ranks among the great climbing walls of the Alps, while a cable car leads comfortably from the north side to near the summit. The glacier is melting…

Cortina d'Ampezzo is regarded as the Queen of the Dolomites and one of the most elegant mountain resorts in the Alps. The town at around 1,200 m hosted the Olympic Winter Games in 1956 and is, together with Milan, one of the hosts of the 2026 Winter Games. All around…

Courmayeur lies at around 1,200 m directly at the foot of Monte Bianco and is one of the most tradition-rich mountain resorts in Italy. The traffic-calmed pedestrian zone with stone houses, the alpine museum and the proximity to the Skyway, Val Veny and Val Ferret make the town a fashionable…

The Seiser Alm is, at around 56 km², the largest high-altitude alpine meadow in Europe, a broad, gently rolling meadow landscape at about 1,700 to 2,300 m. Against the backdrop of the Schlern, Langkofel and Plattkofel it is a hiking paradise in summer and a cross-country and ski paradise in…

St. Moritz in the Upper Engadin is regarded as the cradle of alpine winter tourism, which began here in 1864, and twice hosted the Olympic Winter Games (1928 and 1948). The fashionable high-altitude resort at 1,822 m lies on a chain of turquoise Engadin lakes before the Bernina massif and…