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Austria

AustriaintropicFor many, Austria ticks all the boxes – picture-book-pretty mountain villages, wonderful skiing and boarding, first-class accommodation and exuberant après ski. But it is worth noting that most of the resorts are quite low and often involve a crowded gondola ride up to the ski area, or even a bus journey at the start and end of the day. The food is solid and hearty but doesn’t offer much for non-meat eaters. Two of the country’s four big glaciers (Kitzsteinhorn and Hinterux) offer year-round skiing, while the other two (Solden and Stubaital) guarantee snow from November to May.

 

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Snowbombing in Mayrhofen

Mayrhofen3Snowbombing festival

Often dubbed the winter alternative to Ibiza, the end-of-season festival snowbombing blasts off an heroic, round-the-clock one-for-the-road in the austrian wintersports mecca in the zillertal valley.

 

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Austrian resorts

AustrialandscapeimageAustrian High Five

Not, in fact, the happy-clapping climax of some bizarre thigh-slapping ritual, but Rob Freeman’s pick – painstakingly researched by close questioning of bar staff throughout the country – of Austria’s resorts to know

 

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