Maaike and I are wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and good health and happiness in 2019!!

December has been a great month of skiing and the resort is now full for the celebrations to come.  Mother nature is going to lend a hand in those celebrations by providing lots of snow and a little bit of sunshine in the week to come!

It is looking like a busy winter ahead but we January 25-27 and March 24-31 are still available for reservations.  Please get in touch to make your reservation!

Kind regards,

R&M

The lifts have officially been closed around the Arlberg.  And what a fantastic season it was!!  Pre-season turns in November turned out to be a sign of the winter to come which delivered plenty of snow and sunshine to smiling faces from all over the world!

The lifts opened to mid-winter conditions on December 1st and we enjoyed some really big dumps throughout the month and into January.  Mother nature really ramped it up into mid January when we saw the roadways and trains closed in both directions and an avalanche alert level of 5 for the first time since ’99.  February, March and April brought smaller but consistent snowfall and for the most part a stable snowpack and our guests enjoyed plenty of awesome skiing!! The base at Valluga pushed 6 metres at the end of March which is pretty incredible.

Of course, we enjoyed a lot of fun off the mountain as well with our guests and love the energy they bring to apres ski, nightlife and beyond.  Thank you!

We were fortunate to have visits from a lot of fellow Canadians, Danes, Belgians, South Africans, Dutch, British and Americans.  It was also very cool to see Salomon Freeski TV, SBC Skier and Sherpas Cinema all score in the area during the winter!!

We are all closed up for another winter season and are yet again, raising our glasses to all the amazing people who chose to spend their ski vacation at the chalet.  Thank you on behalf of myself and Maaike and here is to plenty more good times in 2018/19.

Kind regards,

Ross and Maaike

Dreamy December skiing

January dumps!

Sherpas and family!!

Another delicious Bordeaux at the Hospiz Alm

Powder on the way to lunch in Stuben

March has come and gone and brought with it a chalet full of awesome guests from Canada and Belgium.  Although there weren’t any massive dumps like in January and February there were consistent snowfalls that kept the off-piste skiing in great shape.  We had some killer days in Sonnenkopf skiing the north facing runs and a very special run with a load of old friends including Eric, Olivia, Ben and Do off the back side down to Langen.  Even in late March, the temperatures stayed cold and we skied down through the Langen forest in great conditions.  We were also fortunate to have a visit from Mike Kaumeyer, Deb and Louis along with their friends and were able to toast Gerry, my third grandfather, numerous times.

All for now,

R&M

Bob Sutton and the boys!

A very special visit from Mike Kaumeyer, family and friends.

After some major dumps in January that brought the base at Galzig over 4 metres, February has brought smaller snowfalls allowing most of the immense area to open for the month.  There have been some great days of lift access skiing and stable snow for ski tours.  The resort has reached peak season and the apres skis and nightlife are being fully enjoyed by people from all over the world creating a wonderful atmosphere in town.

We have had a lot of Canadians in the chalet and they have been taking full advantage of all the corners of fun available in this ring!

Rodel night!!

Maaike’s lasagna!

Sherpas cinema director Eric Crosland enjoying some powder.

Regular snowfalls that started at the beginning of November keep piling up in St. Anton.  I have only seen this much snow in the Arlberg in ’99 and ’13 which were very large winters.  The skiing has been fantastic for the most part for days of each week for our guests.

Most recently, mother nature delivered one of the biggest storm cycles I have witnessed dropping 200+cm at mid mountain in 7 days.  This prompted the Avalanche commission to close the roads in all directions, shut the train station and issue a danger level of 5 for the first time since ’99.  Things are calming down now, and the sun is back out showing off the abundant base which now sits at 425cm at Galzig.

We have loads of snow and still the week of March 11-18 available so please make your reservation today!

Kind regards,

R&M

Another day of DEEP POWDER!

Ladies loving Montana’s in Oberlech

St. Christoph finally seeing some sun.