Pictured above is Livio Gabrielli my guide, hard at work in one of the best restaurants in the Alps – Baita Checco. It’s set in the small but stunning ski area of Catinaccio, which lies...
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You can’t really teach people how to be great hosts. It either comes naturally, or not at all. Stefano Zulian, owner of the Baita Cuz, is one of the naturals. The Baita Cuz is a mountain...
It looks innocent enough: a cute little cabin just outside the Kristallhütte, in the Hochzillertal ski area of Austria. It’s just by the place where you stop and click out of the skis, before...
They call Hochfugen a schneeloch – a snowhole. Yesterday was the proof of it. After four days of freakish thaw, with temperatures rising to double figures on the slopes, winter returned to the...
I thought today was going to be all about the Harikiri. It’s the black run, below: and until recently, it was the steepest piste in Austria. At its steepest, its pitch is 78 degrees –...
