Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Obergurgl has one of Austria’s strongest snow records Obergurgl is one of the loftiest resorts in Europe, set at 1,930m at the end ...

The round steel and glass dome of the Top Mountain Star bar If setting your sights high is a good approach to life, it makes extra sense when booking an early-season ski holiday. Or a late one. And ...

Want a snow sure European ski resort? Why not follow the US Ski Team and head to the Austrian Gurgls? Wedged high up in Austria’s Ötztal valley bordering Italy, Obergurgl, with an altitude of 1930m, ...

When I heard that one of my favourite Austrian ski resorts had become the new European base for the mighty, world-beating American ski team, I was baffled. What did family-friendly Obergurgl, sitting ...

My wife skis like a little girl. By that I don't mean she wears pink all-in-one ski-suits, or that she needs help getting into chairlifts, or that she bursts into tears when she falls face-first into ...

Nederhütte has one of the best bars and sun terraces in Obergurgl, with spectacular mountain views The après scene in Obergurgl is traditional rather than contemporary, with late afternoon dancing in ...

Obergurgl is the highest parish in Austria. It owes its fame to a dramatic incident 80 years ago, when two scientists in a revolutionary pressurised balloon came close to disaster. Soaring high above ...

Steam rose from the 40C water, the sun set behind the peaks of the surrounding mountains and relaxing music played. A scene from a summer spa break? No, this was a ski holiday at its best. The air ...

As we speed up the mountain on one of Obergurgl's newly built, state-of-the-art chairlifts, conversation turns to the subject of marmot fat. There are lots of marmots up here, close to the border with ...