Where To Ski

My last visit I stayed in Aviemore but couldn't ski here due to whiteout, this time things couldn't be better, sun from dawn till dusk and no wind.

A dusting of powder on hard packed snow higher up and spring snow, turning softer in the afternoon, lower down.

Will do 3 days here and hopefully 2 more in Glenshee before the long drive back South.

MK.

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Hi Mark,

We have just returned from 2 weeks in Hinterglemm Austria where the snow was rather poor to say the least this year.  There was plenty of snow thanks to local investment in snow making machines but it was like skiing on sugar after lunchtime for most of our holiday, the doctors and hospitals have had a very busy time this last few weeks, we have never seen so many skiers sporting plaster casts as we have this year, one poor guy in our hotel paid 740 euros to have his broken thumb fixed, and the helicopter was out on the mountains every day.

Gail & Mervyn.

What Is It Called?

Hi Randy,
After a fair bit of surfing the net our answer to your question is! We we do not know, but we have found a Google page with various images of such devices so may be this will be of some help to you.

http://images.google.co.uk/images?

Regards Gail & Mervyn.

Brian the Boarder

Hi, This is my first visit to this web site, Its good with lots of interesting facts about Skibiking,

I also want to mention to anyone out there that Skibikers & Snowboarders can ride in harmony together,
I am the odd one out in my Family (Not for any strange reasons) Well my sisters may think so, You see I have two sisters, One brother- in- law, And my other half Sharon, All Skibikers, So yep you got it, The Snowboarder is me, I get plenty of hints that they have a place for me in the Skibike gang, But for the time being I will stick to Boarding,
I’ll just mention this though, The last time I was in Austria I saw a Snowboard Skibike, If anyone has any info on these contraptions post it please, ( It did look a bit funky ) Just curious,
Happy Skibiking,
Brian / Gerald – It’s the name of my snowboard, (My sister named it).

Bums on Bikes

Hello All,

The current season is now well underway, and we are looking forward to hitting the slopes in a few weeks' time ourselves, we'll let you know how we get on.

Every season we get emails asking where skibiking is allowed and even more importantly, where skibikes can be rented!

The first part of this question is fairly easy as a trip to your chosen venue's website will usually get you an answer, or point you in the right direction for the information you require; the second part is a different story however. For example:

John likes the look of skibiking and wants to rent one for a forthcoming winter sports holiday. We have the Tony Marsh special but unfortunately John lives in the USA and will be visiting Austria. We however, live in the UK so the logistics, let alone the cost make that option a non-starter, and how would we get the skibike back to the UK? Finding a resort with skibike rental is an even bigger challenge, so what's the answer? We all want to promote our sport but would you consider buying a car without at least a test drive? We think not.

We ask all skibike manufacturers is it not possible to produce a basic skibike, one with no suspension or frills at a price which would allow ski rental shops to stock a couple - knowing that at the end of a couple of seasons if the skibikes were worn out they had at least made a reasonable profit? Surely that would do more to promote our sport than anything else? We're not asking skibike manufacturers to lose money promoting our sport, but surely there must be a way of getting more backsides on skibikes.

Gail & Mervyn.

SAGB

Hello SAGB,

I hope you all have a great Christmas, and the snow conditions are good wherever you choose to skibike this season.
Your website is great and must generate a lot of interest in our sport (by the way, who are those two girls in bikinis?) Does this type of attire make you go faster or procure cheaper lift tickets? Either way I will try and convince Gail to give it a go.
I wonder though why your “resorts section” does not contain any reference to Saalbach/Hinterglemm, a resort that is probably one of the most skibike friendly in Austria, and a resort the SAGB has visited many times in years gone by?

Regards Mervyn.