1st August 2023
– Robbie Williams to Perform in Austria Ski Resort– Keeping Cool In August– New Gondola for Steamboat…LIVE & UPDATED
Here we cover anything that takes our fancy over the summer months.
Short news stories, eye catching videos, amusing cartoons, things that make us smile/things that make us shout at the screen… anything that catches our eye in the world of skiing and snowsports.
Robbie Williams to Perform in Austria Ski Resort
He will rock the stage at opening of Schladming-Dachstein on December 7th and 8th.
After ending his year-and-a-half-long world tour in Australia during the winter of 2023 he will be performing at the Planai Stadium in Schladming.
Expect all his hits, plus lasers, lights, pyrotechnics and more.
“My job is to entertain you, and I take that job very seriously – so that’s what I will do at the 2 concerts in Schladming,” said Robbie Williams as the shows were announced.
“And if I don’t do that, I didn’t do my job!”
“I have a strong connection to my audience in Austria, and the memories of my shows here will always stay in my heart.”
He is no stranger to playing in ski resorts and performed at the Austria resort of Ischgl in 2014.
See here for tickets and more information on the upcoming concerts: www.skiopeningschladming.com
To announce the concerts, Robbie Williams paid a visit to the Reiteralm on July 23rd, 2023.
Keeping Cool in August
With the European heatwave set to continue this month some ski areas are stressing their cool temperatures at altitude as August gets underway.
There’s the Tirol in Austria.
See here for more in the rest of Austria:
Meanwhile lets not forget there is still skiing this month over in Mammoth Mountain in California.
It saw more than 18m of snow across the winter and there’s still 1m at the summit of the mountain and at 30cms at the Main Lodge at the base of the ski area.
The resort’s season of 22/23 winds up this weekend.
New Gondola for Steamboat
The final stage of the Wild Blue Gondola is set to open next winter and will mean the resort will have the longest and fastest gondola in North America.
It will make the resort the second largest in Colorado and is part Steamboat Springs three-year project, Full Steam Ahead.
The completion of the project will also see the opening of the new Greenhorn Ranch – a dedicated beginner’s area at the top of the gondola which features advanced terrain-based learning.
The resort will also see a huge terrain expansion, a new avalanche dog programme for the 24/25 season and the reimagining of Steamboat Square which will welcome an escalator, a new free outdoor ice-skating rink, and new Range Food and Drink Hall.