Innsbruck

In October, the world's largest conference for snow and avalanches will take place in Innsbruck for the first time. There will also be an open day - ideal for interested winter sports enthusiasts!

The small family ski resort of Axamer Lizum became famous above all for the 1964 and 1976 Olympic Games, but most freeriders and ski tourers are now also familiar with it - and not just because of the Freeride Qualifier event, which has been taking place in the impressive setting of the Kalkkögel for several years now.

The ISSW (International Snow Science Workshop) is the world's largest specialist conference on snow and avalanches. This fall, it will be held in Innsbruck for the first time and, with a new concept, will set the tone for the practical implementation of snow and avalanche research.

When the weather really gets going, meteorologists' hearts always beat a little faster. This week's WeatherBlog therefore includes a summary of the rather spectacular weather of the last few days and, of course, a brief outlook.

The European Outdoor Film Tour is on the road again! As in previous years, we are once again giving away 4x2 tickets to give you the chance to be there when the athletes present their most exciting outdoor adventures in several short films.

Film tip for the people of Innsbruck: On Saturday, October 7, the premiere of the film "Wilkommen in unserer Welt" will take place at the Leokino. The organizers Astrid, Linda and Mel will present impressions from the past winter with their 15 ski students from the home for unaccompanied minor refugees (umF) in Scharnitz. There will also be a photo exhibition on the project. The film will be followed by an oriental buffet.

Unlike the films from MSP, TGR and co. discussed here so far, the production company Troublehaus is not backed by a huge media company, but by Swiss multi-talent Marco 'Tribi' Tribelhorn, who produced the film at home with a few buddies. Riding Rhythms has no budget to speak of and no famous professional riders, but is far ahead in terms of likeability and the action (including that of PowderGuide event editor Tobi!) is also quite impressive. We attended the film screening in Innsbruck.

Stompede Snowboards has been on the market for a year and offers freeride boards based on the direct-to-consumer principle. To start with, there is a split and solid version of the shape, each in fiberglass or carbon construction. PowderGuide was there right from the start and tested the carbon split version last season.

After several years in the business, the Innsbruck-based ski film production company "Legs of Steel" has become one of the biggest in Europe. Last year, we didn't see a film from the friends of steep slopes, big kickers and cultivated heavy metal, but only the mocumentary "#skigoodmoneywillcome". This year, they present Passenger, the result of two years of work. To mark the start of the film, we asked Tobi Reindl, the head of the LoS crew, and the Tyrolean and Bavarian owners of steel legs Raphi Webhofer, Fabi Lentsch and Tom Leitner for an interview.

Can anyone remember today's avalanche report? Was it hazard pattern 3: rain - below 2,000 meters; or was it hazard pattern 4, cold to warm / warm to cold - on all slopes; plus hazard pattern 1: weak layer close to the ground above 2,300 meters, especially on the northern main ridge of the Alps; in addition, cold, loose fresh snow that had fallen under the influence of strong winds.

As in previous years, the Freeride Film Festival is going on tour again this year. Filmmakers and riders will once again visit cities in Austria, Germany and Poland. This year, national and international productions will be shown, including "Mission Steeps" with Samuel Anthamatten, Xavier De Le Rue and Andreas Fransson, who was recently involved in an accident.

After "Time for the Whiteroom" and "For a few Lines more", the Innsbruck-based film crew led by Johannes Hoffmann and Simon Platzer have now produced their third major film this year: "Trail and Error". As the name suggests, not everything always goes right at the first attempt in a ski film production, and sometimes things can go really wrong. But that's no reason not to try. And so last winter, the Whiteroom crew once again took to the mountains far away from the usual film locations to try their hand at perfect lines.