Silvretta

After a fantastic anniversary year in 2025, the legendary "Back on Track - Feel Free Ride Contest" is entering the next round. From 27th to 29th of March 2026, the Silvretta will once again be transformed into the epicentre for freeride enthusiasts from home and abroad. Powder, passion and team spirit come together for three days - far away from everyday life, right in the heart of the Alps.

PowderGuide is back again for the second stop. It hasn't snowed much or at all since Hochfügen, but the anticipation is still great! The weather oracle predicted some fresh snow followed by many hours of sunshine at the weekend. Perfect conditions!

After our annual ski crossing was cancelled last year due to the lack of snow in the Alps, we really wanted to discover new places again this winter and spend several days in mountain huts. Our main criteria for this were to find an area that was previously unknown to all of us, that could be reached from Innsbruck within two hours and where there were many different options for experiencing nature.

After two corona-related cancellations (2020 & 2021), an event in 2022, where unfortunately no contest took place, and a weather-related cancellation in 2023, a BoT could be held again this year.

Next weekend the Climb The Mountain (CTM) Splitboard Festival will take place on the Bielerhöhe in the Silvretta. We are giving away 2x2 tickets for participation on Saturday, 28.1.23. Who would like to come along?

After a small Italian low pressure system brought between 20 and 30 cm of fresh snow to the south (even just above the alert limit in the Julian Alps), it's now time for some fresh snow in the northwest.

There are still places available at seven different camps for splitboarders, including the "mr.splitboards Pyrenees adventure" in March and the big "Climb the Mountain" test festival at the end of January, where you can rent directly from the manufacturers. Participants include Arbor, Amplid, Jones, Furberg, Rossignol, mr.splitboards, Never Summer, Rome, Gara and Weston.

The popular contest at the Saarbrücker Hütte in the Hike To Ride format had to be canceled the last two winters due to the pandemic. The organizers hope that the 8th edition of the Back on Track Feel Free Ride Contest will finally take place in April 2022.

Today I'm showing you the relevant layers for us before and after the snowfall at the beginning of March using several profiles. It's expected to snow heavily again in the northern Alps next week - so it's all the more important to know what's underneath the fresh snow!

The tour described here is a summit that is not visited very often. However, this is completely unjustified, as it offers a magnificent panorama, magnificent and varied downhill options and, if desired, ski in/out directly from Zernez railway station.

Wild, untouched nature far away from human civilization: in our ideal image, the Alps are still this deserted space today. But why do we long so much for the so-called wilderness and when did the Alps become a cultural area?

The Silvretta is very popular among ski mountaineers. In my eyes, with good reason! The long, secluded valleys with their beautiful peaks offer incredible potential for enjoying the freedom of ski touring.