Wildtiere

Moonlight tours, full moon hikes, night ski tours, night tobogganing as well as sunrise and twilight tours - the range of night-time events is huge. For many people, the day doesn't seem long enough, so the night literally turns into day. What may be a special experience for winter sports enthusiasts is unfortunately detrimental to many wild animals.

As freeriders and snowboarders, we like to enjoy nature away from the regulated and marked slopes. The free flow, your own line is always interesting. With more freedom comes more responsibility for your own actions. This irrevocable connection is crucial for thriving together in the natural winter landscape. So before we have to regulate, it is up to us to implement the right behavior.

"Respect your boundaries", "Experience the Tyrolean mountain world together", "Naturally on tour", "Your recreational area - my habitat" are all slogans and campaigns that remind us that we are out in nature, in the forest and on the mountain in the habitat of our native wild animals, in their "home" so to speak, and that we are guests there.

"The summer was good, even better than in previous years." Petra Zwölfer from Hotel Lamm in the mountaineering village of St. Jodok, Schmirn- & Valsertal. She confirms a trend that was also noticeable in other regions: Corona has increased the population's need for fresh air and exercise. And rightly so, considering that the risk of infection is significantly higher indoors than outdoors.

While the number of alpine skiers is stagnating or even declining in some cases, the ski touring market is growing rapidly. More and more people are seeking this special winter experience by the sweat of their brow. Even if ski touring is one of the more nature-friendly sports compared to alpine skiing - for which special infrastructure has to be built - it still has an impact on nature and the environment.