Organizers of the 2015-16 FIS Alpine World Cup season opener on the Rettenbach glacier in Soelden, Austria, scheduled for Oct. 24-25, delivered some promising news over the weekend as the area received its first snowfall of the year.
On Saturday, Sep. 12, Soelden will open for glacier skiing on two upper lifts and Piste 32 from 8 a.m. until 3:30 p.m., and the Rettenbach Restaurant will also open at that time.
While most World Cup teams are still preparing for the upcoming season in the southern hemisphere, excitement is building for the first giant slalom race of the year, just 45 days away.
Photos courtesy of Soelden
About the Author: C.J. Feehan
Christine J. Feehan is a USSA Level 300 coach who spent more than a decade training athletes at U.S. ski academies - Burke, Sugar Bowl, and Killington - before serving as Editor in Chief at Ski Racing Media through 2017. She worked for the FIS on the World Cup tour for three years and then settled into her current home in Oslo, Norway.
