streda 24. mája 2017

Late May sunbathing at Superpark Dachstein

Der Superpark Dachstein a.k.a "the roof"

It all started with Pinguin (Marek and other polar animals like it when it's cold :D) complaining about too much heat in Žilina. He was like "Guys i can't take it any more, we need to go skiing somewhere again. There must be some snow left up at some glacier in Europe". Well it didn't take him too long to convince us (OJ and Diki) to go with it and we started to make this trip happen. Decision about where to go was quite simple. Superpark Dachstein in Austria is not so far from Slovakia and it offers one of the best summer snowparks in Europe.

Roof selfie level Dachstein

Superpark Dachstein is approximately 350 km drive from Bratislava so you can easily reach it within 4 hours. When you arrive one day in advance and wake up early to catch the first gondola on the next day, you might as well get ride on the roof of it, 200 m above the ground. This will definitely leave your mouth open and wake you up.

But the real roof, how the locals call it, only starts when you get off the gondola at the top. Spectacular views wherever you look. Mountains of Steiermark and Niederoesterreich, shining sun and great looking park just in front of you. Ok let's take some photos and then skis on and let's hit the park.

From left to right: Pro, Medium and Beginner Area

Ouuu boy and the first runs were just epic. Since we took the first gondola up, we had the whole park from 9-10 just for ourselves. What a private session. Okay, it was Friday, but also during weekend there are no lift lines so you just keep doing laps over and over again. 

Just us and the jib line

Because we are big boys, we spent most of the time in the Pro Area of the snowpark. To warm up, we started with the jib line. Here you have 5 platforms with two hits on each one, so you will definitely have a lot of fun and variety on the way down. Boxes on one side and rails on the other. We especially liked the two flat-down rails where you could transfer or disaster all the way to the bottom. Not to mention the little cannon up rail where we were spinning 450s off like there's no tomorrow.

Pinguin ready to dial the blind 4 out

Diki clearing the step down in an indian style

After warming up we decided to test out the jumps, before the snow gets too slushy and slow. Kicker line consists of 3 jumps in one line plus a small corner at the very bottom on the left. Each platform has two jumps with bigger and smaller option. The last two kickers can be transferred from one to another if you feel strong enough for it.

OJ "posing" on the first platform

When you get tired, there are plenty of benches and since you are on the roof also deckchairs to sit on. Enjoy the sun, grab a bite, have a drink, chat to your friends or make new ones. Everybody is really nice and friendly up there, it really feels like we "snow lovers" are one big family. 

The hang out time
    
Dachstein Superpark is really a unique place for early or late summer shreds. Fine snowpark with lot of space to challenge your skills and creativity either on jumps or rails. Awesome views and great atmosphere among the riders make this place what it is. We are already thinking about coming back again and we only got back three days ago. Pay this place a visit and you will feel the same. 

/OJ

Btw: Make sure you bring your sun cream with you and that you put it on at least twice a day, otherwise you will get sunburned like Diki did. Sun is strong up there :). Now enjoy the short video edit and more photos in our gallery. 

Links:
Snowpark Dachstein (setup, news, gallery)

Ski resort Dachstein (lift opening hours, other attractions)
derdachstein.at

Photo and video gallery:


Private session in the morning

How often do you jib with this view?

Big in Japan, i mean in Austria

One of the transfer/disaster rails

Best office days


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