Snowpark Gstaad Reveals its Winter Schedule

When your first steps in the morning are checking the mountain tops for white spots, you are definitely infected by winter fever. However, the color that always puts a smile on the faces of snowboarders and freeskiers, especially delights a certain group of people: the Snowpark Gstaad shape crew at Hornberg. This winter, park designer David Mahnig and his crew will create a fabulous setup and celebrate the year 2016 with some awesome events. SnowTunes, Gstaad Mountain Rides Open or the Girls Shred Session, those are the main attractions and highlights of the 2016 season and you should check it out.

7. 12. 2015

The Snowpark Gstaad is already known far beyond the borders of the Berner Oberland, a popular Swiss venue for freeskiers and snowboarders during winter time. A glimpse of the park's setup has been revealed and local shapers hope it to heat up the anticipation for future shred sessions even more: at the Snowpark Gstaad, among other things, riders can look forward to a wallride spine, a 8m long downrail, a 7m rainbow tube, a 8m curved box or a 10m corner.

Photo: © Marco Joerger

Photo: © Dominic Steinmann

The four park areas turn the SnowparkGstaad into a place-to-be on the mountain whether you are a beginner or an advanced rider. The beginners' setups include small kickers and basic butter boxes, perfect for learning first slides. Those who already know the freestyle basics will spend most of their time at the medium and jib lines. Here, you can find kickers with tables from 5m to 9m long and some tubes in different lengths as well. Pros and advanced riders will surely want to hit some big stuff and for that matter, 10 to 16 meters tables were built for those who dare.

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Photo: © Dominic Steinmann

The good mix of jib and kicker lines makes the Snowpark Gstaad the perfect freestyle practice venue for ambitious young guns. Those who train hard should get the chance to demonstrate their skills under contest conditions and compete with other riders. Thus, this season 2015/16 Gstaad will once again host the Mountain Rides Open on January 23. But that’s only the beginning of series of events at Hornberg. In February, all girls should have their twin-tips and boards ready. On the 20th of February the Girls Shred Session is going to take place for the second time. Shredding together is simply much more fun! On March 20, the park will party hard at the SnowTunes, with a chill area and a DJ who will take care of the right party mood. The new season 2015/16 is going to be loud!