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LEOGANG

NITRO Snowpark 300 m Long , 1900 m Above sea level

One of the top 3 Snow park in the Salzburger country is the Nitro Snowpark in Leogang, which is also part of the Skicircus Saalbach Hinterglemm Leogang.

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technical facts

  • Country:
  • Superpipe: 0
  • Halfpipe: 0
  • Pro Line: 1
  • Public Line: 1
  • Easy Line: 1
  • Banked Course: 0
  • Rails: 8
  • Boxes: 8
  • Kicker / Hip: 9
  • Total Takeoffs: 26
  • Park entrance: 1.700 m
  • Park length: 300 m
  • Park lift: 573m
  • Earth shapes:
  • Snow cannon: 5

resort info

Interviw with Reini ´Urzwu`Unterberger and Erwin `Ras`Herzog from LEOGANG

Short designer history and which features do you still ride: Professional shapers organised in the company HU-Cooperation. Take off with handshape and the 14m double kinked.
Short snow park history: The park opened in 1999. Every year it has been extended with rails and obstacles
Park sponsors: NITRO, L1
Shaper Crew: 2 people, each 38 hours / week
Cat shaping hours per season: approx. 300 hours
Position of the park: South-East, straight in the Asitzmulde. Some earth forms.
Park philosophy: Chill and Rock the park. Main focus on rails and boxes
Percentage of park areas: Pro 45%, Public 30%, Beginner 25%
The importance of a Pro area: Very important, regarding photographer and film-crews
Local Pro rider: Stefan Gimpl, Michael Freudenthaler
Visiting Pro riders and teams: Pirates, NITRO Pro Team, Quicksilver Rookie Team
General news for 07/08: Wipp Box, 2 new rails, Iglu jump
Events 07/08: December 14th -16th 07 NITRO jibbing weekend, February 29th - March 2nd 08 NITRO Weekend, March 22nd - 30th NITRO Spring Camp
Beginner rails and boxes: Rainbow 3m, straight 6m
Shape and style of the rails and boxes:
New snow obstacles, lines or projects:  New rails,  Pro  Line - medium line - easy line - Iglu Jump
Shape style of the new obstacles:
Planned park modification or changes later in the season: From 2008 on a permanent Pro - Medium - Easy line
Top nationalities: AUT, GER, NL
Safety precautions and inventions: Flat landings are secured with orange mats,
Your freestyle park vision: Earth shaped forms in summer 2008
Freeride possibilities in the backcountry: 55 lifts at the Skizirkus Saalbach Hinterglemm, check www.skicircus.at
Snowboard or Ski majority in your park: 60% Snowboarder, 40 % Skiers
Any epic / crazy events in the past: Double backflip corner, Rodeo 720 over transfer, 2x SNOWPARK Tour finals, NITRO Spring camp