Will I need to get tested to go skiing next winter? The reality of Austria’s ‘disruptive’ testing regime isn’t problematic for local skiers, but once tourists return things will be complicated 16 March 2021 • 3:02pm Skiers in the Austrian state of Tirol must be tested before hitting the slopes, other nations have other rules in place too Credit: Robert Hradil/Getty Driving up to Stubai, Austria’s largest glacier resort located 30km away from Innsbruck, the spring views of Alpine valleys transformed as the temperature kept dropping. Once I arrived at the gondola station, frosty air and blue skies above 3,000m peaks promised a perfect ski day - all that stood between me and the slopes was a Covid-19 test.