Set amid the spectacular scenery of the Kitzbühel Alps in the Central Eastern Alps, St Johann in Tyrol is an idyllic market town packed with baroque churches, quaint market squares and cosy eateries.

“Dad, I’m now a better skier than you.” Those eight words will haunt me for the rest of my life. It’s a sunny Friday morning, and my nine-year-old son and I are near the top of a freshly-groomed piste ...