Fall is knocking on the door and winter is looming large on the horizon. As depressing as it may feel to pack away the board shorts and bikinis in favor of wooly pullovers and beanies, cold season also brings with it the magic of snow and the lure of the mountains.

While it may still seem a ways away, now is the time to think about booking any winter trips you may be planning. That’s especially true if your sights are set on Europe and exploring the magic of the Alps, where many of the more exclusive resorts get booked up early.

The European snow season typically runs from late November until early May, thanks to several high-altitude resorts with glaciers that extend the winter season into fall and spring. There are many fantastic, atmospheric and snowbound mountain villages and towns to choose from across France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria and Germany to name just the major ski destinations. So many in fact that it can make it hard to decide which is right for you.

There is another option than the traditional one-stop ski trip, though. Why limit yourself to one resort when you can tour between several? And why stick to one winter sport when you can embrace more of what the mountains have to offer?

If you’ve got deep pockets and high expectations, a new luxury winter ice driving tour will give you an entirely new view of the Austrian and Bavarian Alps—much of it from the driving seat of several luxury sports SUVs including an Aston Martin DBX, Bentley Bentayga, Ferrari Purosangue, Lamborghini Urus and Porsche Cayenne GTS.

For people who want to “winter like a billionaire in Europe”, this Alpine supercar road trip from luxury and motoring travel specialist HunterMoss takes you on a near-500 mile round trip odyssey to and from the magnificence of Bavaria’s capital city, Munich. En route you’ll stay in some of Europe’s most renowned five-star hotels and spa retreats, enjoy high-end dining, epic skiing and a two-day Porsche ice driving experience.

Running from January 13th to 19th in 2026, with future tours planned for 2027 and 2028, tour guests will congregate in historic Old Town Munich for their first night. Departure the next day will steer guests onto the iconic German Autobahn and onward to views along the breathtaking Rossfeld Panorama Strasse, Germany’s highest mountain road. Crossing the border into Austria, digs that night will be at a heritage castle turned five-star hotel on the shores of the emerald-green Lake Fuschl.

The next day opens the door to Salzburg’s celebrated winter landscapes. Over three nights and two days in a five-star Alpine resort, guests can ski and snowboard the 75 miles of pristine pistes that cross Flachau, Wagrain and St. Johann-Alpendorf. Or if you haven’t had your driving fix, why not join the two-day Ice Driving Course and master snowbound racetracks with Alpine views from behind the wheel of a range of Porsches—Boxsters, Caymans, 911s and GT3s.

The final drive day sees guests back on the autobahn and up into the incredible views afforded along German Alpine Road. The destination is a luxury spa hotel in the charming Bavarian Alpine town Garmisch Partenkirchen, close to the Zugspitze, Germany’s highest peak, with a near-10,000-foot-high summit accessed by cogwheel train and cable car.

To culminate the trip, guests can join another one-day Porsche Ice Driving course before their departure, should their inner petrolhead not yet be sated. From there, Europe is yours to explore as you see fit.

At €17,990 (around $21,500) per person based on two people sharing a car and room, this trip isn’t cheap. But with deluxe dining experiences included and all transfers and logistics handled for you, there are few better ways to experience the magic of the European Alps in winter.