The meadows were brown as we drove into the Villgraten valley in East Tyrol, just north of the border of Italy near the Dolomite mountains, expecting lots of snow for our annual ski touring week with friends from Zurich, Bregenz…
The meadows were brown as we drove into the Villgraten valley in East Tyrol, just north of the border of Italy near the Dolomite mountains, expecting lots of snow for our annual ski touring week with friends from Zurich, Bregenz…
The second day of spring in March at Hochhäderich in the Bregenzerwald was sunny and clear. Spring had finally arrived in the Alps. There was very little snow cover, but what was left on the loipe was really fast! The…
The snow crunched beneath the skis of Franz and his sports buddy Florian as they headed up from the Sunnegg car park to the Ragazer Blanken in Damüls in the Bregenzerwald. They had joined the “Bregenz Alpenverein” who organizes ski…
My favorite day of the week is Friday. And the Kunsthaus Bregenz likes it too, as the first Friday of every month is “Happy Friday” and admission is free. The latest exhibition until March 3, 2022 features the amazing work…
The blustery winds swept over the drifts of snow as the determined ski touring group steadily made their way up the slopes to the Bullerschkopf peak that rises 650 vertical meters above the Schetteregg ski area in the nearby Bregenzerwald.…
A chilly January morning Franz woke up in anticipation of a beautiful ski touring day with the Bregenz Alpenverein and caught the early train to meet up with the group at the assigned meeting point to car pool up to…
A fairytale ski tour in the mountains of the Laternsertal in Laterns, Austria. My nephew and I took an easy ski tour route up the Nob von Innerlaters with snow falling lightly over the forest. It was quite magical. The…
Clear skies and a lil’ powder on the Madloch in Lech in the Arlberg made for a great a fantastic ski day. The new improved 6 seater going up the Madloch is a major improvement over the old double slow…
Happy New Year to family, friends, and fellow travelers! Franz and I rang in 2022 with fireworks lighting up the skies in Bregenz and all around the Bodensee from Austria to Switzerland, and into Germany. This year due to the…