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 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 cross country trails at the Sulzberg Nordic Sports Park were uncrowded and freshly groomed nice for an early Sunday morning session. Sulzberg is just a short 25 minute drive from Bregenz and sits at an elevation of 1.015 m. The…
The first time cross country skiing this season and there was plenty of fresh snow in Ratzenberg. Vorarlberg’s borders with Germany were closed for last years winter season and we missed cross country skiing in the Allgäu. Good to be…
We enjoyed our last day of the cross country ski season in Schoppernau. The trails were not groomed but it was nice to be out relishing the spring weather. The pistes run from Au to Schoppernau and hold 50 km…
A fantastic sunny cross country day on the Tschengla. The Tschengla is situated on a high plateau above Bürserberg at 1250m with amazing views of the Brandnertal valley below. The high plain even overlooks a Neolithic stone circle that looks…
Bright and early morning cross country skiing on the Argenbach Au in the Bregenzerwald. The Argen will soon be running high and fast with the warmer weather coming. The bees are already back! Not many more days until the snow…
The snow from the previous night made for some icy roads up to the Hochhäderich in the Bregenzerwald. The Alpenarena had only prepared some trails so Franz made his own tracks across the pristine snowscape of the high moors.
Brrr… A chilly 10° C cross country ski afternoon in the Bregenzerwald at Sibratsgfäll. The trails were icy and fast today. This past winter many of the slopes and trails for skiing in Vorarlberg were open only to residents due…
It’s a beautiful day in the skiing neighborhood A beautiful day in the neighborhood Will it be mine? Could it be mine? Lindenberg, Germany It’s a beautiful day in the Bodensee neighborhood and perfect for cross country skiing. Within thirty minutes…
The snow laden roofs of the old farm houses and the church steeple glistened in the late afternoon sun as we drove up the steep narrow road to Andiast Switzerland to celebrate New Year’s Eve 2015 with family and friends.…