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…
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 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…
Happy 66th birthday to Franz! This year Franz wanted to do something he had never done before, and that was skiing in nearby Liechtenstein. The quaint resort chosen was in the town of Malbun that is high in the mountains…
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…
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…
Early December ski tour to the Ochsenlager near Hittasau in the nearby Lecknertal. Franz and his ski buddy Florian were lucky to have fresh powder so early in the season. The starting point begins at 890m and goes up to…