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 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 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…
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…
Up the Hochälpele once again two days later, but this time shared it with family. Super!
December 3rd brought some real snowfall into the local mountains. So out with the ski touring equipment and off Franz went to the local mountains in the nearby Bödele. Plenty of other skiers had the same idea and they were…
A great day for a early morning ski tour at the Hochälpele in the nearby Bregenzerwald. Hochälpele is a moderate tour about 8.4 km, 600m up and 600 down. We got up early to enjoy the fresh snow before other…
The cry of an unfamiliar bird awoke me. Looking out of the motor home I realized that we were not in Austria anymore. My son Stefan and I had flown half way across the world to the remote territory in…