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First turns in Hochfügen winter 2013/14
The Hochfügen webcams have been quite distracting this week. The lift company have been working hard. At one point, earlier in the week, I wondered if the lifts would be open this weekend but then they [...]
Skiing in low visibility in Hintertux
I had a bit of a "lightbulb" moment yesterday. I guess I've noticed the phenomena before, but yesterday it was particularly clear.The weather forecast for this weekend in Hintertux was quite grim - rain low [...]
Early snow in Zillertal
A storm brought some early snow to Zillertal (and the rest of Austria) at the end of last week. Friday morning saw chaos on the roads, as many cars still have summer tyres on. There [...]
First turns of the 2013/14 winter season
The Tirol Snowcard went on sale on the 1st October. Today was the first opportunity for us to go up to Hintertux to use it. The weather forecast was quite uninspiring - cloudy, rainy, unsettled. However, [...]
Why do you ski?
Why do you ski? Is it for days like these?Skiing is weird… Why do we voluntarily put on restrictive boots, fasten them to planks (originally planks of wood, though now they are quite a lot [...]
Almabtrieb in Fügen
Almabtrieb in Fügen - The cows walk down from the summer mountain pastures to the valley farms where they spend the winter. This herd set off from Hochfügen and are on their way to Reith [...]
New restaurant in Hochfügen
Some of you may have noticed a new building last winter on Holzalm where Red pistes 2 and 3 meet. It is going to be finished for this coming season, so I went up to [...]
A gentle stroll up the Nordkette
Cool in the morning and sunny during the day... Perfect! Autumn is on its way, though it will be a while before the snow comes to stay.For a change of scenery we went to Innsbruck [...]
New lifts in Hochzillertal
We had heard that there were some lifts being built in Hochzillertal, so we went up to have a look... The piste map shows two new chairlifts, one that starts just below Marendalm which goes almost [...]
