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It’s dumping in Hochfügen 🙂
Leaving Fügen this morning wasn't very inspiring. It had been raining all night in the valley and it was still raining on the drive up to Hochfügen. It changed to snow at about 1400m. There [...]
Happy New Year from Hochfügen
The weather in December was looking promising for a good start to the season. There was good snow, more was on its way and it was very cold. Then it went warm, the snow melted [...]
First adaptive lessons of the season…
I was reminded recently of that joke about buses... You wait ages for a bus and then three turn up all at the same time. It felt a little like that with my adaptive lessons [...]
Hochzillertal is open…
It went cold and the ski area started to make snow. The ski area opened, it snowed and the ski area continued to make snow. There was a huge cone of snow alongside every snow [...]
First Day at Hochfügen
Hochfügen opened today and it was very, very cold. Man-made snow covered with fresh meant that the skiing was great, though a little surprising where the fresh snow was pushed off to expose the hard [...]
Words are tricky
Words are tricky things… Some words mean different things depending on the context and/or how you say them. Take “read” for example: Yesterday, I read a book. I often read books. In both sentences, the [...]
A Tale of Two Seasons…
As we set off from the bottom end of the Zillertal this morning in the pouring rain we weren't expecting to see this view on the Hintertux Gletscher. The best I was hoping for was [...]
Snow Farming at Hintertux
The recent snow at Hintertux meant skiing on Saturday was great! The snow was in good condition, though the odd patch of glacier ice caught out the unwary.The piste machines were busy making pretty patterns. [...]
How many skis…?
So, just how many pairs of skis does a person need?The answer depends a little on who you are talking to. There are people with a large expendable income who swear blind that nothing less [...]
