Snow for the Euros.

[klar]

^^ yes, it's really odd to see so much snow on green leaves & berries

[DeutschBag]

Love those pictures, Klar! That's a great one with the berries! God, I wish I could be out there on skis right now, enjoying this snow! Thank you for sharing those! Reminds me of March a few years back (you can see the contours from what's below - not great in March back then... ) Looks like a blast!

All I have- roses in the backyard:


A winter scene in Parsberg, Germany:


The German people were not keen on this snowfall. I was giddy. Even if I can't ski. Snow brings out the kid in me Enjoy, man, enjoy...

[IridePow]

Enjoy, man, enjoy...

I instead would say: enjoy girl, enjoy !

[cramp]

Though we here at the far eastern corner of the Alps got only a fraction of the amount of snow in Innsbruck having the first turns since June was quite stimulating.

Niederalpl, 1200-1500m (Styria) today:

[IridePow]

St. Antönien (Eastern Switzerland) about 70 cm of fresh.
Pretty good season start for middle of October.
Unfortunately visibility was low, but hey.... I am not complaining. It was fun!

[freak]

october is really great this year...
nice skiing during the last week, and awesome at the weekend...

klar


subtle plague


alex_k



freak~[&]

[Ville]

Klar, that looks so good! Nice to see that you had good start of the season there

[Ville]

Oh, more Austria stoke. Makes me think why I'm still in Rovaniemi...

[verbier61]

etna, sicily, two days ago:

dudes, that place truly rocks....

[Vihren]

no skiing here yet, but we got the first snow in Rila and Pirin as well.. here's a shot from Malyovica peak, I was up there two days ago, breaking trail in 20 cm of snow in mid October is a good start of the winter



(photos by E. Ivanova)

[subtle plague]

more arlberg steeze:

no crowds.




no worries



just pow



and pow


and pow.



enjoy the preseason folks.

embarassment edit: I forgot to post pics properly!

[freak]

hm, that looks kinda crowded to me.
and you might look a bit worried.
and you look like jamie pierre in this picture (at least a bit)

freak~[&]

[IridePow]

embarassment edit: I forgot to post pics properly!

no worries...... hopefully plenty of opportunities to come and train that skill again with lots of pow pics.

[subtle plague]

hm, that looks kinda crowded to me.
and you might look a bit worried.
and you look like jamie pierre in this picture (at least a bit)

freak~[&]

I noticed that as well. And it spooked me. Is it a sign of my diminishing intellect? My growing faith in the lord? Or just the forshadowing of me going hudge? we'll see

[Franz Klammer]

I noticed that as well. And it spooked me. Is it a sign of my diminishing intellect? My growing faith in the lord? Or just the forshadowing of me going hudge? we'll see

Just be wary of whatever God's voice is telling you -- it might land you on your head!

[ae]

more arlberg steeze:

niiiice. where in the arlberg is that?

[freak]

from the zürsersee-lift towards lech. its supposed to be a kinda popular route and called wiese or something like that.

I noticed that as well. And it spooked me. Is it a sign of my diminishing intellect? My growing faith in the lord? Or just the forshadowing of me going hudge? we'll see

i guess, you should just take it switch onto the road.

freak~[&]

[herr_stoiber]

Thats what we got in the very very east of Austria last thursday. Seeing the pics in the thread I am hitting myself in the face for not getting in the car immeadiately and driving west west west.

Location Stuhleck/Semmering.

[burny]

woah, stoiber ist überall, weiche satan!!!!

[JimLad]

Damn it's a lot earlier than I was expecting to see pics like this

I'm thinking about heading out to Austria at the start of Dec for the season...looks like there is a good base starting to form eh

[TeleAl]

Austria generally gets good early snow. At least that's what I have noticed most of the last 7 years.

[Marius]

Austria generally gets good early snow. At least that's what I have noticed most of the last 7 years.

hm. not really. it's just it doesn't need much snow. secret almwiese!

base up to ~1600-2300 will melt again, i think.

[Misty_Fly]

http://www.skipass.com/news/41988-pr...s-neiges-.html

seems there has been a bit of a sprinkle this end of the alps as well.

[Marius]

anybody here living and skiing the upcoming season in southtyrol/dolomites and lagrave/nearby grenoble?

[Misty_Fly]

^yeah, i'm in grenoble for the year. unsure how much time i'll get to spend at la grave though. don't get me wrong, i'd love to be skiing there on a regular basis but i've yet to make the right connections, connections that will be certainly required to get the best out of, and stay safe in such rugged terrain.

if there are any grenoble-based (or nearby) mountain goats that would be happy to take a capable, young (and therefore fairly inexperienced in the realms of high-mountain travel and safety) whippersnapper under their wing for the odd day here and there in la grave, i'd me most enthusiatic and grateful!

failing that i think i'll be doing most of my day-to-day skiing in promising-sounding places like les7laux and st pierre de la chartreuse. alternatively, i daresay given the wealth of options in the immediate area for such activities, i'll be letting my already oversized clothing push the boundaries in acceptable on-mtn attire, skiing switch a lot, getting my flippy-spin on and wearing bandanas more than is right and proper for a white middle-class kid...

like i said however, if anyone has the time, situation and inclination to keep me on the righteous path, skiing forward, fast and in the challenging terrain at la grave, then i'm all ears...