Absolutely amazing! I like your style of editing! Fan-tastic ;) (subscribed and looking forward to see tons of video clips on a regular basis ;)

Styria (Austria), a couple of days ago ...

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Here in northeastern Styria (very) mellow terrain is OKish now. The woods (sadly enough we have lots of them ...) are still at the limit (but doable with a lot of care).

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From late spring to full winter within a few days:

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Edelbodenalm, Hochschwab, 1340, last week

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Sohlenalm near Niederalpl, 1350m, yesterday

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Here in the far east (Styria, Lower Austria) it is actually way better than the last two years so far. Though the snow cover is still below average it is possible to do some ski touring. Even some of...

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Very enjoyable read (as always with your TRs). Thanks a lot for sharing and welcome back to this side of the pond.

@Marius: nice photo. It seems that it is December 2014 so again ...

This weekend at the eastern fringe of the Alps:
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Awesome! And a very funny read, particularily for a new social media noob like me ;)

At this website http://www.bergfex.at/oesterreich you can find pretty much what you are looking for. You can click on "activate map" in the top right of the window ("Karte einblenden" in German, I...

Extremely different situations between north and south of the Alpine divide the last couple of days.

Firn skiing in Italy (2700m - 1800m):
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It seems that you had quite a heck of a ski trip. Must be quite a change from the typical overcrowded freeride hot spots in the Alps. The Balkans usually get tons of snow (winter being their main...

@klar:

She said that she is the only member of the Austrian government having balls, lol. (I am not a fan of her, neither do I share her political views but that was such a fun comment).

Yes, for the first time we got +40 degrees in Austria. In three different locations! This is of particular significance since temperature measurements have a long tradition in Austria (in some...

Thank you for the stoke. And congrats to the Lenzspitze. I have always dreamed about climbing this perfect ice face ... never thought about skiing this face. Maybe I am too old and too anxious,...

[QUOTE=Marius;4034150]sfte-thread on page 3? seems like winter's over.

cant deny that for myself. some summer impressions from work:...

Given the rather dire conditions here in the 'Far East' I'm full of envy while looking at your pics.

However, I'm glad that at least you're enjoying the winter ...

Quite amazing for November ... (and given that November was unusually warm).

depending on your definition of "east", of course :).

In the 'far east' we still do have only a cosmetical cover ...

Congratulations (and thank you that you left out some of the best spots :)).

That statement is definitely not true (at least as yet):



You should kick the Panico people into their arses to...

I think, the law situation in Austria changed as of July, 1st this year. Now, restaurant and bars (up from a certain size) must have dedicated and seperated areas (smoking and non-smoking). This law...

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I would definitely miss this old and somewhat weird telecabine. And of course the restaurant at the bottom :).

Of course, there are still tons of ohter hidden gems throughout the Alps but somehow...

Salzburg offers plenty of ski resorts and most of them are quite accessible with public transport from the city of Salzburg.

Given your needs (off-piste-terrain, accessibility) the most...

freeskiers.net is certainly the German speaking freeski/freeride portal/forum attracting the most visitors.

powderguide.com is specifically geared towards the freeride/powder-oriented crowd.
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Well, it wasn't really a climbing 'expedition'.

Peter Ressman (who was a certified mountain guide) was teaching abseiling (as part of an outdoor experience trip) to a group of tourists near Unken...

Interesting write up. Thanks for sharing.

It's really interesting how variable the conditions at the slopes of the Tacul are. We did the Tacul in July 2006 and it was (almost) a straightforward...

Still some snow to harvest in the hills around Vienna (Rax, Lange-Mann-Rinne):

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Thanks for the video-link. Good overview about the recent conditions in some of the couloirs. It confirms me that our decision to skip the Krumme was quite right.

And yes, I think it would be time...

Yesterday was a fine spring skiing (or even early summer skiing) day here in the Alp's "Far East". Snow is melting rapidly though.
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Wow. That POV video is amazing. Thanks for putting this link in here.

Just awesome. Thanks for sharing. I never get tired of TRs from Chamonix.

Fresh snow, bluebird & long descent in a nice alpine setting = Easter 2010.

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The weeks of x-mas and sylvester are in general the busiest weeks in the Alps. I would propose to try avoiding these weeks. Another peak is in February depending on the holiday situation in some...

Fine TR. Those avalanche pics are especially stunning. I love the smiling faces of your buddies when the rainy slush turned to pretty hard snowfall.





La Grave is indeed an interesting...

Yes, definitely. In hindsight it is a great pity that we did not stop to visit the nice castle/fort in the middle of the narrow valley and the awesome road cut out from the rock walls (in late...

I guess there should be quite some books around describing the hiking route "Tour de MontBlanc" which circumvents the whole MontBlanc range on more or less easy hiking trails. (sry, I do not have any...

Awesome. Thanks for the link to your TR. The Atlas is definitely a very fine destination for the corny spring season.

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@Marius: impressive photo. This slope is quite well known for having big slides from time to time. Skinning just from col to col without losing too much elevation then may be quite a bad decision...

I just figured out that you have been there in January. I have to admit that you seem to have quite a 'good nose' to detect unspoilt paradises :). We went there just by chance (while scanning the...

Just a few days in France (Briancon area)

We spent the first week of March in France skiing some well known and some not so well known resorts around Briancon. In general this area is having quite...

Excellent.

Am I the only one to be disturbed that Mr. Freak is smiling during this sort of bootpacking?

Thanks for bringing up this thread again. I somewhat overlooked it the first time.

Awesome pics.

Excellent. Seems that you have had quite a good timing for finding fresh turns around GM. Nice description of the Glacier du Tour route.

Today I had the chance to use the BGs in quite a variety of snow and terrain.

Snow conditions was ranging from windpacked snow, some soft powder and finally one hardpacked (but no icy) on-piste...

Glad to read that you had again a fine day. We fled the cold, northerly wind and in doing so we "discovered" a nice little village-resort totally of the beaten path. After a few laps in the vicinity...

Though yesterday's dump was not as significant as expected (at least in the Briancon area) it got us some welcomed lines in fresh powder (or sort of) today.

Yesterdays mini-dump ......

Today we encountered such variable conditions in La Grave (windpacked cold snow higher up, crusty with soft snow beneath the crust layer around 2300m and icy bumps in the woods). However, I sticked...