Snow for the Euros.

[nordekette]

hey alkares, are we now on gondola station porn.
here the old patscherkofel topstation vanished a couple of years ago.

mcdee i see things also negative at the moment but building ski infrastructure is not the smartest thing todo right now.

for now i will enjoy every ride i will take on this red unicorn. it feels like riding a volkswagen t1 bus.
the rattling, the shaking, the leaning in the curve and the crazy downhill stairs when loading the cart.
all unique and very special.

the smile when i arrive at the parkinglot is unique too. when i look at the hotel and think! i am in a different country : )

[klar]

my thoughts on axamer are like this.... the mighty olympia bahn will go out of service next spring. she has seen her 45years of service and the permit will expire next year.

so it will be difficult to release funds for a new project next year. a cablecar from the parkinglot to hoadl. and removal of the olympiabahn the quad and the double.
serving lizum only with the old parking lot quad and the top double chair. is to slow and not state of the art.

it is not about this season.... thats just strategic talk. axams, götzens and grinzens can´t put 50mil on the table and there is no tourism anymore in this area.

so if they cannot run 21/22, why bother this year.

fröschl just counts money,
same with glungezerbahn he owned from 1980 till 2010. he never invested anything there. thats how he runs things. he gave it back to the community for 1€ after running it for 30years.

good points here.

Don't have my funicular porn archives handy but here's Jamtal last week:

[beer30]

Good bit of winter weather moving through the next week or two. Starting to set the high country up nicely....

[nordekette]

i googled some stuff. cable car concessions run 40-60 years. so the axamer funicular permit could be extended, i guess. i have now clue about austrian cablerailways law. etc.
the patscherkofelbahn counted lovely 89years until they broke it down. it was said the towers cannot be serviced anymore, because they were riveted.
nobody discontinued the eiffel tower yet.
thats the problem with the concrete mafia and the local government.
they tell something is not working and it has to be replaced just for the sake of new building and making big contracts.


peace and love

[nordekette]

This is scary. I went skiing on stubaier glacier today.
when i checked the webcam at around 10 i was not even sure if the octochair (rotadl) is running.
parking lot usage was appr 10%.... buhhh slopes were good until closing.

when the vis was good in the afternoon i got stoked but clouds moved in quickly.

with no tourists, it is scary, hard do imagine a winter like this.
a lil bit of Orwell: the parkinglot announcement speaker will every 10 minutes transmit a message in in 4 languages something like: PLEASE USE A NOSE AND MOUTH COVERING AT ALL TIME AND KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE OF 1m

so strange.

the travel warning for tirol is a heavy hitter.

[SkiersLeft]

Mask wearing was at about 50% today in Kaunertal... regardless of signs or messages given through the loudspeakers. Lifties don’t give a fuck what you do. No social distancing at all. It was the “normal” euro experience. No one gives a fuck. That was weird. Everything taken for granted. Going to be a touring season for sure.


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[beer30]

Hard freeze last night but no snow guns ran...
Gonna be a interesting year. Are they gonna storm us in mass or will it be slow? Hygiene plan still not released but opening day set. Less then a month to go!!!!
Border situation will be interesting, I’m a Ski Pendler....

[subtle plague]

Oh well I should have headed to eberg. But I thought it would be covid gondola to whiteout and went bouldering.


Then I got this.

[beer30]

Anyone been out? 3 weeks out here, provided numbers hold.... Im looking forward to it!

[ddraver]

I'm kinda hoping everything gets locked down again in November so that resorts can open with lower numbers.

My company have cut to the bone and I'm still not certain it will be enough....

The flip side is that most of the restrictions in F or CH can be read as, "so skiing is ok then!"

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[bw_wp_hedonism]

Lifts turned for the first time this weekend in Davos.

Visibility sucked.
Only two runs open.
It rained up to like 2300m.
I only did 4 runs because my Achilles started to hurt.
And it was f-ing awesome to be back up a mountain on skis!!!!!!!!!

Wasn’t super busy. Masks in gondola. Plain neck gaiter or scarf doesn’t cut it. Stopped at a mountain restaurant for a Huuskafi - near paranoia about cleanliness and keeping people far apart.

Will be interesting to see how they handle things when it gets busy. But for now, the mountain felt like the safest place in Yurp.

[Idris]

[nordekette]

pic is from 18th of october at stubaier glacier peak is called zuckerhütl 3508m (weaklayer in the northface from begin of the month) just stumbled now over it.

shot was taken right after the avi from a badass snowboarder.
nobody was hurt. arrow shows were slide happened. circle = one guy still up.
nobody burried.

rescue forces came in with 3 choppers and dogs.

[beer30]

This type of shit will close down skiing as quick as the lift line fiascos

[subtle plague]

The gnarnicorn came and slayed the Steinberg. Below 2200 it was type 2 fun

[Buster Highmen]

Glad to see you Eurok00ks at it, the achilles holding up, I assume the RV is rolling, the captain back in skis and no Japan for Idris?

[2FUNKY]

Lifts turned for the first time this weekend in Davos.

Visibility sucked.
Only two runs open.
It rained up to like 2300m.
I only did 4 runs because my Achilles started to hurt.
And it was f-ing awesome to be back up a mountain on skis!!!!!!!!!

Wasn’t super busy. Masks in gondola. Plain neck gaiter or scarf doesn’t cut it. Stopped at a mountain restaurant for a Huuskafi - near paranoia about cleanliness and keeping people far apart.

Will be interesting to see how they handle things when it gets busy. But for now, the mountain felt like the safest place in Yurp.

Right on man!! I’m a little nervous trying to get into my boots right now. I’ll probably get boot work done first. No hurry here.

Stoked to see the euromags getting after it!

[subtle plague]

Nah no rv straight from home. And bw how does it hurt? I've never had any issues with my Achilles while skiing (and I didn't do much pt afterwards, which ducks because it's still smaller than the other one ) , but I had surgery right the next day after it happened because I knew some climbing surgeon who wrote me on the surgery list of his boss. I guess that may have helped.


Edit, conditions update: but the three laps to Trübsee via the Sommer weg were type 1 fluffy fun. Went home at 2pm because everything was tracked except Steinberg, but I did not want another lap down low . Skied 5k of pow in October. Friday and even Saturday look like they have potential. Not bad... Not bad at all.

[Buster Highmen]

Awright. Looks like another m above 2k is coming in a week. You EU kooks should embrace Trump for blocking ze Amerikans from pillaging your pow.

[Dromond]

Mask wearing was at about 50% today in Kaunertal... regardless of signs or messages given through the loudspeakers. Lifties don’t give a fuck what you do. No social distancing at all. It was the “normal” euro experience. No one gives a fuck. That was weird. Everything taken for granted. Going to be a touring season for sure.


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And I thought we had a monopoly on that in the US...

[subtle plague]

And I thought we had a monopoly on that in the US...

well we have our fair share of idiots. Engelberg did not enforce distancing in the rotair. First one up was a mess from my perspective. I don't know how they are going to do it during the main season, if they stay open that is. Or If the border stays open. Switz is a major hot spot compared to Germany, which isnt doing great either atm.

[nordekette]

Glad to see you Eurok00ks at it, the achilles holding up, I assume the RV is rolling, the captain back in skis and no Japan for Idris?

enjoying my first turns as much as my last turns

[original nutta]

Driving GB to Alps in a couple weeks, hoping for a dump and my winter tyres to arrive anytime now?!

[ddraver]

I'm kinda hoping everything gets locked down again in November so that resorts can open with lower numbers.

Well...Sugar....

Now it's happened I'm not quite so enthusiastic

[nordekette]

france locked down... bars and restaurants, how about resorts?