Markus' Blog - skiing category

Da Reini war in Chamonix

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:38:00 GMT

Mensch, alle fahren nach Chamonix:
http://www.kletterzentrum-tivoli.at/index.php?con_id=273
Und ich hab meine für letzte Woche geplante Tour wegen der vielen Arbeit absagen müssen.
Wär ich so gern dieses Jahr gewesen, auch wenn ich vielleicht so a paar Sachen skischonender gelöst hätte ;-)

Prefer to not buy Arc'teryx clothes

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:21:00 GMT

Arc'teryx uses obsolete arguments to apologize to not use recycled materials in their outdoor and alpin products.
Have a look yourself:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/02/arcteryx-unwiling-to-use-recycled-materials.php

There is also a list of alternative manufacturers at the end.

A great day on piste with Claudia and Johann

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:46:00 GMT

Today I've spent some hours skiing with Claudia and Johann in Fiss/Serfaus.
Deep blue sky, sun, great snow and fun. Thank you.
It is interesting to see that around 3pm there are more and more accidents on the piste.
They are tired and ski like idiots. I've watched one from the lift. On one ski slope the artifical snow guns produced a few icy hills. They stanchioned these hills with crossed red-white wood rods. One guy crashed in the rods and all slide down to the base of the slope.
This has been on the left side. On the right side there is a speed course with a mesh at the end.
There I could see the next idiot ;-) He couldn't get the turn and crashed with full speed in the mesh.
I've decided to get the ski day to an end to get not shot off the piste by one of those sophomoric guys.
Berg heil!

First skitour to Rangger Köpfl 2010

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:00:00 GMT

Friday night I changed my tour area to Rangger Köpfl for the first time this year.
The first 500 elevation gain I could do in about 32 minutes. Ok, I've been hungry and with good fuel I might be some minutes faster.
At January 30th there is the Stieglreith Trophy with 2 times this route and a downhill race between. The total winner time might be about 40 minutes. So the time of the winner for the first part might be around 15-17 minutes. Mmh. I need to become faster ;-)

Two more skitours

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:18:00 GMT

On Saturday I've tried a ski tour to the Archbrandkopf near Inzing.

The start is around 800m and there is not enough snow. You have to be extremely careful or use 20 year old skis. It is a interesting tour. But mostly in the woods.

Today I went to Oberellbögen in the Arzltal. The start is around 1400m and there is enough snow. At the beginning it has been very cloudy and foggy.

At 1800m the sun starts shining and the tour to the Grünbergspitze at nearly 2800m has been great... Powder.

Some more ski tours

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:40:00 GMT

Last week I worked part-time and used afternoons for more ski touring in Axamer Lizum area. Meanwhile the snow melted and the last weekend I've been at the Stubai glacier for skiing. It has been great and mostly sunny.

My ski season started an hour ago

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:04:00 GMT

It's enough snow. It's great snow. It's powder... what a feeling (Barcardi) ... ;-)

Snow allures me to skiing

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:41:00 GMT

Just listened to local radio station and the report about the ski opening at the Kaunertal glacier.
Afterwards I've needed to update my knowings about the snow depths and current possibilities to go skiing...