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Skiing at Arlberg

 



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It was a weekend that will likely be referred to in future Powder magazines. In the four days leading up to the first weekend 8 and 9 of February, it snowed 2 meters (well over 6 feet) of cold new snow. In fact, it was so much that we almost couldn't go skiing. Many roads throughout Austria were closed to due avalanche danger, cutting many villages and ski resorts off from the rest of the world. The first day Chris and I were able to find a place that had some trees and was open. We forgot the camera but we spent the day sinking to our hips on every turn and then bouncing back up. We skied an untracked run all day long. The next day we went to Arlberg and skied some crazy stuff under the blue sky and in the impossible deep snow.


Chris has a book of back country lines in the Arlberg region. One of them is this mountain here. You ski down that open face on the left and then over the road.


Hmmmm, an entire snow face with no one but myself. (and of course Chris behind me photographing)


I find this situation acceptable.


I'll ski this.


On our next run there is more fresh stashes. One turn of deep pow...


Turns into another turn...


Turns into a third turn, turns into... shoooooo.... how am I supposed to count 1000m of pow turns down to the village?


hmmmmmmmm


There is so much snow that those avalanche fences almost look skiable.


Just because there aren't any pictures of Chris skiing doesn't mean he can't ski. This crappy picture was taken by me.


Chris does a mad job of finding some crazy stuff for us to ski.


This looked like a reasonable run to end the day on. And it was.


Ice balls don't form between ones goggles and ones head when one takes his or her day easy.


As we were leaving a new Porsche Cayenne was following us. As the road turned to two lanes I tried to take a picture of it as it passed us. However its 500 hp accelerated it by us too quickly for me to get a picture off. The Porsche is the furthest car in this picture through the dirty front window.

MAX