Whether it’s the Weissbier or WildSnow Louie, stuff in this country goes down. This is a story in pictures about an American guy, Austrian friends, a train, a bit of snow, lots of cameras, and a gasthaus.
Japan or Austria? The guy is attempting to figure it out.
Louie and I have been on a furious journey through Greece. The combination of skiing, driving and sightseeing was amazing, but we’d been hauling huge ski bags all over creation and not using them near enough. We had tickets to Austria, where we were told there was virtually no natural snow and people were skiing on “white stripes between fields of green grass.” I suggested to Louie we could do office work and visit museums. He said his travel insurance could change his ticket home to an earlier flight. Days earlier. What could I offer in response to that except a nod?
Then it snowed. We toured one day with friends in the Kitzbühler Alpen; next day just the two of us returned for dessert. In the tradition of internet trip reports with WAY too many photos of ourselves, can you make it through to the end?
On the train from Munich, will there be snow, or grass? Louie contemplates the meaning of life.
Starting the skin through fresh snow and farmhouses. Classic.
There is grass down under there somewhere. Waxing for it is an art.
Found it.
Looking for it?
Riki, Austrian ski touring speed and power.
I liked the light, trees and shadows in this zone.
Experimenting with my new Lumix has been fun. Tricky to use as a ‘real’ camera for ski photos, always fighting its compromised ‘brain.’
Pasture skiing is real.
Old farmhouses and powder make for picturesque ski touring in the Tirol. Yes, we are tourists. Is that a problem? His Blogness is the skier. Photo by Louie.
Headin’ home, or at least to the hutte.
Gasthaus culture, Tagessuppe, and Weissbier athletic recovery drink especially formulated by Bavarian monks. Louie says ‘I could get used to this.’
WildSnow.com publisher emeritus and founder Lou (Louis Dawson) has a 50+ years career in climbing, backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering. He was the first person in history to ski down all 54 Colorado 14,000-foot peaks, has authored numerous books about about backcountry skiing, and has skied from the summit of Denali in Alaska, North America’s highest mountain.
