Too bad I wasn’t there, but better to take care of myself and not end up at the doctor instead of just in bed all day. Fritz and his friends did get some, Peter hits it below. These guys do exactly what we do back home when the alpine is too wind blown or dangerous, they have a bunch of timber terrain they hit. Works well when the snow is right.
Backcountry skiing in Austria, click to enlarge. Snow depths in the Alps are being measured in multiple meters. A resort guy on TV tonight said they stopped measuring at his location because they couldn't find the snow stake!
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.
