I know about three words of German, now a few more depending on how you count. We headed up to Wildschonau today, a mountain region near here that’s known for its abundance of good ski touring terrain. Wildschonau means something…

We drove to Aschau, a fringe town of mega-resort Kitzbuhel. Plan was to utilize the piste in case snow conditions were too horrendous because of the foehn winds. Plan worked, we had a nice tour and everyone had fun skiing…

Okay, I’m trying for honorary Tyrolean citizenship, hanging out with these ski-tour-loving Austrians. Some crazy Italians are along and they’re vying for the same thing. Oh well perhaps we can all get the honor together after we prove we’re worthy…

Ski touring and backcountry skiing in Colorado, Christmas as a remote cabin is fun for youngsters and adults.

Packing for a 2-week EU trip has been interesting. I got two medium sized luggage pieces so I can easily keep each under the 50 pound limit and have them pack nicely. They hook up so they’ll roll around together.

We backcountry skied our solid Colorado snowpack 4 days straight over Christmas. All in the West Elk Mountains a bit northwest of Crested Butte. Had some fun with the point-and-shoot digicam. Check it out. The atmosphere was doing crazy things…