Backcountry skiing in Pearl Basin, near Aspen and Crested Butte, Colorado. May 2012.

Austrian ski touring on Riffler and Napfspitze, Zillertal Alps provide plenty of backcountry skiing and excellent powder.

Backcountry skiing in Austria, Hoher Sonnblick south of Salzburg, out of Ammererhof berg hotel.

Skiing Hocharn from Ammererhof, Austrian backcountry powder and ski mountaineering.

Backcountry skiing out of Vent, Austria, then dinner at Buzihutte.

Alpine mountaineering museum, Innsbruck Austria, and dinner at the Ottoburg during backcountry skiing vacation.