Custom made Austrian snowboard from 1962 seen in Bad Haering Austria.
Austria
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Night skiing at Mutterer Alm, Innsbruck, Austria and recap of WildSnow posts 1/5–1/9.
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Ski touring in Austria is wonderful, so much variety and so much access to terrain, this tour from Langer Grund valley is a good example.
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Ritter Sport chocolate for ski touring and recap of WildSnow posts from 12/29/14 – 1/ 2/15.
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Backcountry skiing out of Vent, Austria, then dinner at Buzihutte.
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Grieskogel is a medium sized ski peak in the western Stubai Alps, in the Larstiger mountains between Sellrain and Hochstubai. You reach it for backcountry skiing via the usual network of roads you find in this area, in this case reminding me of spring skiing on Independence Pass back in Colorado. I’d hooked up for today’s trip with Manfred Barthel, the Austrian alpinist elder I’ve come to know over the past few years. Manfred continues to amaze me with his skill and endurance, not to mention his amazing knowledge of the Alps. He seems to have a sixth sense of where the snow is good, the avy danger lower, or the
