Austria's Idea of April Fools

So I have been going on and on about slush, and we have been experiencing some serious spring weather these last weeks that has melted my beloved snow. So after all this beautiful spring weather, April 1st rolls around and Austria gives us the big, "APRIL FOOLS! It's not really spring yet!!" and drops the temp and about 2 feet of snow.

HOORAY! Granted I am probably the only person who feels like that, I know now it is getting late enough in the season where you have to get up early to take advantage of what Mothernature has gifted us!

Here are some early photos to give you an idea what it is like to be one of the first ones on the mountain!




I should really change up the pose shouldn't I?

Yay! YAY! Yay! YAY! Yay! yay! YAH!!!!!!!!!!

While everyone is wishing for spring I want winter to stay forever. I am working on putting 1000KM on my snowboard this season and I cannot do it without the snow!

Nostalgic Skiers

Every year on the Schmittenhöhe has a different type of race.


The racers wear actual antique wooden skis and the traditional, historic attire to match.


This particular day was quite foggy. A cloud was hovering on the Schmittenhöhe. It seemed eerie in a way and played with one's imagination.


Almost as if ski-ghosts from the past, who had perished on the slopes, had risen from the fog to participate in this event.


Come back to haunt the slopes.


With subtle reminders of what might have done them in.


A distillery on a sled....


...and a little mingling with the present.



Who says ghosts don't party.

300 KM downhill and counting....

The mountain is my new best friend. It's name is the Schmittenhöhe. Here is where I spend most of my day.


Above the clouds it is quiet and peaceful.


The mountain doesn't argue, it just listens.


It is a reminder that there are things much bigger then me and that everything is in God's hands.