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I just returned back from a great trip to the Ski Amade region of Austria on Monday night. Even though no new snow had fallen for over a week, we were still able to have some off-piste fun and even find some stashes of untouched, albeit old, powder. The weather was sunny and the winds were...

Sunday, Feb 10 2008 - Kitzsteinhorn, Austria After a great day on Saturday, we were amped to go skiing again. Kitzsteinhorn is a fun area to get warmed up for the season but it has never stuck in my mind as a great area. I guess I shouldn't judge until I ski a place when it has proper snow...

A great weekend of skiing! Two friends and I decided to head down to Austria to use up some free passes we had for Kitzsteinhorn. This is an area that I typically visit early in the season due to it's high elevation and glacier skiing but I thought we'd give it a shot mid-season to see how it...

I skied this area in December and tried some of the tree areas then. In the blowdown area in particular, there were tons of buried obstacles that I did hit. That's why I was a bit hesitant on my first run through there yesterday. Luckily, enough snow had been retained through the warm spells...

02-02-08 Grosser Arber, Northern Bavaria, Germany. I wasn't expecting much from the conditions this day. The forecast said it was going to be overcast with snow showers and wind gust of up to 120 kmh. Upon arriving at Arber, I could see that the forecast was right on the money. On our...

Thanks for posting that James! That was a very good read with some great pictures. I'll be down in the Ski Amade region in two weeks. I always have a good time down there. The guy that posted that had a dream trip. I've never been able to go on a ski vacation quite that long but would love...

That would be it. I'm not military, just a dirty contractor :oops: It's afforded me the opportunity to live in some pretty great places though! I just checked snow reports for the western US - man, blowing the Alps away! Be forewarned - wherever I move, a cruddy winter or two ensues. Well...

Awesome video and pictures! Damn, I wish I could enjoy more days like that! Thank you for sharing! There is a slight chance that I may be moving to the Ogden area in the next couple of months. It's either there or a place an hour south of me (closer to the Alps) in Germany. After watching...

Thanks Admin. It's slowly getting better but still feels a bit weird if I take a wrong step. I'm going back to the doc later this week to have it re-looked at. I don't think it's anything bad. I hope not - I have a ski trip planned this coming weekend :) Okay, a few pictures from Bad...

Nice pics James! I'm going to have to check this Lechs place out. That snow looked nice! Thanks Mike and you're welcome! :D I just got back from a trip to Bad Gastein in Austria. I'm still working on those pictures as I took a lot of them. In the meantime, here's another local area...

I try to make it to Monte Kaolino in Hirschau to sand dune ski a few times a month to make sure I retain my skiing muscle memory over the summer. It seems to have worked for the past two seasons as I've done quite well early on with my stamina. Monte Kaolino happens to be the largest sand dune...

Over here in Europe skiing still dominates the scene. The snowboarders I do see mostly seem to be people just getting in to snowsports, but I have seen some boarders that absolutely rip. Over in Japan when I was there, I'd say 80% of those on the slopes were snowboarders. The people in...

I think doing small adjustments is okay, but anything major or anything you don't feel comfortable doing should be done by a pro. I had some binding issues earlier this season that stumped me. I took my skis in to the mid-mt shop and had a tech look them over. After putting my bindings...

Between 2001 and 2004 I lived and worked in Japan on the northern part of the island of Honshu. I really didn't know what to expect of the skiing when I moved there but was pleasantly surprised by what I found. Where I lived, most of the ski areas topped out around 5 or 6 thousand feet...

Well, that's it for Austria/Germany for now. Again, I'll post more as I make trips. I have many, many more pictures from over here but hopefully this small sample gives everyone a taste of the skiing and terrain over here. One thing I need to concentrate on more this year is getting action...

November 2006 - Kitzsteinhorn, Austria This is a good place for early-season skiing due to its high elevation (over 10,000 ft) and the fact that it has a couple of glaciers to ski on. As seen from Kaprun This place had kind of a convoluted lift system. Once at mid-mountain, you would take...

January 2007 - Alpendorf/Wagrain/Flachau in the Ski Amade region south of Salzburg Lots of man-made snow Nice view from the slopes (I was getting used to my new camera so colors are a bit off) December 2006 - Ski Amade Region, Austria November 2006 - Stubai, Austria Glacier...

Exactly Patrick! I often get asked where my favorite place to ski is since I've lived in a variety of places. It's a very tough question for me to answer as I have great memories from every single place I have ever skied. That's the great thing about skiing for me - there is NEVER a bad day...

Trust me, I've got no complaints about the skiing over here, but there is just something missing compared to some of the better North American resorts. I know that I've only scratched the surface over here and I've got a lot more places to explore, but right now, if I was given the choice to...

March 2007 - Garmisch Classic Ski Area, Germany. I did not like this place. It was way too packed and the lift layout is horrible. At least the snow and scenery were great though! The day before, a friend and I scored waist-deep powder at the Zugspitze area. We found fresh lines all day and...