Life is not a Practice

A group of ten of us took the touring skis and walked from Biberwier up to the Marienbergjoch. During the 800 meters of climbing, Sonja and I took the chance to review the last 25 years.



Then we slied down to the Sunnalm for lunch.



The ski back down was brilliant. Ten good skiers on a nearly empty piste.

Renate had a fantastic idea. We could take the touring skis and walk up to the Sunnalm. I was excited by the idea but skeptical about the Alm as we had such bad service last time.



But I was worrying for nothing. Weather, snow, colleagues and WAITRESS were all perfect. A fantastic day (which I almost missed by oversleeping).



2.9km with 600 meters of climbing. Track is at https://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=misqylolzpnqpfus

The plan was to use the touring skis to walk up to the Wannenkopf for a drink. But after about 10 minutes, I slipped on the ice and while sliding the binding broke off my ski. The result was that I fell over and slid head first back down the slope.
Probably the shortest ski tour I ever did.



A few days later I received brand new bindings, mounted on my skis and all for free. Thank you Fischer and Sporthaus Baronsee!

Another sunny day. Another ski tour :-) As the terrace at Sportheim Böck was so full yesterday, I aimed for an Alp twenty meters higher up the mountain. Much nicer. Hardly any people. Amazing the difference it makes when you have to bring your own food and drink :-)



Track up is at https://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=hujonzvlrqxfizuk

Christmas Day, sunshine and snow. So once again I walked up to Sportheim Böck and enjoyed a Capuccino. I took my time but was "rewarded" with a 114bpm average pulse :-)



Track for the ascent at https://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=jifiwyksdwqihrgf and descent at https://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=kahbhpyhhjumbuam

First trip out with the touring skis today. Three days ago I was climbing a volcano in shorts and a T-shirt and today I walked with skis up the local mountain. It is a tough life - but some one has to do it.



Track (just ascending) at https://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=tciwoprulvqjycqk

The aim of todays ski tour was the Sulzspitze - 960 meters of climbing. Nine of us set off from Grän and enjoyed the climb up through trees covered in new snow.



At the pass - Strindenscharte - I decided that the combination of rewiring Stefanos office yesterday and the 730 meters were enough. Three others agreed with me so we ate something, took off our skins and had an exciting ski back down to the cars.

730 meters of climbing. Track is at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=onrfjydxjqiexgaa

A few hours skiing with Chris and Philipp in Tannheimertal.

Seven of us took advantage of the perfect snow and weather to drive in to Tirol and do a ski tour.

The walk up the mountain was a nice exercise and the descent was a dream. Unfortunately the waiters were extremely incompetent and disorganised. But on average - a brilliant day.



6km round trip with 600 meters of climbing. Track is at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=xinijzkyemawfshh

I may have mentioned that we have a relay station on the Grauen Stein. It is solar powered but this year we added a backup generator that we can start from the office. It worked great when we didn't need it but now we needed it and it didn't work.



Yesterday Tom set out to reach the station but had to turn back half way. So today it was Simon and my turn. We were the first (and only) people on the mountain so we had to break trail all the way. It took us one and a half hours to cover one and a half kilometers.



At the station we scraped the ice off the solar panels, got the ice off the antennas and failed to repair the generator.

Then we skied back in to the valley for a beer.

Track at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=cerjpztjhxihgcjx