April 16th, 2009 by mat
I had skied the Ski Welt Wilder Kaiser in all kinds of weather but this was about as good as it gets – the very end of February, I had just skied over to Westendorf and back and by the time I got back over to Brixen the mist and clouds have fully lifted to produce this. A random farmers hut just next to the Brixen piste – this is one of my favourite images of the 08 / 09 winter.
Huge snow pack in Brixen, 28th feb 09 – image © ineedsnow.com
April 15th, 2009 by mat
Whilst the rest of the Alps were in Autumnal mood, these hard core boarders were walking for their turns in Gerlos, a resort in the Zillertal Arena. I was their to shoot some images of the resorts of the Zillertal Arena and saw these guys waste deep in snow trudging up the back of a dam. I am not sure of the legality of it all but the turns they had were well worth any repercussions – awesome conditions!
Lift-off, Gerlos - image © ineedsnow.com
April 14th, 2009 by mat
So as the season winds down (unless you are thinking of taking advantage of some of the outstanding glacier skiing that is on offer or plan to ski tour into any of the medium high ski areas that will be great for another month or so) then I thought about a ski photo series to accompany the closing lifts would be worth doing. First up then is a picture courtesy of Finbar over in Donegal, Ireland who had a near miss with an avalanche. This crossed moments before his group were set to ski this section of the piste. An avalanche team were on the scene in seconds with a rescue dog bounding down the piste but luckily nobody was caught.
View from inside the rescue pisten bully – image © Finbar / ineedsnow.com
Remember that all the glacier ski areas will be open long into what we think is the summer, the Arlberg and Ischgl will stay open until the end of April / start of May. Even of you miss the end of the season, the glacier skiing in the Tirol starts in October – I managed to get some great powder skiing under my belt on the 5th October last year. Endless winter – almost!