New snow on the Rettenbach glacier for the season opening FIS race weekend
October 24th, 2009 by mat
With the start delayed by half an hour to clear overnight snow the lingering valley cloud cleared around 2800m to leave the Rettenbach and Tiefenbach glaciers in Solden pristine and sunny as well and along with the lapping clouds in the valleys Solden glaciers were quite a picture. The race went to Finland with Austria coming in second and Italy third. The French managed a best place of 13th but were more obvious than most nations on the glacier. I am off to see what they were planning to do with two 5m wooden skis that a team of them were carrying through Solden this afternoon – bizarre. I will also keep an eye out for Bode to see if he is into his pre-race preparation tonight.