Easter Powder- St.Anton

05.04.2010

Unbelievable but true...winter is back!!!
Face shots and fluffy fresh powder in April!!!

Today we were riding at Rendl in St.Anton and were the only people who went off pist. So run after run we had big faces of untracked powder in front of us.
As soon as the sun came out it got warmer and for sure the snow a bit heavier...but still no peopla and great riding!!!

What a day! ;-)

Lausanne

27.03.2010

On our way to Chamonix we had time for a day and a night in the pretty city Lausanne to visit Helli's brother. I really like the view from the lakeside towards the mountains. People tell that on a clear day you even are able to see the Mont Blanc from there. Unfortunately every time I have been there it was cloudy and rainy...but I guess it's a beatiful place with many possibilities in Summer.

Have a look at some impressions...

Chamonix powder skiing- STEEP & DEEP

04.04.2010

Chamonix had a really great winter season this year. Especially during Easter we had perfect blue sky and sunshine and the next day it was dumping a meter of fresh pow again followed by a nother sunny day.

Chamonix at Easter time is a crazy place. There are just too many people who wanna ride the good snow. You better be early to line up for the lifts or you have a good sense for planning your reservation.

I had so many days of perfect riding together with Helli, Wolfgang and Eva. Read more about Easter riding in Chamonix at Mountain Spirit Guide's Blog.

The mountains in chamonix are way bigger, steeper and more extreme than in the rest of the Alps. For sure you can find steep runs in St.Anton too, but usually these runs are not that long and enormous. Futher I am always impressed by the high altitude and the glacier in Chamonix. My brother once said: "be careful- what looks like a whole is a whole!" Still the more often I ride in Chamonix the more experience I get in ski mountaineering and riding steep glacier faces.

Ride on!!!

Frontflip Training

27.02.2010

We found this little kicker with a perfect soft landing to try some flips! Helli did really good on the front flips. However we are motivated to train on the waterramp this summer. So next winter it's time to do bigger front-, back- and sideflips!

See ya' on the waterramp in Föderlach!!!

Shooting with Immanuel Meier

25.03.2010

Behind me are two great days of freeride and lifestyle shooting with German photographer Immanuel Meier. Unfortunately on the first day the bad weather came in pretty early and we had almost no contrasts left to shoot some good shots.
Therefore we had time to check out some cool locations for the upcoming day.

In the evening we found a pretty romantic spot to shoot some lifestyle pics. Immanuel set up his big flash units and we worked till the sun went down. Check out some of his pics in the gallery!

Riding Arlberg powder

25.03.2010

The Arlberg region is definitely my home spot. I know so many great places to go with a great variety of options. Even after a week without fresh snow you can find places like the one on the pic.

You just need to hike a bit and find yourself straight within the white paradise ;-)...
catch ya' on the mountains!!!

Shooting in Hintertux with Jens Klatt and the gang

14.02.2010

Blue sky and some fresh pow...definitely a day to meet in Hintertux for some fun riding. Jens took his camera with him and got some great shots of us riding some pow and jumping off cliffs. Especially the boys went big although the take offs and landings were rocky and tricky. We had a perfect day of' playin' in the snow and working for the camera.

For lunch we had a quick stop at the mountain restaurant in Hintertux where Jens found a Soljanka on the menue and started to revel about his childhood...not knowing that he will be going to Russia later this winter ;-)...