Ski trips - in search of fresh powder

well, looks like that long-awaited dump (!) is coming, starting on monday and intensifying on tuesday. at the moment, that's as far out as i can see on snow-forecast (as i'm a tightwad and haven't paid for membership). so, when the skies clear, who's up for a day in the fresh stuff?

(i'm currently on an intensive german course at the goethe every day, so will need to persuaded to pull a sicky but i'm sure it won't take too much!)

I am.

I'm guessing Wednesday is our best bet at the moment - perhaps not perfectly clear skies that day, but a pause in the puking at least (got this idea from the wetter.com forecast in a few selected resorts, and yep, me be a tightwad too).

I like forecasts like this:

http://www.snow-forecast.com/resorts/Soll.0to3top.shtml

If all goes well we could have half a meter of fresh to play in by Wednesday, and it looks like even more is coming later in the week, so this coming weekend could be recockulous.

So my suggestion is to plan around Wednesday, and we'll keep checking the forecasts every 2 minutes like the true snow bitches we are and see what happens.

I would love to come but cant do the week thing.

If any powders left on Saturday, Sunday and you guys wanna go, I am in.

mind you I dont have any of the fancy toys but do you go off-pist alot or play with the fresh powder on the pist?

@ET. sounds like a plan to me.

i trust snow-forecast the most in terms of longer range forecasting (ie beyond tomorrow). wetter.com and wetter.de tend to be a bit flaky in my experience but as you say, we'll be checking for updates several times a day, so no problems there!

just so you know, i'm not a full-blown powder junky yet. i've skied properly off-piste several times with friends who are very good and i enjoy it, but i'm still a bit of an intermediate in the deep stuff. so on most days, tend to wander down the side of pistes, not that i'm not up for it with those who know.

There will be powder left for this coming weekend, god willing.


I can only speak for myself, but yes, I go off-piste a lot - it's where the fresh tracks are. There is something inherently different between fresh track powder and torn up powder - any junkie will know what I speak of.


Agreed. Wetter.com blows chunks anyways - it always gets stuck loading pages, and yeah, it's tipping scattered clouds Tuesday afternoon when you know the thick of the storm will be hanging around.


S'all good! We'll probably wind up being a Mötley Crüe anyways with all sorts of levels, it always works out.

Right then, time to have a nice Sunday afternoon jerk off to the snow forecast.

mwahahahahaaa, enjoy!

oh, where do you fancy going? i guess we can keep an eye on where the most is falling.

The mountain weather forecast from the German Alpine Club is also very reliable. It's updated at 1500 each day. We're in the Ostalpen.

Alpenverein: Bergwetter

sweet! I have a 2 day meeting in Garmisch this Wed & Thurs, if you can believe it. God bless our German director. The last meeting he scheduled was the last week in September, in Munich.

All gloating aside, TCH may be taking advantage of the free hotel with me, and if so will definitely be looking for someone to ski with (intermediate-ish) during the day. His nights will be otherwise occupied.

There's a bunch of us who went today that are thinking of going on Sunday next weekend. We could maybe catch up with you all... What's the destination?? (Did I miss that part...??)

no destination yet, sk8rgrl, we'll keep an eye on where is best but may go on saturday as i now really want to go and watch the wales-scotland match next sunday (since we kicked the arse off the french today)!!

I am very interested in any weekday meets? Wednesday does indeed look like the right day on current forecasts. I am a boarder and happy on or off piste (happier off of course!!).

Not sure where to head yet - the whole Wilder Kaiser / Kitzbühel area is getting dumped on quite heavily, the Zillertal as well. We can just play it by ear.

I'd be up for it as well.

Alright people, with a little offline comm. we got 6 so far it seems (butterbean, not entirely sure of your situation but it sounded like you were going to be in Garmisch?)

grazzenger
johnny english
johnny who
barry wu
dubdub
consequence
eriiki tubbs

Alright, so fine, barry won't be able to make it. Bastard. But we will be needing two cars. And a meetup point.

Wednesday looks a bit flurryly, but it won't be dumping I reckon. Still a good idea to stay a bit lower, so I think either the Wilder Kaiser area or Kitzbühel would be good choices. Frollick among the trees n shit. I've never been to any of them, so if anyone knows where to go tear it up there, speak up!

Or whadya all reckon?

And cars... I've got a sedan that can take 3 and gear. It *should* be available for driving on Wed, plus, it's a diesel, so low mileage costs. But whoever's got the Hummer or Suburban, speak. If not, then we need one more car.

And meetup point... Does anyone know a good place to meet where others can park their cars over the day for free? I'm guessing several of us, if not all, will be driving to the actual meeting point. FWIW, I'm at Stiglmaierplatz, so if two others are closeby (I know dubdub is) we can do a local meeting point for one car. And something else for the other car.

Or whadya all reckon?

And any other takers; Wednesday. Snow. Play. Interested? Post.

Fraggin' organizing, exhausting it is. On that note, off to watch some fraggin' Battlestar Galactica.

Looks like Thursday might be clearer???

http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/10963.html

Are people 100% going tomorrow or just chatting about it?

yep, I have a work meeting in Garmisch so I have to go there. TCH is coming for the free hotel (and of course the company ) and would have preferred not to ski on his own, but there are worse things to do than spend a few days skiing by yourself in the Alps isn't there...

Thursday could be clearer, but I think each day this week will be as snowy as the next. I'm set to go with another guy tomorrow. Don't know where we are heading yet, but somewhere in the trees. We are meeting up at 7 by Stiglmaierplatz. Anyone is welcome to come along, but we may need more rides.

We are also going on Friday as well. So if that suits you better...

Can't go Thursday.

Argh! if my hand would not be broken and in a cast i would def call in sick and join you guys *fake cough*

Snow-forecast is going for snow all of Thursday:

http://www.snow-forecast.com/resorts/Soll.0to3top.shtml

If I could go, I would go Wednesday although I think its going to be snowy all week really - hopefully the weekend is fine!

okely dokely. just been scanning snow-forecast and i think we're looking at friday at the earliest for a possible break in the snow. thursday evening is forecasting heavier snow again, so let's keep an eye on it.

could end up being the weekend before it clears up a bit.

(plus i'll get a bollocking if i skip my german class!)

right, i've had my ringhole will and truly kicked by mrs graz for wanting to take a day off from my german course to go skiing this week. ok, so i'm already off for 3 days next week for a stag do , so i can't afford to upset the light of my life any more at this moment and it is costing me an arm and a leg.

hopefully it will howf down with snow until the weekend and then the sun will come out and i'll be first one on the piste when it happens. i am willing to get up twatting early and pick anyone up who can get their arse to an agreed pick up point on the east side of the city (and preferably near the a99/a8).

keep your eyes here for further info about skiing this weekend.

(sorry eriiki and JE, orders is orders!)

no worries fellah! we all have a she-who-must-be-saluted.

Rumpole called her 'She Who Must Be Obeyed'. You're right, there's no point arguing.

Swedish women...

For you grazz, I'm pretty sure it is going to howf down with snow until the weekend and the sun will come out and you'll be the first one on the piste when it happens... along with a few others I'm sure.

I hope so, I'm off with my villages' ski club to Wildschönau for the weekend, there's 106 of us going, so Allershausen will be deserted this weekend, we're taking our own lift queue!

For the weekend, I was thinking about heading to Skiwelt (Ellmau base).. spoke to a few people at The Arc last night who were keen too.. anyone else? Its a driving only resort though unfortunately.. you can get there on the train, but I think its pretty difficult and expensive..

for reference grazz, the Swedish term is 'regeringen' I believe (correct me if I'm wrong tubbs)

@b_r, i'll try that one this evening and see what happens ;-))

the forecast now looks like it continues on to friday night with it being even heavier still. really should get memembership to snow-forecast for longer range predicitions but saturday looks like it will be snowing less heavily (use the play function for eastern alps to see it sweep across from the west).

anyone out playing today, tomorrow or friday, please report in! my guess is, new snow but quite high winds, so time to play in the trees. hutcho, you're idea of skiwelt may be a good one if the wind persists as zillertal is a tad exposed.

Snow-forecast out to 6 days is pretty crappy anyway.. its only accurate in the next 3 days, although it does give you an idea and in this case it would be handy.. maybe I will sign up again..

I think Sunday is going to be the day to hit it..

Ok, so I folded and bought another months access.. as I said, Sunday is going to be the day to go..

hutcho, you star!!!

ok, saturday folks? (hutcho, i'll give you money for the membership!!) LOOK AT THAT FRESH SNOW, especially the new shit on friday night.

i have a large car and will get up on saturday morning to pick people up IF you can get to the edge of munich by 6.30! we're talking VERY early pick up (6.30ish) somewhere round the a99/a8 and then the choice of fresh snow is yours!!

this could be one of THE days to ski this winter. no more to be said...

right! latest check looks like saturday will be the best day. big dump on friday and then early tracks on saturday.

if you want to get some fresh snow and have no transport, then PM or email me and i'll arrange a pick up for VERY early on saturday morning.

and when i say early, i mean early, we'll be heading for some fresh, fresh snow.

I went skiing in Kitzbühel yesterday, and it wasn't that great unfortunately. Tough conditions out there - the approx. 25 cm of new snow was cement heavy (due to the warm spell), the fog was insanely thick pretty much all day, the slopes underneath the powder were icy and chopped up making the skiing very unpredictable and tough. Finally, and most importantly, avalanche danger was/is high due to the recent icy conditions all resorts have had and fresh snow falling on top of that providing no traction for it to stay put.

The wind wasn't bad at all yesterday (although it is a bit breezy today), and it will be even less of an issue this coming weekend looking at the snow forecasts - even the top at Hintertux at 3250 meters is reporting only 10 km/h winds throughout the weekend which is very little.

Nevertheless, this weekend should be great - fresh snow, great weather, low winds. But, for any powder hunters this weekend, please be careful. Conditions are far from optimum to be heading off piste.

Well said.. skiing at Lenggries last weekend was like skiing on an elevated ice rink at some point.. this new snow could very easily just slide right off that base..

Must admit I was unimpressed with Lenngries and will try to avoid in future.

I agree.. if you want to ski real close to Munich, Sudelfeld is a better option..

If you have a car and want a big day's skiing, Skiwelt and resorts around that area (Kitzbühel) are pretty good..

Got in the car to go boarding this morning. Turned on the radio. Turned round and came back home!

i am supposed to be going skiing this evening under floodlights. Doesn't look good for that either.

Ok, so as discussed with a few people now, the plan for this Sunday is Skiwelt if anyone is interested in joining us. Skiwelt is a huge area, 33 euros for the day lift pass and is only a little over an hour away from Munich (if the traffic is ok). Sunday looks like being the best weather day of the weekend, even if the fresh powder might be a bit cut up from the day before.

We have been stuck in a traffic jam for over 3 hours coming home before though, and this is all down to leaving too late. So our plan on Sunday is to leave Munich about 7am so that we are down there by 8:30 and then we'll probably leave about 2pm before the traffic hots up.

Anyone else that is keen on coming down, post and let us all know. Unfortunately our car is full, and a car is the only easy way of getting down there but maybe there will be some space in other people's cars.

Hutcho you mong, I'm also gonna be in your pathetic vehicle and we are not leaving the resort at 2pm - let me tell you that! I've never had a problem coming back from there so quit your moaning. Don't forget about having a few apres ski beers you part-timer. See the rest of you beatches down there.

Its going to be long walk back.. I feel sorry for you..

2pm. You loon!!!

3pm is alright.

well, i'm planning to go tomorrow and sunday if possible (depending on what the scandinavian monthly social does to me tonight).

if anyone needs a lift, speak now or forever hold your piece (and i meant that).

WTF? SnowForecast.com now predicts snow showers all day tomorrow and Sunday all over Tirol pretty much - no clear skies anymore. Oh well, as long as visibility is good...

A few others and I are heading to Hochfügen to go tear it up, and some of us plan to just find some cheap ass place to stay over night from Sat to Sun to ski both days. If anyone is feeling feisty and likes to make big turns in the powder, PM me and we'll sort you out.

Finally... The 6 day forecast is showing another storm pulling through starting Wednesday night - Sölden is for example showing a dump of 10 cm just for that night... Of course, can't trust a forecast that far ahead, but it is indicative that another storm is on its way, and pretty soon as well. Stay tuned...

Might not be clear skies but better than today thats for sure.. I'd be up for an over night trip if I didn't have my injuries still.. one day is about as much as I can take!

Have a good time though.. lots of snow much have fallen up high in places like Hochfügen..

now fixed plans with friends to go to hochfugen via kaltenbach (easier to get to on the valley floor). i'm currently getting a lift with them but if anyone else wants to join, then i would drive as well. answers on a postcard (otherwise known as a pm ;-)) by 6.30pm today please.

Anyone else going down just on the Sunday with a spare place in their boot or something. 2pm is just nuts when the snow's gonna be that darn good. Come on Hutcho - I'd rather have 45 mins extra in the car on the way back and 2 hours extra boarding time in the powder.

If you ski hard from 8:30 until 2 you will be knackered.. my point was just that we should get down there early and leave early rather than get down there late and leave late.. now stop crying like a baby - if you learned to ride a bike maybe you would have had more chance to hit the slopes this season

This is turning into a good old-fashioned slanging match! Love it. My riding abilities are second to none - it's just those moving signposts you've gotta watch out for. The one that got me was evil...

cnuts informed me by text message this evening that someone else has filled my place. quite how the feck that could happen when we'd agreed it already is beyond me. however.

i'll feedback tomorrow evening on how it all goes and whether i'll be up for sunday. as i now have to drive down and back on my own (banging, and i mean hammering, techno all the way) i may not fancy doing it all again on sunday. we'll see.

forecast looks as cold as a witch's tit, so wrap up warm and maybe see you there!!!