It Snowing!

Yes big flakes of white stuff :)

Merry Christmas from Hinterthal!

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Carl & Sandra

Ski Mountaineering in Hinterthal!

Perfect Weather!

More Powder Skiing!

View from the Steinbock Alm

New Hintermoos Lift

Our two tracks, perfect powder!

Christmas Markets in Salzburg

Spent the day in Salzburg getting some Christmas Spirit!

Huge Dump of Snow in Hinterthal!

So we had to go powder skiing!

Ski Lifts Open for 2010/11

Yes, the first day of the season and we had to go skiing! There was even some fresh powder!

 The Skiers!

Empty Slopes!

 View from the new Steinbock Alm & Lunch!

Grand Opening at the New Steinbock Alm!

They fired up the new Hinterthal lift for the first time at take all of the guest up to the new Steinbock Alm for the opening party! (At Night!)

Spooky!

Steinbock Alm

 What a sight!

Congratulations to Tom, Laura and Tanja for making what can only be described as the most beautiful mountain hut ever!

Austrian Night!

Sort of cook your own meat on a jet engine!

Snowmaking in Hinterthal

With the lifts opening at the weekend they are snow making like mad to add to the existing base!

New Snow!

The new lift in Hinterthal is now working and being tested!

Sting in Vienna!

We had a fabulous weekend in Vienna! We saw Sting play with the London Philharmonic Orchestra!

The man himself - Performed Perfectly!

The fan Club!

Great Shopping and food!

Blue Skies!

Stienbock Alm

Almost Finished!

New Restaurant at the top of the new lift in Hinterthal :)

First Tracks in Hinterthal

Yes, some crazy local hiked the Hochmais in Hinterthal yesterday and laid down the first tracks of the season!

 The Hochmais!

and a little more Snow

 Blue Skies!

Sunrise in Hinterthal

2nd Snow in Hinterthal

Then this morning it was blue!

The Hochmais and the new lift!

Looks like you could almost ski!!!

First Snow in Hinterthal!

We woke up this morning to White!

Hochkonig Expedition!

The group in the Rain

The snow line!

The Matrass Haus appears through the mist - thank god!

Our bed for the night

 The Matrass Haus in the morning

 The view from the top!

Via

 The start of the long way down (5 hours to go :)

Via Ferratta near the top

 The path behind us to the top

 The camera man!

A narrow bit!

The sun came out for 30 seconds!

Still 3 hours to go!

Rock formations left by the old glacier

The summit Party

The Mitterfeld Alm - down for lunch :)

Nearly down - it's a different world!

Thanks to Jeremy for organising this awesome expedition and Stefan the guide for keeping us safe!

If you need a mountain guide email Stefan Sommer: office@sommerwelten.at

Summer Snow in Hinterthal!

We had a little surprise this morning!

New Lifts Coming Along!

The new link from Hintermoos to Hinterthal is well on it's way. This week they knocked down the little house next to the lift to make room for the new base station:

 Hintermoos

In Hinterthal the old base station has gone and the new one is coming along:

 Hinterthal

Tom from the Steinbock is also building a huge new  restaurant at the top of the Hochmais!