Hotel Montjola St. Anton am Arlberg

... setting up the chalet's etc. Our chalet is MASSIVE! and very hi tech as well - our kitchen is a proper industrial kitchen with a dishwasher which washes things in 90 seconds - have tried to attach a picture but it probably doesn't come across brilliantly. We went out and got pretty drunk and went clubbing the night we arrived and then on Wednesday night there was an opening party for Bar Cuba where the theme was "bright and black" a couple of our guys dressed up as black men ...

... of fresh snow fell on Tuesday night. Visibility was perfect and the clear blue skies allowed the sun to shine brightly all day. The piste was perfectly groomed and those who felt adventurous enough to venture off-piste were rewarded with soft powder which was surprisingly deep in parts. I have a few pictures from that day which I have posted below and with more snow forecast for the next few days, hopefully we will get some boarding/skiing pics on here soon.

... ber diesen Blog werden wir unsere Familien und Freunde über den Verlauf unserer Reise auf dem Laufenden halten und Eindrücke und Gedanken teilen.

Also dranbleiben! Am 27.1.2010 gehts los und wir werden euch hoffentlich mit abenteuerlichen und spannenden Geschichten unterhalten - hoffentlich auch alle mit happy end :).

... the lure of steep, untracked mountain faces is simply too much for some to resist and combined with a lack of local and general avalanches safety knowledge, many skiiers and snowboarders fall victim to slides which claim the lives of, on average 20-30 mountain users each winter. Despite the multi-lingual warnings signposted throughout the resort and village, the resort keeps the fatality statistics well and truly under wraps so to ...

... by r*il on * mission to purch*se snow ge*r. After h*ving difficulty finding where to shop we consulted the loc*l tourist centre who were gl*d to point us in the right direction. After * few hours of w*ndering *round in circles we c*me to the conclusion th*t Innsbruck re*lly doesn't h*ve m*ny big snow stores *nd the wholes excursion *ppe*red to be * pointless one. Fortun*tely we were ...

... lies nestled within the Tyrolean region of Austria (St Anton am Arlberg) which is normally accessed most easily from Zurich (3hrs by rail) or Munich (5hrs by rail). Tori (my girlfriend) and I have a rented apartment for the 2009/2010 winter season. Having organised the rental using the internet, we were a little uncertain of what exactly to expect, but having seen some photos and liased frequently with the owner/manager Silvia ...

After leaving Cortina in the morning, we drove into Austria and made a stop for a couple of hours in Imst to ride the alpine coaster there. Unlike the summer slide near the Salzberg Lakes that we rode, this one was on rails and was the longest in Europe at 3.5km or 2.1m. All of us rode it once ...

I flew into St Anton Austria on March 20th and for a few days skiing with my old college friend, Mike, and a few other mates from Ireland who also happened to be in town.

The weather was outstanding, the day we arrived it was forecast to snow about 4ft of snow ...

... kuni süütute lasteni välja. Loomulikult pidid venelased ennast sauna ukse taga ilmekalt väljendama ja Vasja kombel rõvedat naeru laskma. Lõpuks aga ei jäänud neil midagi muud üle, kui ka sisse astuda ja rätik tagumiku alla asetada.

Kuuldavasti pidi selline saunatamine Saksamaal päris tavaline olema. Samuti pidid noored neiud seetõttu sauna eriti mitte külastama, sest teadagi...teismeeas on niigi raske :)

Kokkuvõtvalt jäin selle suusakuurortiga ...

... apparently has a stronger constitution than I do!) Once I was on the path winding up the mountain though, I was fine. Spectacular view from up here, looking down on the valley. Took what I believe to be some good camera shots, I just hope that they come out so that I can share this experience with the others. On our way back down to town, there was a little church along the trail, so we decided to stop in and check it out. We discovered that it was a Catholic church, and ...