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AUSTRIAS SNOW CONDITIONS!

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Shellhammer
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As most people know, there is a shit load of snow in Austria. Would be nice if anyone has any pics/videos to share from these past 2-3 weeks!

VIDEO FROM TYROLEN, AUSTRIA: http://www.freeride.se/video/34237/

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Jan 11 2012 1:27PM
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Gangspar
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WTF Austria is full of snow
Jan 11 2012 2:21PM
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.Annydrew.
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same! off to mayrhofen, where you going?
Jan 11 2012 3:20PM
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I_Am_Mod
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pretty sure the skilift picture is from a french resort....

none the less, conditions in the alps are mad right now ! :)
Jan 11 2012 3:23PM
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H8CH
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About time Europe had a good season - it's been hit or miss for so many seasons past now....

At least they get a complete monster season this year!

I remember '98 when it was the same - and there were a lot of people killed and villages taken out by huge avalanches. Chamonix got absolutely fucked by avalanches.... i was there and that much snow goes beyond a "Sick Pow Day" and just becomes down right fucking scary when you're in a village with 10,000 ft of slopes laden with that much snow hanging up above you.....

Jan 11 2012 3:24PM
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peyow
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yes we got snow! check fabio`s pics on his blog!
Jan 11 2012 3:42PM
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HolySchimmel
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loving it! cant w8 for my holidays!!!
Jan 11 2012 4:06PM
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SteepAnDeep
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Looks similar to what was going on here last season.
Jan 11 2012 4:50PM
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Smuffy
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fuck, i know about this shit firsthand! story time

i was in an austrian hut in tirol last week with a bunch of friends, and we we supposed to leave sunday afternoon. turns out, we got a so much snow, we got completely snowed in. we pretty much had nothing to do, we couldnt even go outside because the avy danger was too high. we ended up not leaving sunday, but wednesday afternoon. shit got boring, but the little time i did get out skiing was wild. all in all in the week i was there we got about 7 feet of snow, and that wasnt even too high up.
Jan 11 2012 4:56PM
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ESB
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Kitzbühel:

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Stubai Glacier:

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Jan 11 2012 5:27PM
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I_Am_Mod
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on a sidenote, avvy danger is crazy high, here's some footage from a scary slide a few days ago in Ischgl austria....

after they unstrap from the little drop onto the road you can hear the one guy screaming RUN! after which you can here them running while getting engulfed in the snowdust avalanche (triedschnee, dunno the name in english) the lens gets totally blocked. a few secons later they've found shelter and after the snowdust has passed you can see the debris sliding down right were they were seconds before ...
If you look closely you can see trees sticking out ....


Jan 11 2012 6:36PM
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I_Am_Mod
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watch at 720p for best results, right at 00:39-00:41 you can see the dustcloud racing down, scary shit !
Jan 11 2012 6:38PM
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Shireshredder
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I wish i could afford the trip from England to the Alps right now, sucks so bad being a student sometimes
Jan 11 2012 7:58PM
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Shellhammer
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Yes that picture is from france, my bad, but same shit, iits all the alps anyway! The pic is infact from Les 3 Vallees.
Jan 12 2012 11:27AM
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dicktator
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Yes, it's really awesome over here in the moment...

Check out theses Contour vids I made last weekend & yesterday:


[video]http://www.freeride.se/video/34310/[/video]


[video]http://www.freeride.se/video/34395/[/video]
Jan 12 2012 11:32AM
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peyow
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Fabio Studer & Marlon Woodman "TAG TEAM back again!"
Jan 13 2012 3:07PM
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peyow
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"Whoomp there it is" POWEDIT with Fabio Studer and Marlon Woodman @ Silvretta Montafon from LEKI on Vimeo.

Jan 13 2012 3:10PM
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Orrin
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Just around 2 weeks until I go to Les Arcs with my uni, hoping for those pow conditions ^
Jan 13 2012 3:31PM
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WIllW
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Sooooo deeeep
Jan 13 2012 3:47PM
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avocado.
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im gonna kill myself!!!! im at schuttleberg lookin at this snow through a window, but with no acl at the time:(((
Jan 13 2012 4:39PM
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prometheusprime
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sooooo sick
Jan 13 2012 4:51PM
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VD.
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the lift station is courchevel 1650
Jan 13 2012 5:41PM
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I_Am_Mod
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hehe, just saw this pop up on facebook:
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Jan 15 2012 1:11PM
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Girays_Brother
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heading out there next monday... Fuck ya.
Jan 15 2012 1:18PM
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VD.
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yeh in france it was level 5 the whole time I was there
Jan 16 2012 12:21AM
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luc
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99 was the crazy winter!
this is our little vid:


Jan 16 2012 5:05AM
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vauban08
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Meanwhile in St. Anton:
http://www.wzforum.de/forum2/read.php?8,2340746

Jan 16 2012 7:07AM
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Hewbird
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If only this came earlier, went to Mayrhofen in December and the snow was piss poor; dumped the next week-always happens!!!
Jan 16 2012 7:13AM
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luc
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and there is 1m forecasted for stanton for thursday/friday/saturday...my home resort in engadin is getting another 70cm aswell :D woohoo
Jan 16 2012 7:36AM
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freestyler540
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It hasnt rained yet, this has been our best season in 4 years!
Jan 16 2012 8:45AM
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onenerdykid
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It was pretty mellow this past weekend at Zauchensee... it was only waist deep a 3pm.
Jan 16 2012 11:28AM
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Abu_Hajaar
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*speechless*
Jan 16 2012 11:43AM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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wut

seriously, wut
Jan 16 2012 11:52AM
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BK
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austria gettin soooo pitted
Jan 16 2012 1:14PM
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vauban08
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Next Nordstau right ahead.
Yellow = 20-30in
Orange = 30-40in
Purple = 40-50in
Dark Purple = 50+ in
Jan 16 2012 5:38PM
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miketheskier88
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That was such a fucking depressing thread! Why am I stuck here with a broken leg when I turned down going back to STA for a season! aaah!!!
Jan 16 2012 6:14PM
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BrewskiJr
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Why dont you just fly Ryan Air?
Jan 16 2012 6:19PM
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FUUUCK
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that's fucked
Jan 16 2012 6:55PM
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miketheskier88
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Broken leg?
Jan 16 2012 7:15PM
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navierSTOKED
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Son of a bitch.. my housemate is heading to Altenmarkt on Friday.. Jerk
Jan 16 2012 7:23PM
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Spinoza
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fuck me
fuck school
fuck money
fuck human's inability to fly and teleport

Jan 16 2012 7:24PM
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rudager
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Think it'll be like this next year? I've always wanted to come out to Austria since I read that "how to ski cheap" article in Freeze magazine. I have been thinking about it instead of Japan, and I think it's the better option for ne
Jan 16 2012 7:39PM
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Drail
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you should know better than to ask a silly question like that. weather isn't predictable, never will be.
Jan 16 2012 8:01PM
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rudager
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Thought so as much. It's on and off. I was just hoping that this is in the norm up there is Austria
Jan 16 2012 8:13PM
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Drail
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pretty sure only Roger Pass is freakish enough to get regular pow conditions year after year (after year after year).


gotta love the inland temperate rainforest.
Jan 16 2012 8:39PM
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rudager
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If only somewhere in Europe was like that...
Jan 17 2012 2:52AM
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vauban08
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St. Anton almost never lacks snow. There will be decent pow conditions every year. The tricky part is you never know when. Last season, it started dumping in early December and hasn't really snowed a lot for the rest of the season. I unpacked my mountainbike in early Feb and toured the Alps.
This year, early December, I biked up to 3000m. Snow came after Christmas, meter after meter, resulting in one of the craziest pow conditions I have ever witnessed. I don't think it will melt until May.
Jan 17 2012 3:29AM
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rudager
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St. Anton would actually be my main destination, you're making me want to come more and more.
Jan 17 2012 3:32AM
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THUGwife
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word.
although i just went. had 5 days white out with hardly any lifts open cos of wind. 1 day of beauty
Jan 17 2012 4:31AM
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