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Österreich · Lechtaler Alpen
Halfway up the steepest section of the couloir, lost in the rhythm of bootpacking and breathing, I suddenly notice something shimmering through the tracked snow. A flash of color catches my eye. I carefully brush the snow aside with my gloves and can hardly believe what I’m seeing. Oh, hey! How …
2026 · Annika Schlachter · 4 min
Österreich · Ötztaler Alpen
Climbing a 9,800-foot peak with students in the middle of winter: ambitious, perhaps even crazy. But that’s exactly what a teacher from Imst in Austria is doing – and in the process, he’s teaching risk awareness, self-confidence and teamwork. Lessons for life, learned on skis. Next to the Riffelsee …
2025 · Simon Schöpf · 4 min
Österreich · Hohe Tauern
Amidst the Hohe Tauern, Austria’s highest mountain range, rises the Großvenediger, one of the last glacier-covered peaks in the Eastern Alps. The Großvenediger, known as the “ancient majesty” since its first ascent in 1841, is the highest mountain in Salzburg at 11,998 feet and the fourth highest …
2024 · Sandra Lahnsteiner-Wagner · 4 min
Österreich · Mieminger Kette
In the demanding world of winter sports, personal adventures are a rare luxury. As a sports photographer, my winter schedule is packed, especially when fresh snow is forecasted. The same goes for Max Kroneck, a professional skier, mountain guide and father of three. Despite our busy lives, we …
2024 · Andreas Vigl · 4 min
Österreich · Tuxer Alpen
Ups and downs, shadow and light, odd lines – the view from the summit tells us a lot about the route we took to get there. It tells us about small moments of happiness, but also major challenges. For some, it makes the journey impossible, for others, it takes years. For some, it takes exactly 1,000 …
2024 · Regina Mayer · 4 min
Österreich · Stubai Alps
The crossing of Zuckerhütl, Wilder Pfaff and Wilder Freiger in the Stubai Alps is one of Tyrol's most beautiful and challenging objectives. Combined with the Stubai Glacier cable car, you save a lot …
2023 · Heinz Zak · 4 min
Österreich · Arlberg
Do they still exist, new adventures right on your doorstep? Are there peaks among those mountains, which we have visited and skied often, that can still be discovered by freeriders like us? This a …
2023 · Regina Wohlgenannt · 4 min
Österreich · Schobergruppe (Hohe Tauern)
The mountains of the Schober range, nestled in the Hohe Tauern National Park, are only known to a few. It's the neighboring Glockner range that attracts people more with the summit of Austria's …
2023 · Tom Gaisbacher · 4 min
Österreich · Zillertal (Ahornspitze)
The distinctive summit of Ahornspitze in Austria's Zillertal Valley attracts not only skiers and snowboarders but also daredevil adventurers looking for new challenges. Much climbed in summer, only a …
2023 · Roman Rohrmoser · 4 min
Österreich · Hohe Tauern / Salzburger Land
The idea for the Trans Salzburg County tour was born in Gastein, the chosen home of professional freerider and filmmaker Sandra Lahnsteiner-Wagner. After numerous ski trips around the globe it was …
2023 · Sandra Lahnsteiner-Wagner · 4 min
Österreich · Stubai Alps
Everything used to be better! Really? Is it true? Freeriding did not exist the way it does today. Untracked powder after a snow storm was available and untouched for days and not tracked within a few hours. The snow was whiter, and there were skiers who skied off-piste and…
2022 · Anton Brey · 4 min
Österreich · Karwendel
"No problem, my van has four-wheel drive!" Johannes' euphoric words have long since faded away. Meter by meter, we try to make it up the freshly snowed-in access road to the parking lot. But there is …
2021 · Max Kroneck · 5 min
Österreich · Karwendel
It is September 27, and we are at 2,400 meters above sea level in the Karwendel Mountains. A fresh breeze is passing through our tent. Outside, the storm is raging. Tiny snow crystals trickle down my …
2021 · Christoph Johann · 5 min
Österreich · Pitztal Alps (Taschachferner)
"Drop-in in 10 seconds!" I put the radio in my backpack, pick up the camera and double-check the exposure. Through the viewfinder I see Jochen closing his boots, then he drops in. He is doing wide …
2021 · Max Draeger · 5 min
Österreich · Zillertal Alps (Rofan)
In the short film "TimeOut" by Andreas "Mone" Monsberger and Roman Rohrmoser, the freeskier and biker Roman and Georg Almer meet at a special spot on earth that attracts and connects them both to the …
2021 · Roman Rohrmoser · 5 min
Österreich · Zillertal Alps
I have these pictures racing through my mind almost every day. I get anxious; I start to focus; it haunts me like a curse. I am talking about big wall skiing. Usually my daughter wakes me up from …
2020 · Roman Rohrmoser · 5 min
Österreich · Zillertal Alps
October 2018. As Hilaree and I walked into the Yak and Yeti in Kathmandu for a drink to celebrate our ski of the Lhotse couloir, we saw a guy in the lobby and smiled at each other. As I walked up to …
2019 · Jim Morrison · 6 min
Österreich · Rätikon / Montafon
Like every year, we want to wrap up our Montafon winter with an end-of-season bivouac. With great enthusiasm, the Whatsapp group of the same name begins planning the trip, because Torsten's new pulka …
2019 · Sigrid Reusch · 5 min
Österreich · Mieminger Chain
The Mieminger Kette in the heart of North Tyrol is one of the most rugged mountain environments in Austria and a worthwhile adventurous destination for connoisseurs, especially in winter. There are …
2019 · Max Dräger · 5 min
Österreich · Glockner Group
In the past, I never planned more than one day for the descent of a steep face in the Alps, be it the Matterhorn east face, the Canalone Neri or the Pallavicini. The Wiesbachhorn was different. Ever …
2019 · Thomas Gaisbacher · 5 min
Österreich · Arlberg Range (Albonakopf)
"The fact that everything has its time also means that everything needs its time." I know every bush and stone around the Albona in Stuben. My father took me on the ski tour to the Maroikopf when I …
2018 · Nadine Wallner · 5 min
Österreich · Allgaeu Alps (Wilder Kasten / Lechtal)
It is the middle of winter. Bluebird, clear and freezing cold. The northern slopes are blessed with the most epic and stable conditions. Tobi Heinle, a ski guide from Lech, Hannes Namberger, a former …
2018 · Martin Fiala · 5 min
Österreich · Silvretta (Heidelberger Hütte)
Between seasons in the Bavarian Alps – the time of year that often sees too much snow to go hiking or climbing, but not enough to go skiing or ski touring. Last winter, it also looked like we had to …
2017 · Bernd Hassmann · 5 min
Österreich · Karwendel
It was worth the wait. The excitement about the first snowfalls in November has long subsided. It's January 10; today is the deadline. After three hours of tracking through knee-deep pow, we have …
2017 · Anton Brey · 5 min
