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Italien · Brenta Dolomites (Cima Tosa)
Late March 2017. Skiers across the Northern Alps suffer from a warm front. Despite the fact that the winter seems to be over too soon, we are still hungry. While most of the powder junkies are …
2017 · Nadine Wallner · 5 min
Griechenland · Pindos (Olymp / Smolikas)
With the ski pole, I release my bindings and free my boots. I look down. The tracks of our skis follow the broad ridge that leads up here, to the top of Mount Skala. On the last 150 vertical meters …
2017 · Alberto Sciamplicotti · 5 min
USA · Chilliwack Mountains (North Cascades)
"Go there," I was told. Years after this suggestion I dangled above Depot Falls. With my fate entrusted to a branch, I understood and quickly became mesmerized by the thunderous rumble of glacier …
2017 · Jason Hummel · 5 min
Kirgisistan · Tien-Shan Mountains (Kumtor)
On the roadside of a well-prepared graveled road in the middle of the Tien-Shan mountain range. We can't trust our eyes. In front of us, an arena of imposing steep walls, sharp ice flanks, wide …
2017 · Michael Trojer · 5 min
Norwegen · Troms District (Reinfjord / Lyngen)
I was standing on the ship's deck watching the mountains grow larger from the sea as we approached the shoreline. "Opal," our Icelandic two-mast schooner, was plowing the sea quietly as our crew …
2017 · Antte Lauhamaa · 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
Norwegen · Senja
We only had a rough plan of where we wanted to go when we headed north in early April. We did not have an itinerary or high expectations; we avoided worrying too much about the trip or any details …
2017 · Anne Wangler · 5 min
Russland · Caucasus Mountains (Sotschi / Krasnaja Poljana)
Cold. Rough. Dangerous. Remote. These and many more are some of the keywords that went through my mind when I thought of a possible trip to Sochi. Exotic. Rare. A real adventure. The 2014 Winter …
2017 · Lucas Swieykowski · 5 min
Grönland · Evighedsfjorden
Skiing in Greenland had long been an exotic dream of mine. With its scenery and fjords filled with majestic peaks, the location is an unspoiled wilderness right on our doorstep. Additionally, every …
2017 · Martin Letzter · 5 min
Österreich / Deutschland · Allgäuer Alpen (Kreuzkarspitze / Lechtal)
End of April; Lechtal; Häselgehr. 4 o'clock in the morning. It's warm outside; so mild that it feels utterly absurd that we want to set out on a ski tour. If it wasn't for this guy. A man who's …
2017 · Tobias Heinle · 5 min
USA · Sierra Nevada (Mt. Williamson)
The Sierra Nevada Mountains in California are home to some of the biggest ski descents in the continental United States. And Mount Whitney, standing the tallest at 4,421 meters, is – without a doubt …
2017 · Christian Pondella · 5 min
Frankreich · Vanoise (Les Avals / Courchevel)
The alarm goes off at 7 am. It's our last day, and it's time to venture out and explore the far end of this vast valley called Les Avals. This project has been on the back of my mind for several …
2017 · Timy Théaux · 5 min
USA · Sierra Nevada
Three explorers, united in mutual desire, meet in the high desert of the Eastern Sierra Mountains to accept the challenge of navigating through colossal terrain and in an extreme environment. This …
2016 · Max Hammer · 5 min
Österreich · Stubai Alps (Wilder Pfaff)
It's been a while since Tobi, Bastian and myself have been able to spend a few days together in the mountains. We are all busy with our jobs, families, or studying. Many times, we only had a few …
2016 · Florian Häusler · 5 min
Argentinien · El Chaltén (Patagonien)
Patagonia is a place full of possibilities and a climber's Mecca. For skiers, it made a transition in the last 15 years from an exotic destination to something more accessible. The ski areas in the …
2016 · Jacob Slot · 6 min
Schweiz · Matterhorn (Wallis)
(Lorraine Huber) I was lining up at the Grand Montets lift in Argentière when I thought I had recognized someone out of the corner of my eye. "Roberto?", I asked in disbelief. Flashing me his …
2016 · Lorraine Huber · 6 min
Iran · Tarik Darreh (Zagros Mountains)
The whole story began with a crazy trip of Scott team rider Fabian Lentsch, driving a regular camper van from Austria to Kyrgyzstan and back in summer 2013. While traveling through those remarkable …
2016 · Fabian Lentsch · 5 min
Norwegen · Hurrungane Range (Turtagrø)
Whether it's for work-related or personal reasons, the mountains play a major part in my life. I was traveling Norway in January 2011 when I saw a photo in a ski magazine that took hold of me …
2016 · Anton Brey · 5 min
Neuseeland · Southern Alps (Craigieburn Valley / Mt. Olympus)
New Zealand, the land of desires and dreams; a country on the other side of the world, and a country where life AND skiing are far more laid-back. It seems like time stands still in the Southern …
2016 · Hanna Finkel · 4 min
Georgien · Caucasus Mountains (Gudauri)
It was April, and the first flowers were blooming on the mountain pastures in the Alps. The landscape turned greener, and the smell of spring was in the air. Spring? The thought of winter coming to …
2016 · Anne Wangler · 5 min
USA · Olympic Mountains
Out my front door, three blocks down 30th Street, is a trail that takes me to the shores of Commencement Bay and from there, in the distance, rise the Olympic Mountains. I'm not alone with my view; a …
2016 · Jason Hummel · 5 min
Kirgisistan / Tadschikistan · Pamir & Tian Shan Range
For most European skiing enthusiasts, it's not very common to go on a ski trip in July. But Andrzej Bargiel is not your average skier. At age 28, the Zakopane (Poland) local has already skied some of …
2016 · Mateusz Kielpinski · 5 min
Österreich · Karwendel Range (Bärenkopf)
A splitboarder from Lenggries, a telemark skier from Munich, and two freeriders from the Inn Valley in Upper Bavaria. Never before had we been out and about together in this combination. So far …
2016 · Petra Rapp · 5 min
Norwegen · Altafjord
Thousands of tourists visit the Norwegian Arctic town of Alta every year to get a glimpse of the Aurora Borealis. Everybody in our Swedish ski touring crew thought just staring at the sky, hoping for …
2016 · Anders Wingqvist · 5 min
