While skiing down the north face of Rohnenspitze in Austria, I set off a small surface avalanche and you can see it in the video below as it brushes past the tips of my skis. It was April 30th and the avvy warning was a … Continue readingVideo: Avalanche close call – Rohnenspitze, Austria
End of April and it’s dumping snow all week. Best course of action? A new ski tour! Rohnenspitze in the Tirol was ideal, only two and a bit hours up with a steep north face decent back down. We set off from the car park … Continue readingSkitour and Photos at Rohnenspitze, Tirol, Austria
Earlier this week we ski-toured up Ponten in the Austrian Tirol. There’d only been about 10cm of fresh snow overnight but the avvy warning was still a three above the treeline, so we proceeded with caution. It was the afternoon, so we were following the … Continue readingSkitour & Avalanche at Ponten, Tirol