Adventures in the great outdoors
The weather has been pretty incredible lately. We still have a ton of snow on the ground and it’s a crime to squander the midday sunshine indoors. When the cloud cover burns off, around noon, we head off to play outdoors for a few hours. The days are getting a little longer, but there’s a …
You’ve been wondering, I know, if we have any snow left. I think this picture, taken today on the road to the Spechtensee, should answer that question.
Feet of snow outside my front door: 4Feet of snow up in the mountains: 16People trapped at the Planneralm resort: 500Helicopters used to evacuate them to the base next to our house: 17Level (from 1-5) avalanche alert for the last 48 hours: 5Cows killed in yesterday’s local avalanche: 6Barns destroyed: 1Pairs of snowshoes parked by …
Pictures from the day after a snowstorm in Austria, February 2nd, 2005. Join us for a walk here.
It’s not quite a white out because I can still see the edge of the apartment block closest to us, but the one just beyond it is gone. I can see the fence in front of our building, but the trees behind the fence are fading to gray. The snowplow woke me up this morning …
SchneeberichtRelatively speaking, it’s not that cold. It’s about -7C, but it’s very gray and a bit damp. And it’s snowing, has been on and off for three days now. Tomorrow, it’s supposed to get heavier and the wind is supposed to pick up, so it was key to get out today. I drove up the …