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Saturday, March 22, 2025

zillertalarena, ski, AT

what a wonderful ski experience in the tirolian alps (tuxer alpen) in austria. even if it is just middle of march and i've been quite high, THERE IS NOT ENOUGH SNOW (and not enough water) IN THE MOUNTAINS ⛄🌋🌞 ... did we destroyed all climate yet?

the zillertalarena is a ski resort approx in the middle of the zillertal, which means ziller river's valley. my starting point was the village zell am ziller (575m). i was quite early, maybe 9:30 a.m., because it was just a 2:15 hours drive from munich today. the parking place was half empty and there was NO SNOW in the valley. there was also almost no snow all the way up to the middle stattion of the cable car (wiesenalm 1,309m). from here up to the highest ski run hill übergangsjoch 2,500m with its kapauns lift 2,502m came all the snow cannons to their best. in the areas between 1,700m and 2,500m was the skiing fine, ifyou asked me. btw, the other hills around are the karspitz 2,257m, isskogel 2,264m, kreuzjoch 2,558m, königsleitenspitze 2,315m.

the ski areal provides statistics of the day and it was also possible to record a short ski run which i could watch and download later using my ticket number at www.skiline.cc => well, i've had 19 lift rounds + 8,569 height meters + 46.5 km up & down today. as you have to register first, you would also get the stats of all season in associated locations (maybe even in whole austria?). what abt my video? it looks so slow and it was slow because in the late afternoon at PLUS 15 degrees celsius was the snow soft, mushy and heavy. anyway, here we go 😉🎿⛇

enjoy few pictures:

zell am ziller, base station

zell am ziller im zillertal, tuxer alpen, tirol, AT

zillertalarena, ski, AT

kreuzjoch express aka x-press 2,408m

heaven & hell! leon draisaitl #29 himself? or just a guy wearing his edmonton oilers NHL jersey? draisaitl is at the moment the best german ice-hockey player and one of the best worldwide. he leads the goals scorer stats with 49 goals and just 10 more games to go before william nylander with 42 goals.

cable car wilde krimml 2,498m

what a nice messages, true?

wtf is this ugly thing? arts? i prefer the beautiful clouds, my dears

i'm so close to the skies ☁

what a deep snow run accident! i'had to find and excavate this ski

some 10-15m higher as my final 'landing position' was 👻

lunch + live tirolean folk music at kreithütte (kleine rosenalm) at 1,700m

the hanser x-press lift up to 2,246m was my favorite ski run today

the kapauns lift 2,502m and the wilde krimml cable car 2,498m

join at the highest ski run hill übergangsjoch 2,500m

there is a small creek from melting snow + ice, you see?

www.skiline.cc => videos + stats

finito => lets come back to the ziller valley

zell am ziller

next time i'll probably visit the mayrhofen ski arena with its harakiri ski run, which is the steepest piste austrias or maybe the last station in the ziller valley, the glacier ski area in hintertux 3,200m?

as i browse my blog backwards, i see my last skiing in tirol was the wonderful sellaronda round in south tirol, italy in early february. my last skiing in zillertal was the 1st ski areal in the valley (coming from munich), hochzillertal in 2014 (go to link only if you are NOT AFRAID of spiders🐜)

few more pictures here.

Saturday, March 15, 2025

st. patrick's day celebration, munich

what a nice st. patrick's day celebration in munich's ratskeller, the cellar below the town hall. everything was irish like decorated (or just green🍀😇? ) and the party with at least 2 live bands takes part for 4 days ...

the celebration is more than just the guinness beer + music. but not much more, if you asked me. bread and circuses ... and yes, the spirit is great, people are friendly and (almost?) all folks are happy => enjoy few impressions 😉