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TR: Austria 2012 (pic heavy)
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Headed off to Salzburg last week for my annual visit to my mate Steve. We arrived on Wednesday afternoon and spent the rest of daylight hours arranging to have one car at the end of the Dachstein glacier crossing and one available to get us to the beginning - bit of a chore but worth it.

Every year, I seem to amass more and more gear!


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30 minute drive and we were at the lift up the glacier


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Steve put on a brave face despite his natural vertigo!


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Quite a view from the top of the lift


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My colleague John enjoying some re-frozen crud at the top of the crossing


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John taking a break about 5km into the crossing


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Steve resorts to carrying his skis on one of quite a few short climbs too small to warrant putting the skins back on


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Without a guide the tour is a more a picturesque yomp than an amazing descent but beer was earn all the same


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Friday morning brought rain in the valley, but 10 minutes on a chair and 30/03/12 delivered fresh snow


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Steve showing us that snowboarding isn't only for the yoof


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I got a few decent turns in too


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On Saturday bright blue skies and not much wind boded well for a hike up to Kleinarler Hutte. Lots of gear to take when two of you are skinning and one of you has decided to strap on snow shoes and carry the heaviest snowboard I've ever lifted


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Here's the man himself. Not sure he's enjoying it much ...


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John taking some comfort from the shade afforded by a bit of woodland


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Last bit of skin track before the hut


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Enjoying a well-earnt weissbier


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This is where John and I are heading, the lump of rock on the left hand side of the ridge


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John taking a rest on the summit


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And yours truly


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No pics from the descent (some vid might follow, apparently) but I wasn't stopping to take photos in lovely fresh Spring, chalky powder.

Sadly, before we could go up for a second go, the weather started to close in, the wind really picking up


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We had a lunchtime flight on Sunday, but here's proof that on 1st April, there is still fresh snowfall, even at 800m


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and proof that you can still get fresh tracks (albeit on piste and in all of 5cm of fresh!


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Bring on 12/13!!!
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Looks good!
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very nice!
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Arno, cheers. Wailers really came into their own this trip. Going uphill worked well and I certainly noticed the difference in weight from previous set-ups. As for the down, big smiles all round!
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zammo, with the Wailers, sometimes it feels like cheating Cool
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Late and poor quality, but video evidence of the pitch down to Kleinarl Hutte. It's pretty mellow, although the top is steeper that it looks as you can tell by my mate's rather tentative approach by which he manages to ski across the skin track. Twice!

Still, for video shot on a standard camera, I guess it's not too bad.

Kleinarl from Lord_Uno
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