St Anton and Niederau

Had a couple of visits to Rendl, pleasant area . Great views from the top, where the off piste run over the back, (Hinteres Rendl) had clear Avalanche warning signs, and yet we were watching four guys bouncing down a pretty steep face. The front unpisted run, Rifflescharte was good, especially in flat light! Was a mix of deepish, chopped and moguls ~ and you couldn't see any of it!



And the run down Rifflescharte:


and on one of the runs

St Christoph was easily reached from Galzig. At one time, the village consisted of just three buildings, one a health hospice, the kind of place where the rich went to recover from TB. Even now it is a small village, mostly higher cost hotels, high fur coat count. Lunched at the café Schneider, a tribute to Hannes Schneider, the father of modern skiing. There were photos of him doing all kinds of trick skiing, and ski jumps ~ all on wooden skis, dead straight, at least 220 long! I'm not sure that cable bindings had been invented then!



Lech was our most enjoyable day, partly because the light was really good at last! There is a lot of skiing in this area, reaching from the area under the Mohnenfluh, above Zug, the Kriegerhorn, the runs above Lech, through to Oberlech. Lunch was at the Kriegeralpe, olde Austrian. Our group spent a happy couple of hours on some easy deep snow fields, real confidence builders. I went first and then took photos of the falls!!

Study for a painting:

I escaped for one afternoon, and ripped over to Stuben, and had a great time just fast skiing down empty pistes. The group returned there the next day, and they loved it. Lunch is taken in a great old stuble near the top of the Albonagrat, unfortunately, very smoky. From the window, we could watch dozens of parties with guides walking up the Marokoepfle, for some backbowl activity. The run back to Rauz, to get back into the St Anton area, finishes with a blue run, that I would have classified as a red/black.

Socially, I asked the rep, and our hotelier where the locals ate& drank, and we ended up in some cosy old stubles. By the end of the second day, we had gathered a small group of locals who were bent on teaching deutsch to my skibuddy, while he was giving them a lot of Scottish heuchterteuchter! I learned a lot about St Anton, it's characters and it's history, from these lovely friendly folk.

Some of our group:

Dave Mac

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Hi all,
I live in Niederau!! Hows that for good fortune eh?
The snow is good today. It snowed pretty much all day yesterday and most of the night too, but the sun is shining and my hubby and his mate are off skiing, although i expect they will be in Rudi's or Anton Grafutti by now.
:lol:

Hi Bernipage,
You are exceedingly luck to live in Niederau. I wish I lived a bit closer to a ski resort.

Ally

Thanks for your St Anton coverage.
I am struggling to understand why you said the light was so flat yet all your pictures show blue skies and sunshine?

I agree about Rendl, its a lovely area.

nice one Mr Mac :thumbup: