stephan mantler

Barcelona

I’ve just returned from a week in Barcelona and Sitges, attending (and giving a presentation at) the CORP 2009 conference. Due to an ill-timed illness I spent most of my free time in my hotel room, but at least managed to snap a few photographs when I was outside.

Lahningries Video – Storm Edition

Fadensteig – Lahningries

Good Friday: Terrific backcountry skiing with Scotty, Niko and Paul. From Losenheim via the Fadensteig route to the high plateau, and descending through the Lahningries couloir. The awesome weather was slightly diminished by the very strong winds, but still quite acceptable. Especially the concluding lunch at the Forellenhof restaurant. Quite impressive was the flow of [...]

#2

The Lahningries couloir was so good that I just had to do it again today. This time (finally!) with Hannes, after talking about backcountry skiing together but never making it happen. And it was just as great as yesterday, with a few highlights and one fairly bad ‘lowlight’. But first things first – we did [...]

Lahningries

Spring doesn’t only bring warmer temperatures, but also a shift in backcountry skiing from regular powder fun to the north faces and couloirs… today, this meant skiing the Lahningries couloir of the Schneeberg.