MountainSki.eu concerns on different activites connected with snow or ice in mountains. Main activities are skialpinism and splitboard.
Company Freeride Map© has been publishing special maps for freeride skiing and snowboarding. The newest map extends number of maps to 15 and it covers Lötschental around summit of Hockenhorn (3293 m). I have possibility to look and check maps during sport trade show ISPO 2010 in München.
This year CK Alpina, for which I work as a guide, has extended its traditional range of winter holidays on Ukraine and the Balkans an entirely new ski areas in the Austria and Slovenia. Maybe you have your favourite resorts and slopes, but why not try something new this year?
Competiton to win 30% discount for winter trip for 2 persons by CK Alpina is in progress at outdoor e-shop www.vodahory.cz. Try to answer single competition question – and enjoy that you will be select by lot! Probability of winning is very high. Do not worry, just try it!
We spent several days with skialpinism and climbing in High Tatras, Slovakia at the end of December 2009. This year we chose cottage Chata pod Rysmi (2250 m). Original invitation is at Zimní výcvikový tábor na Chatě pod Rysmi from 155. Mountaineering club Vsetín. Previous weather was quite changeable including raining also at altituted above 2000 meters. This weather caused that group of freeriders was not riding almost at all. Only Devil-Certink has jumped twice.
There are occuring PF cards in text or graphic form with coming end of the year. Here are just two ones from Mountainski.eu taken during this year skialpinism trip KAMA SNOW CAMP 2009 Bosna and Hercegovina.
There is nice article Prevent Damage to Boot — Improper Use of Tech Bindings with photo of significantly damaged shoe around holes for pins of Dynafit Tech binding at website www.wildsnow.com. Shoes with proper shoe sole is almost impossible to damage in such a way, but if you shoe sole is damaged, it can be very easy.
At festival Kolem světa (Around world) – Praha 28. – 29. 11. 2009 I presented photos from our Skialpinism and freeride Ukraina 2009 organized by travel agency CK Alpina – annotation: Jan Pala – Skialp a freeride na Ukrajině.
Winter issue of magazine Koktejl Speciál 2009 will be published at the end of November. There are two articles focused on skialpinism activities in the former Czechoslovakia. Skialpinism in Beskydy mountains are described from Czech side, and High Tatras around Cabin below Solisko (1840 m) are described from Slovak side.
I am currently working in Slovenia this second week of November. There were nice weather today on Wednesday, November 11, so I decided to go several kilometres outside of Ljubljana to ski resort Krvavec, which is situated in altitudes from 1450 to 1970 meters. Terrible summer without snow and skis are over, last skiing was on May 8 during trip Skialpinism at Kamchatka.
Ceremonious intruduction of Calendar HO Kailas 2010 will be held in cinema Artefakt, Slovanská 3, Nový Jičín on Friday, November 13, 2009. Members of this mountaineering club had godd fun with taking these pictures and printing them on glossy paper to size A2.
