Powder alarm at Schatzberg.

Skiing despite avalanche danger: For tours offer breathtaking Kitzbüheler Alps powder slopes for beginners and experts. That has, however, around - if you avoid traffic jams on the mountain, you must get up early.
  "During the past 24 hours there have been widespread in North Tyrol 20 to 30 centimeters of fresh snow in the Kitzbüheler Alps Zillertaler locally up to 50 centimeters." So proclaims the Avalanche report on Friday before our weekend in the Tour Windau. For Saturday is bright sunny announced, the anticipation is rising. The three Lawinenwarnstufe still requires vigilance. Our happiness that we have chosen the Kitzbüheler Alps for this weekend have chosen. There is also greater New cases always something.
That, however, know many (not just local) walking tour. And so we unverspurten of the slopes still getting our piece, it announced early start. At 7.30 clock shows the car thermometer in the shade at the Inn valley Steinberg frosty minus 19 degrees. Only quick tour inside the shoes, the skins are already stuck in the ski? it can go!
FOUND IN ... Alpin - The mountain magazine edition 1/2009InhaltsverzeichnisHeft bestellenwww.alpin.deDer increase initially runs on a flat forest road, soon we will turn right and stepped on grass slopes, we finally Steinbergalm when the warming sun. At the well-in track and climb through some tracks from the day before departure, we realize that we are of course not the first, however it is still the vast terrain over large areas unverspurt. In cold air, the snow crystals glisten in the sun? The mood is fantastic.
However, I fear that the snow quality through the sunlight could be affected and give us only a short water break. With the increasing amount opens the panorama to the north? seals in the south of the mighty stone Steinberg, unfortunately from the prospect.
Into the white pleasure
Perfect powder slopes are now up to the little striking the highest point of the Steinberg. The first drive is already starting to dust and tidy. Despite the tempting powder we take the time for an extensive Gipfelrast overlooking the rolling hills of the ski Windautal. Compared to illuminate the western slopes of dance Kogel until crushing Horn still almost virgin? there is still a wide choice for tomorrow.
And then it's going into the white fun. First, it is something driving record until the ski far enough floating. Now the knee a little bit and you tend to draw detailed touring around the curve? left, right, left, right ... Until thigh up dust powder, easily and without effort wag we go to the forest.
Much too soon we reach the forest road. Who has freshly waxed, must now look penultimate time, when he relaxed at his colleagues vigorously pushing vorbeigleitet. The joy of the last successful tour tags waits in the form of a decent piece of cake with "shock" at the inn Steinberg.
One night just at the starting point of a ski tour does have its advantages: While the vast majority of tours are on the backlog of mandatory Irschenberg the Inntal triangle rolls, peel we ausgeschlafen well from the comfortable beds and serve us at the lavish breakfast buffet. The first cars are already on the bottom of the parking lot in front of the inn Steinberg, when we returned to the familiar path in the valley take the skins.
In the track on plateau
Today we turn but after a few minutes from the now well-established forest road to the left on a bridge in the direction from Gerst Inger yoke. Thankfully, we follow the easy-ranging career track in the past to Niederalm plateau.
When compulsory stop drinking the critical gaze wander to the short steep step above, in the orderly wind driving snow eingeblasen has. Apparently unimpressed, our predecessors have their sharp turns. That I would probably not dare yesterday. After but still quite low winter sun below the hillside for several hours yesterday afternoon striped, should the snow in the clear night have further consolidated.
We agree discharge distances and increase the rate of climb through our tour commitments, as the slope of the track now rise markedly increasing. So we quickly reach flatter terrain and on the following long and sometimes Gratrücken we walk off with best view over the summit already visible.
From the other side, from the Spertental, will now also tours up? also we are a small group of followers and is on the ridge over in our direction, while the summit will be passed around chocolate. The descent can deliver what they promised during the ascent. After connecting to our Steilhang behind us, we will gather shortly before the site edge. We go now to the hut alone.
ON TO ONLINE security blogs on runways: "People who buy you a helmet" (02.01.2009) Whistler Ski Area: frosting snow for the Olympics (20.12.2008) Germany's northernmost skilift: twenty seconds in Snow Noise (04.12.2008) With every swing I dive deep into the loose snow and is supported by a slight impulse to kick the thighs once again herauskatapultiert the next swing. The powder dust me up every face and euphoric schwinge I do from the lodge. One by one wag my friends down and one or the other Juchzer heard about this.
Below the hut, the sun yesterday afternoon, the snow has a little added a slight crust covers here below powder. Only on the right side of the site back was a little flatter angle radiation, the surface is still beautiful crumbly. So we find something with an eye for terrain down to the valley perfect snow and crowned the Gerst Inger yoke to date of departure of the best ski season? let's see how many weekends this award will endure.