Wedeling above the clouds.

Training for the Nanga Parbat or relaxed enjoyment of nature? About the goal of their ski touring in the Radstadt Tauern were Stitzinger Verena and her colleagues do not always agree. But in the end were the spectacular mountains of Austria for everyone.

 

It was cold, very cold. Cunningly slipped the dense fog through all layers of functional clothing, and let us feel chilly. Not even the thick gloves, I actually like always for the departures had been, were enough to warm my fingers. Especially the thumb and little finger hurt almost in the cold. Here we were only in the lower half of the climb. Should we turn around? Previously, cake and coffee in the cozy and warm desk of our inn? No, at this ski tour, I came with such proposals not covered by my companions.

For a few days we were in the Radstadt Tauern route, more precisely in the nature reserve Riedingtal around the municipality of Cedar House. Quick to get to the interesting field trip with about 50 Skigipfeln on the Tauern motorway from Salzburg. Well two hours from Munich, is the goal right after the Tauern tunnel reached.

The snow conditions were good in the winter 2007/2008? as also in the winter, primarily because the regions south of the Alps in December were given plenty of snow. The avalanche situation was unusually stable for the winter? only the weather forecast was bad, very bad.

Anyway, we are still losgefahren. Because as a family, we have little opportunity to do something about it and also we all want as much time as possible in the snow.

Training for the peaks

The motivation for this was however very different: My brother Luis and his girlfriend Alix trained to climb an eight thousands. Incidentally, both their destination in the meantime achieved: on 21 July 2008 was the Alpinists pair Luis Stitzinger and Alix von Melle on Nanga Parbat.

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Time is of the two successful Höhenbergsteigern understandably rather scarce. So what was closer than between Christmas and New Year a little family reunion with me and my friend Mark with a few nice ski combine? The fact that Mark and I am more oriented departure from the corner of the ski sport come bothered both serious climbers do not.

On the contrary? the differences were responsible for some entertainment.

Even when unloading the equipment from the car could barely keep Luis laughter: Finally, weighs one of our freeride planks with more stable binding than its complete pair of skis. Well, there must be those with the broad snow equipment at the ascents already powerful effort in order to come afterwards.

And also requires an alpine family reunion a certain conversion. Due to cold and poor visibility prematurely turn, Luis was not in the absolute sense. He froze even not at all, he said, at least. "But I want but not on the Nanga Parbat," Mark wailed. With the promise of pleasure-ski, he was in a clandestine-Nanga Parbat-training camp with freezing temperatures, stormy winds and steep ridges have been lured.

On bulletin boards on a sea of clouds

Finally, it was the day before, when on a tour Taferlnock already cold and windy enough, even this departure, we had in the dense gray absolve them. Of course, the appeal was not entirely serious. All appreciated the shared experience. And how! We all agree that this is in spite of fog and snow was much nicer than at home at your desk. As if a spell, we were rewarded: At about 2000 meters, we came through the fog and then ran through a sea of clouds.

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Steep and exposed it later went up to the summit of the Great Moser Mandl. The atmosphere up here, the view of the surrounding mountains, the peak from the clouds, far from compensated for the cold finger. And then came the descent still! The turn radii ranged from very small (with Luis) to huge. About the powder in any event, we all rejoiced. The next day was taken by their claims her as diverse crew back on joint tour: The Weisseck stood on the plan? still the second highest mountain of the Low Tauern.

The direct way Luis and Alix was obviously too short. And so attracted to us with more powder runs and we ran across the large round Seeköpfl, the ridge of Felskarspitze and ultimately up to the summit of the steep Weisseck. And with fantastic sunshine and beautiful snow. No discussion, so did all of us here in the valley of Cedar House.