Powder in Montafon
Our Audi is full up to the roof and on the roof too – we have some things from Igor, who was on ISPO in München this time and he joined to us later. The journey is good, but just only to Brno, since then it´s started to snow and stopped…after six days. On our highway is just ice and snow, our car is floating on the road, speed meter shows 80 km/h., it wasn´t more and the tires on it had its share of. For some hours we crossed border to Germany, the journey is better and we can go faster. The last 50 km we are basically covered by snow, which I had never seen before. Crossing over from lane to lane was almost impossible.
At 11 a.m. we are on the parking at Golm, we are changing clothes, packing bags and going up to the hill. We got out of the booth and going to the woods, lots of snow and high level of adrenalin. We ride in steep forests and make some photos sometimes. The snow is relatively good and there is no high avalanche danger so far. The most exposed areas had already spilled out themselves. Unfortunately, later on the warm weather is coming and in the lower parts is the snow quite soft. After skiing we moving under Montafon, where we built tent in woods and after dinner we go sleep early. At night Vojta went for Igor, who arrived from München to Insbruck with Fidel in car and then in Bludenz by train, where Vojta was waitting for him. We woke up and there was blue sky outside, we are going up to the Montafon and killing really nice fresh powder lines. Our happiness is not infinite and bad weather showed in the right time, so it is the end of the day.
The second night solving I and Igor my problem with nephritis. In the morning is fresh powder with sun again. This time we go on Hochjoch, we ride just one nice “big mountain” (it was meadow) line behind the ridge from the lift side. The sun is gone and the light is bad. So we are moving on the second part of center throw 500 m long tunnel. On the other side Igor just escaped from an avalanche, fortunately nothing happened. After snack me and Svoby left them. Almost immediately we found nice lines between avalanche barrier. Riding is much better. The end of the day Igor and Vojta joined to us and we ride the last and nice line beautiful wold from the top mountain to trough, where after 10 minutes traverse we get toboggan run, which we ride down to the town. Because we appeared in a completely different city than where we have a car, so we decided to take a ski bus to Montafon. Under Montafon we packing our things and we going to village and looking for to the first night in warm. Old and nice ladies waiting for us. After three days we have really good food. Outside snowing and it will snowing until morning.
The fourth day we wake up and snowing very much. On the car is maybe 30 cm powder and the owner throws snow around the house. After agreement we go on Golm in the forests. I and Vojta riding the first line under the rope. Igor and Svoby riding the same line, but for 20 minutes Vojta got message from Igor, that Svoby injured leg and he must go to the hospital (under rope he hit iron pipe - doctors cleared leg, he got gypsum after knee and he must bought clutches for 25 €). For Svoby it was end of the trip. I and Vojta continue in the powder lines and it´s still snowing so much, that ride on the open seat is quite uncomfortable. We are very vet, so I go to the restaurant for some time and Vojta with Igor continue.
In Friday is new snow again and still snowing. This time we go on Montafon, where join to us very nice girl from Argentina. We riding forests and dropping over avalanche barriers. Our new company is with us and she riding with us almou all day. The way back we stopping in some town on carnival. And Austrians knows how to have fun. In Saturday was cloudy, so we riding on Montafon some bigger lines.
The last day was nice and sunny weather and we riding big mountain lines in Hochjoch. Sometimes we gone on the top Zamangspitze, where the way up isn´t so difficult. We had fear, that some faster will ride us the fresh wall, but it didn´t happened. Everyone rode on the other side. We riding the fresh lines and took turns in shooting. Afternoon we go to the other mountain, where is no free. We have own track, we hiking on climbing skins. The last 100 meters was quite difficult. We must given skis on the bag and gone in powder after the neck.
In the end, I should say that the trip was really hilarious except for the Svoby leg, which is now, I hope, ok. Otherwise, nobody wasn´t hurt, my kidneys I cured by antibiotics during the trip and some photos you can see in the gallery…