Hintertux and Prague - February 2010

Leaving from Bangkok airport

Bangkok airport terminal

First class seat on Swiss

Dinner over the Bay of Bengal

Drinks

Wine list

Château Haut-Brion Bordeaux and a Pinot Noir from Sacramento

This is what 180000 miles buys ...

Breakfast somewhere over the Black Sea

First day in Zillertal!

Top of the Hintertux Ski Area and the two summits of Gefrorene Wand (3288 m on the left and 3270 m on the right). View is from the west from Olperer. The Gletscherhütte pub is on the lower right.

View of the northern summit of Gefrorene Wand from the Tuxerjoch chairlift at Sonnenbergalm.

View of Gefrorene Wand on the left and Olperer on the right, seen from Sonnenbergalm.

Cable car from base to Sonnenbergalm station.

Cable car to the top of the Hintertux Ski Area (southern summit of Gefrorene Wand).

At the top of the Hintertux Ski Area

At the top of the Hintertux Ski Area, southern summit of Gefrorene Wand, 3270 m

At the top of the Hintertux Ski Area, southern summit of Gefrorene Wand, 3270 m

At the top of the Hintertux Ski Area, southern summit of Gefrorene Wand, 3270 m

View of Tuxertal seen from the top of the Hintertux Ski Area toward the villagess of Madseit and Juns.

View of Tuxertal seen from the top of the Hintertux Ski Area. The village of Hintertux is to the right.

Southern view from Gefrorene Wand to Italy. The Schlegeiss chairlift is in the foreground, the Schlegeisspeicher lake and power station are in the valley below. Hochfeiler/Gran Pilastro (3510 m) is the peak to the right of the lake; Großer Möseler/Grande Mèsule (3486 m) is to the left.

Panoramic view to the NW from the top of the Hintertux Ski Area toward Inntal and Bavarian Alps. The lower peak in the foregound is Geier (2857m).

Panoramic view to the S from the top of the Hintertux Ski Area toward Italian Alps (Hochfeiler/Gran Pilastro, 3510 m and Großer Möseler/Grande Mèsule, 3486 m, are in the foreground)

180-degree panoramic view from the top of the Hintertux Ski Area looking west, showing Italian Alps to the left and Zillertal Alps to the right, with Bavarian Alps in the background.

Panoramic view from below the summit of Olperer eastward to Gefrorene Wand and the top of the Hintertux Ski Area.

Panoramic view from the northern summit of Gefrorene Wand south into Italy. Italian Alps are in the foreground (Hochfeiler/Gran Pilastro, 3510 m and Großer Möseler/Grande Mèsule, 3486 m), with The Dolomites in the far back (Gruppo del Sella and Sasso Lungo/Langkofel)

View to the NW from the top of the Hintertux Ski Area of the Zugspitze, located above Garmish-Partenkirchen, some 65 km (40 miles) away!

View to the S from the top of the Hintertux Ski Area of the Gruppo del Sella and Sasso Lungo/Langkofel located above the Italian town of Canazei, some 65 km (40 miles) away!

Olperer (3476 m, 11400 ft) - almost as high as the top of the highest ski lift in Santa Fe...

Olperer

Olperer

Olperer

The Olperer summit and the Olperer 1 and 2 T-bar lifts below

Gefrorene Wand ski runs toward Tuxer Fernerhaus

Kaserer 2 T-bar lift and the wide-open Höllscharte run

The Tuxerjoch ski run

View of Gefrorene Wand from the west, with the Olperer 1 and 2 T-bar lifts

Southern view toward the Schlegeisspeicher lake.

Top of the Hintertux Ski Area below Gefrorene Wand, looking NW

Top of the Hintertux Ski Area below Gefrorene Wand, looking S

Apres ski at Sommerbergalm station

A well chilled keg of Zillertaler Bier at Gletscherhütte...

Lunchtime at Gletscherhütte

Lunchtime at Gletscherhütte

Lunchtime at Gletscherhütte

An idea for bar stools from Gletscherhütte...