Mayrhofen

Apr 12

This week I was lucky enough to be able to squeeze in a quick trip over to Germany and Austria, back to an old stomping ground in Mayrhofen.

Mayrhofen, well Austrian villages in general are some of the most beautiful places ever.

On the way over Delta managed to get their inflight entertainment stuck and for 11 hours it tried offering me "highlights" of Chelsea which considering their style under mourinho, meant an easy way to fall asleep. Saying all this they will probably smash us tomorrow now.

We did some train travel to get to Austria, which has to be one of the best things ever about Europe, you can take the train pretty much anywhere you want and right into the resorts.

The only thing which would make Mayrhofen easier to get to would be if they would upgrade the Zillertalbahn as it takes an hour from Jenbach, but well better than needing to drive.

Suns out guns out.

When we got up to the mountain, it blows my mind every time the terrain in Austria, its not just a small hill, its a huge mountain range, most of which is accessible.

It was definitely slushy when we were there but that means side hits are everywhere. The mountain goat himself henry jackson giving it some..

Besides slushy snowboarding, another of the famous institutions of austrian life are Schnitzel Semmels. For about 3 euros you can get the best piece of fleisch you could wish for.

As you can see from the banner above, it was snowbombing this week also, luckily for my health we were only there for a few hours, but long enough to see the snowbombing rally arrive, full with fancy dress regalia.

Another of the great things which Austria is famous for is Radler. The drink of the gods. Beer and Lemonade mixed, so you can get by having one early on in the day.

The mrs clearly enjoying the joys of europe, and being allowed to drink a radler in public. The US could learn a lot.

Zillertal is one those places that no matter how much tourism there is, the local people always continue with the things which keep them going besides that including timber and farming. When you pull into the valley there is a huge wood yard which is kind of a sign your back.

This is the Horbergbahn area, slightly out of town, and a real good spot for some powder in deepest winter. From the house there, where we lived it was a 500m walk to the lift for the saturday riding. Perfect for the weekend warrior.The other lift in Mayrhofen is the Penkan which must be one of the highest in europe and has a crazy corner half way up apparently the only lift with such a corner in the world.