Christmas skiing

Just got back from a fun trip down to Garmisch to spend some time with the family and to get some skiing in so here is how it went.

Christmas day we headed to Lermoos in Austria but after searching for a parking spot for over 30 minutes we decided to head to Bierwang/Bichlach which is only another 15 minutes up the road towards Fern Pass. We took one run on the upper t-bar before taking over an hour to let dad take family pictures of us all sitting next to a hut. The snow conditions were variable because on some spots it would be soft and some spots it would be breakable crust so we stayed on the runs for the most part carving some turns. After a fun day we drove back to Garmisch and ate dinner at a restaurant I have never been to right off of the Hauptstrasse.

On the 26th Mom, Olivia, and I decided to do a short tour before I had to take the train back to Weiden to work so we chose the Stuiben hutte right off of the Bernidein T-Bar which is only a 30 min skin to the hutte but still makes you feel like you are in the backcountry. After making the short skin to the hutte we kept on going until we were standing on the top on the Stuibenkopf. The sun was beating down on me hard enough for me to wish that I had chosen shorts over long underwear but soon we were on top with great views all around us.
I spent 45 minutes on the top waiting for the girls to arrive and eating lunch before we set off down towards the hutte to grab their helmets that we had decided to leave there to grab on the way down. The snow was sloppy in the sun but once we got in the shade it was great boot top powder.
After grabbing the helmets we took off down the scary luge run to the ski run were we took the t-bar up and skied down to the Kreuzek bahn that we opted to take down instead of fighting are way down icy slopes with the millions of beginner skiers. Here are a few shots of the girls skiing that snow in the shade...overall very fun day!