Zugspitze summit ski and Schneefernerkopf

Just had an excellent day of skiing with new friends on the Zugspitze.

The day started with me driving to Ehrwald Alm before being re-routed to the Ehrwald Zugspitze. At the car I packed up all my stuff and got to the top on the first tram out at 8:30 or so.

Putting the skis on

 I called and found out that Alex and his friend would not arrive for another 20 minutes so I sat at the top enjoying the sun and view with the whole platform to my self. Alex arrived and we talked about ski routes and after a few minutes his other friend arrived so we got started with our ski descent of the Zugspitze which is a pretty big first ski together if you ask me. Alex proved to be a confident skier and was very good on the steeper sections. His friend took his time on the steeper sections and negotiated them perfectly.

little side slip

Shooting out of the apron was a nice feeling as we were able to make large arching turns all the way to the t-bar.
For the second half of the tour we skinned up to the top of the Schneefernerkopf to check out Neue Welt which is my goal for tomorrow (see tomorrow to see if it worked out!). We could only actually see the top of the Neue Welt because of a large roll over but there were tons of tracks so I feel very good about tomorrows plan and also with the ski partners I have just met.
-Owen

Ridge walk

Group shot