It was a perfect blue sky type of day. We set off into a valley (the Almajurtal) to the South of the Edelweiss Haus following a snow covered forestry road through the woods. Not long after the road crossed the river in the valley floor we started ascending until we reached the Mahdbergalpe. The team had shrunk a little and it was Elmar, Jutta, Natalie, Roland, Christoph and I. Jutta turned around at the alpe and the rest of us continued up on firmly packed snow to the summit. We followed tracks formed by a group in front of us as they zig zagged left and right up the slopes of pure white snow. The gradient reached about 35 degrees in places as measured by Roland with his pieps attached to his ski pole.
We admired the view from the summit then started on a fantastic 1000m descent with patches of powder to make it all the more enjoyable. I had my Go Pro with new gimbal mount for smooth flowing video. From the Alpe we continued down gentle slopes ending in a small section of forest where it was slightly more technical before landing on the track next to the river again. We headed back along the track and back up to the hut to sit in the sun for a while.
Schwarzer Kranz Ski Tour
6.5 hours, Dst 18.20 km Ascent 1250 m
