Bumped into a size issue for leather 75mm boots for my better half: For normal shoes she uses EU36 and for hiking boots EU37. Tried following 75mm leather boots: -"Alpina by Crispi" EU36 (looks like a Varg Morgedal ; 2nd hand boots from Norway) : way too small, toes curled hitting the front. -NEW An...

Saturday I made another long day trip to the Planneralm. A big "Nordstau" weather system with moist air coming straight from Spitzbergen was hitting the Alps since Friday of which the Bohemian Forest is only getting some left overs (though it did look like skiable today on the webcams of Hochficht a...

@Bohemian that's very cool! Did you meet up here first or in real life? Through the mentioned FB group + then the ski tours last winter. Only today he messaged me he had posted a reply to my post here :lol: There's some more XCD / backcountry ski folk out there in CZ, even one who makes wooden skis...

@ Roman : good to "see" you here too! Roman is a local ski buddy whom I've met last winter. We've done a few ski tours together around the 3-country-point, him showing me spots I wasn't aware of and me showing him a route/area he didn't know yet. Good times and looking forward to some more ski tours...

Mapy.cz : indeed, very useful! Even abroad and their maps and app are still improving. I also use it in Austria. Switzerland also has very good online maps with skitouring & snowshoe routes marked and with shading of steep areas: Swissstopo. Long Krkonoše trip: It's also on my list. A good start is ...

2nd December they will open the skilifts & slopes there. Another "Nordstau" now very clearly on all weather maps: both GFS and ICON-EU models pointing that way. Plenty snowfall with fairly cold temps (below -4*C at the parking) Friday, Saturday and Sunday! I might go again to the Planneralm this Sat...

It looks like good snow. 👍 No wonder a skier dares to cross over the off-limit tape. :) That tape just marks a vertical bit dropping off an approach to a shed for snowcat and snow-scooter & other equipment. The track you see beyond the tape is from a snow scooter which was parked just below that ta...

It would be great if you could share some pictures of your current location. Here we go! :) A few shots from the day trip Saturday @ Planneralm : IMG-20231118-WA0004.jpg IMG-20231118-WA0002.jpg IMG-20231118-WA0000.jpg 20231118_142520.jpg 20231118_142509.jpg 20231118_140339.jpg 20231118_114708.jpg 2...

No skiable snow yet in our local area around the 3-country point of Germany, Czech Republic and Austria but in the Eastern Alps we got a nice pack last week. (Central and W Alps also but that's far away) Saturday I took a day trip to the Planneralm, SE of the Dachstein, SW of Liezen, 3h30' drive awa...

Question for Rossignol BC100 180cm, model year 2021 for mounting Voile Switchback: These skis were originally mounted with NNN-BC. There is a small red stripe about 3-4mm forward of the real balance point (as balanced on a scraper blade). There is also a long line across the whole width of the ski i...