In my last #worldmappin #winterchallenge post, I remembered well how we went hiking up to the top of the mountain in Leogang. Back then I wished I had brought my snowboard, to slide down on the way back.
So this inspired me to tell you about my favorite ski slopes, where I went with a friend of mine. Not that long ago I took the day off and asked my friend Maria to join me for a snowboard day.
Conditions were perfect as the past few days it had been snowing a lot and that day the sun came out. Also, it was not the weekend - so it wouldn´t be too crowded on the slope.
From Munich to Ehrwald Almbahn is about 1,5 hrs drive. So we woke up pretty early, packed some food and drinks in our backpack, packed the car, and started driving to arrive just in time when the lift opens 08:00 o´clock.
In general, the lift is open for skiing every day from the 13th of December 21st of April. Here you can see the live webcam of the slope to check out the weather yourself before you decide to go: https://www.almbahn.at/de/service/aktuelles/webcams/
From there we went with the cable car to the first restaurant /platform. The sun came out real quick and the view towards the Alps was awesome.
We decided to take another chairlift to go all the way up and then all the way down again. From there the view was even better and we were almost all by ourselves.
I love that ski area a lot because I have known it since I was little. When I was a kid it was pretty common to learn how to ski as soon as you can walk. So every winter we went skiing on every hill we could find. Later as a teenager I switched to snowboarding, as skiing was too boring for me, and with the snowboard, you can always sit down and enjoy the view, no matter where you are. (came in handy when I was still smoking cigarettes as well 😎)
The ski area of Ehrwald is very nice because the slopes are easy to slide down. Most of them are blue (easy) or red (moderate). The lifts are easy to ride and the view is always nice. The only bad thing that can happen is too many beginners taking all the space 😂 - but only on weekends or vacation time!
As I know the area very well I even know some shortcuts through the forest that are very fun to take.
That day we were almost by ourselves and could enjoy every ride at the fullest.
After a few hours of snowboarding, we went back to our starting point. The Ehrwalder Alm. There we decided to take a break, have some food and drinks, and enjoy the sun. The most common dishes at such an Alm is Currywurst /Schnitzel with fries or German dumplings with vanilla sauce.
After about 1 hour of chilling in the sun, we decided to go back on the slopes and snowboard a little bit more before the conditions turned worse.
In my experience, the morning hours are always the best because snow is still great. In the afternoon often the snow is gone, which means lots of ice ooor wet snow, which makes it even harder to slide. Again we went all the way up to the top and went down that slope a few times.
After that, we got tired and decided to go all the way back down again. We really enjoyed that last part a lot and took a few breaks to enjoy the amazing view.
Also, the sun left and it got cold. Of course, we also were pretty tired after so many hours of snowboarding, so it was good to not go straight down but take some breaks in between.
The last part of that day I will never forget. The sun was coming out one more time and the view was just stunning.
I have been to this ski area so many times but never have the conditions been better. Great weather, great snow, great accompaniment, not many people and good food. What else can you wish for?!?!
So I took 10 minutes sitting down on the slope and enjoyed the moment before we went down the last 30 minutes to the parking lot.
https://youtu.be/rsF17tmB5M8
Driving home for the first 20 minutes we were stuck in traffic, but we still left at the right time, before rush hour, so we didn´t have too much traffic on our way home. As you can see in the video we had a good time anyway even on the ride home... but of course, once we arrived back in Munich we went straight to sleep.
What a great day! - I hope you liked it as much as we did 😍 Cheers, Liz