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Category: Our Ski Adventures
When I moved to South Australia from Colorado, it was on the condition that I never miss a year of skiing. Since that move, we have taken at least one ski trip every year and skied some amazing places. The posts here are some of those adventures.
What activity always brings your family together? For mine, it is skiing. Regardless of our varying abilities, we all enjoy the mountains, find places to ski together and have fun talking about our day later. Skiing with my family has been a constant throughout my life, which is why it was an obvious activity to […]
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St Anton am Arlberg – Part 3
The variable weather in Austria wasn’t over after the first five days. To start the week, we had sun, clouds, snow showers and more sun. For day six, we had rain. Day 6 – Rain The weather in Austria was so bizarre. It started to rain overnight, and all the fresh snow disappeared with it, […]
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St Anton am Arlberg – Part 2
Skiing in Austria has been surprisingly variable. In one week, we’ve had hard-packed snow, hard chunky snow with exposed icy parts, spring skiing heavy and slushy snow, and powder. Any powder day while skiing is fantastic, but because I usually get just one week a year to ski, getting a powder day feels like winning […]
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St Anton am Arlberg – Part 1
It’s a long trip from Adelaide, Australia to St Anton, Austria – 33 hours to be exact – but so far, the “cradle of alpine skiing” has proved worth it. Arrival Our trip from Adelaide took two long flights (13 hours from Adelaide to Dubai and 7 hours from Dubai to Zurich), a three-hour layover […]
Altitude to Adelaide 