Feet of snow outside my front door: 4Feet of snow up in the mountains: 16People trapped at the Planneralm resort: 500Helicopters used to evacuate them to the base next to our house: 17Level (from 1-5) avalanche alert for the last 48 hours: 5Cows killed in yesterday’s local avalanche: 6Barns destroyed: 1Pairs of snowshoes parked by …
Pictures from the day after a snowstorm in Austria, February 2nd, 2005. Join us for a walk here.
It’s not quite a white out because I can still see the edge of the apartment block closest to us, but the one just beyond it is gone. I can see the fence in front of our building, but the trees behind the fence are fading to gray. The snowplow woke me up this morning …
Yesterday we spent the day wandering around Graz. You can join us on our tour here.
Folks have been asking me this: just how cold is it in Austria in deep winter? Well, this morning, it’s -14C, that’s 8F, for those of you in the Fahrenheit zone. Yesterday afternoon we went for a walk and when we got to J’s mom’s house, the thermometer was reading -5C. As the numbers go, …
SchneeberichtRelatively speaking, it’s not that cold. It’s about -7C, but it’s very gray and a bit damp. And it’s snowing, has been on and off for three days now. Tomorrow, it’s supposed to get heavier and the wind is supposed to pick up, so it was key to get out today. I drove up the …