Searching for beautiful mountain views is my winter obsession. Maybe that’s why I like skiing so much. I’m not a great skier. Oh well, I’m doing fine. But this is all about something else. Frost, sun, omnipresent white. And peaks to the horizon. Every winter must have a few similar accents. Otherwise it’s not winter. So, the Kitzsteinhorn glacier in Austria is a good place to start. A sequel should come pretty soon…
A beautiful trip to the Dolomites with my son for skiing. Location, weather. Even though I had to focus on work in the first days, we managed to spend time together doing what I love, and Krzysiek does it just perfectly. And the son is basically an adult…
Chris is great at skiing probably because he learned it very early. And he was predisposed to it. Year 2009. How old was he then? Just over 3. A beautiful village in the Polish Tatra mountains, close to my heart, Bukowina Tatrzańska. Climate, views, and a few slopes, tiny in total. Today it is looked at with sentiment, but it is actually terribly rickety. For people familiar with the Alps – a joke, for us, in Poland, one of the legendary places. Why? A great place for small children, everything is easy to manage. Excellent instructors – Chris taught Wojtek – a person created for this, a great ski teacher. So it’s hardly surprising that my son quickly learned to ski, right there. It is worth adding here that I also learned to ski there as a teenager. The infrastructure in the 1980s was the same… But that’s another story, unfortunately I don’t have any photos from that time. I remember an old friend comment who also learned to ski there and is now a professional instructor. „Why Bukowina? To learn how to ride, you have to feel what the sweat, blood and tears are…” TRUE.
2010 and 2011, Bukowina again. Continuation. Better and better results … That’s why trips to slightly more ambitious routes in nearby towns, completely unknown to people from abroad. For example, Bialka Tatrzanska. One of the most popular ski resorts in Poland. EXPENSIVE!!! Good lifts, very short slopes, and crowds in the season. Well, unfortunately, we do not have the Alps in Poland.
And from 2012, the escapades began further. Trips to the Polish mountains, the so-called „men’s trips”, were a great breakthrough at the beginning of the season. But then there were the Carpathians, and Alps. Mostly, Where we haven’t been…? Slovakia – Chopok, Tatranska Lomnica, the Czech Republic – Cerna Hora, then – Austria – Schladming, Zell Am See, Kitzsteinhorn, Italy and Kronplatz, La Thuille, Via Lattea… Long list. There are beautiful memories and probably not the worst photo staff…
Last year, after the pandemic and all these horrors, there was a return to the high mountains. Hintertux, around. I was proud to watch my growing older son.
Recently, Chris stated in a diplomatic way that actually … skiing is not so passionate for him anymore. That’s why he would like to try snowboarding next season … Then he will be an adult. And he will go not with me, but with his friends … Or maybe, contrary to declarations, he will decide to go with his father?
A beautiful start to the year on the „Alpine Roof” – return to the Ziller Valley and its spectacular end – the Hintertux Glacier.
The first time I was there during a pandemic, slightly letting go. It was summer, 2020. After difficult months, I decided that … summer skiing will be the thing that will allow me to break away from everyday topics. It was an exotic, wonderful experience.
I returned to the glacier last winter in the wonderful company of my son and friends. The weather was good and the views fed the senses.
The last trip was as wonderful as the previous ones, despite the spring in the middle of winter. At an altitude of 3,250 meters, the temperature was only -0.4 degrees, at 2,660 meters +4, and at 2,250 meters almost +9 … It’s hard not to notice climatic changes in the high mountains. So let’s enjoy skiing while we still can…
