I'm a Bavarian who emigrated to Trieste and work for Powderguide as a meteorologist, developer of the PG-ICON weather and ski video specialist. Val Saisera is my favourite place for ski tours. I like to bake bread, apple strudel and Tortel-Frico.
Sebastian Müller
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interviews
PowderPeople | Marco Milanese
Sebastian Müller • 12/16/2021Marco Milanese is an alpine mountain guide, a modern adventurer and certainly a local legend in Friuli-Venezia-Giulia. The variety of his mountain activities is astonishing, based upon alpine climbing, reaching towards highlining and base jumping, but also incorporating skitouring, freeriding and speedflying. In this interview we try to find out about Marco and how he manages such a variety of mountain activities, how he deals with risk and what he was doing last winter. -
gear of the week
Gear of the week | Skin Belt
Sebastian Müller • 12/12/2021Today we present a belt made from ski fur: is this GOTW a must-have or an accessory? Let's find out together! -
videos of the week
Videos of the Week #3 2021/22 | French ski property
Sebastian Müller • 12/10/2021Mon cheri, mon amour! C'est tres jolie, c'est trop bon! Jeux parlez francais comme un vache espanyole! Je suis desole, jeux ne pas compris! C'est vrai, we dedicate today to our favorite neighboring country, the one with the high mountains and the beautiful but incomprehensible language! A bientot! -
videos of the week
Scandinavian Happiness | #2 Videos of the Week 2021/22
Sebastian Müller • 12/03/2021The familiar Scandinavian protagonists, namely one each from Norway, Sweden and Finland, characterize this episode. We get to see the adventures of late spring 2021 here, matured and freshly baked, and the parallels are as obvious as they are interesting. They all had to deal with the same dangerous avalanche conditions, and they all solved them in their own way. We present: a big bubble of Scandinavian happiness! -
videos of the week
It never gets better! #1 Videos of the Week 2021/22
Sebastian Müller • 11/26/2021Start of the season! A warm welcome! Obviously: all the well-known characters and collectives are already busy publishing. Lots of recent footage of last winter's snow is ready and we almost feel late! But don't worry, we won't be tactically holding back here. No, we're burning off the Hollywood fireworks so that we can devote ourselves to fine alternative works in the future! With this in mind, let's celebrate the start of the season! Because... -
videos of the week
Videos of the Week #24 2020/21 | Off to summer!
Sebastian Müller • 05/07/2021There's still a bit left and in Chamonix anyway, but the search for powder is becoming increasingly difficult and it's clear that it's high time to start thinking about the approaching summer! So, our climbing projects for 2021: Big Island Assis or King Capella? Or maybe wrestling in Senegal? Or a highline on a ski tour? Or do you still have high alpine ambitions? Firn, powder or steep faces? Or roadgaps like Markus? In any case, summer will come and is somehow already here. -
videos of the week
Videos of the Week #23 2020/21 | Nino's tips
Sebastian Müller • 04/23/2021I had a very pleasant encounter with conditions reporter Nino, a.k.a. schneerudi, at the final PG meeting. What's more, a few days later he surprised me with an email full of treasures I'd never heard of. Here are the collected highlights. Thank you very much! We're not saying goodbye to the summer break just yet. Perhaps there are more surprises in store for us! -
videos of the week
Videos of the Week #22 2020/21 | Here are the champions
Sebastian Müller • 04/16/2021We are delighted to announce our first winner of the "VdW Skier of the Year Award": Elisabeth Gerritzen! We will try to notify, congratulate and gift her immediately! The PG community chose her as the winner in a tough tournament mode in the final against "Our Roland". We also regret having lost sight of Antti Autti, but we will make up for it here. We close with Champion Aurelien and myself, Editorial Award Winner 2021. -
videos of the week
Videos of the Week #21 2020/21| I, IE & Y
Sebastian Müller • 04/09/20213 Powderpeople who end in i, ie and y? We dedicate this issue to three influential figures in our freeride culture: Eric Hjorleifson, aka HojI, JeremIE Heitz and CodY Townsend. The last two are certainly also interesting interview candidates. Hm? -
videos of the week
Videos of the Week #20 2020/21 | Vimeo Revolution
Sebastian Müller • 04/02/2021Vimeo is given far too little attention here. The artistic quality of the publications is generally higher there. This may also be due to the fact that they attract less attention and therefore generate less advertising revenue. True video artists seem to enjoy the freedom from commerce and there are plenty of small and large gems to be found! The VdW then reflect on their YouTube consumption and dependency. -
videos of the week
Videos of the Week #19 2020/21 | Le grand finale
Sebastian Müller • 03/26/2021Without anticipating the ContestHappening too much, the Verbier Xtreme must be briefly mentioned here. It is the annual highlight of our scene, and its date at the end of March also marks the peak of climatological snow depths. The search for powder is becoming increasingly difficult. But as you can see in the latest conditions reports, it's still well worth it! -
videos of the week
Videos of the Week #18 2020/21 | Alpine Policy
Sebastian Müller • 03/19/2021The omniscient algorithm also keeps offering me Jan Böhmermann. In his latest piece of satirical investigative journalism, he exposes the ignorance and corruption of the Tyrolean cable car industry, elegantly drawing analogies of failure in the event of a disaster, from the gondola fire in Kaprun to the Corona Cluster (I & II) in Ischgl.