Vorarlberg

Tiemo Rolshoven is 21 years old and has been competing for Germany on the Freeride World Tour since last season. He is known for big tricks, but also shows consistently good skiing in extremely technical terrain. In a brief interview at the first FIS Freeride World Championships in Ordino-Arcalis, he told us how he got into freeriding and how he would characterize himself as a skier.

We repeat the latest message from the oracle - the wet westerly weather is over for the time being. We are heading towards spring, both in a statistical and meteorological sense and in terms of the character of the weather. The next few days will be very warm and very sunny.

After two corona-related cancellations (2020 & 2021), an event in 2022, where unfortunately no contest took place, and a weather-related cancellation in 2023, a BoT could be held again this year.

At the end of January, I was supposed to take part in the legendary White Ring, the ski and snowboard race through the extensive ski area of Lech. Unfortunately, the event had to be canceled due to the weather. The race weekend took a completely different but exciting direction. I got a little insight into the freeride history of Lech Zürs and was able to pick up a few powder turns.

The organizers of the Back on Track Freeride Event have announced that they are hopeful that they will be able to hold the event at the end of March. Anyone who is interested can make a note of the date. The start of registration will be communicated - experience shows that you have to be quick.

In the words of the German Chancellor: "We're breaking new ground!" And I'm not talking about the internet, but about Alarm 8, because this time Ullr isn't sending us cold and snow all the way down, but a partially warm alarm with a fluctuating snow line.

All good things come in threes? I've come across at least three films here that make for a very happy edition of VdW in their own right, and I won't add anything to them, just a few words.

Seen from the valley, the Tschaggunser Mittagspitze is a striking peak, but apart from the last few meters from the ski depot to the summit, it is an easy ski tour. The last few meters to the summit require absolute surefootedness, but you will be rewarded with an impressive view!

The Linehunters Movie Tour is back! The Linehunters mainly bring local films to the big screen and show that even productions with a tiny fraction of the budget of TGR or MSP have a lot to offer. The motto of the tour is: By freeriders for freeriders.

With White Risk, the SLF has been offering a very comprehensive and intuitive license-based e-learning tool for avalanche prevention for many years. In the 2016/17 season, the tool will be presented in a completely revised version. We tried out the tour planning features on a ski tour in Brandnertal.

As happy as you are to have beer, you just don't enjoy stale beer. It's the same with this alarm. It may be snowing, but it quickly gets so warm that you can't enjoy it.

The descent from the Zamangspitze is aggressively advertised and marketed today, but it is still a highlight in the Montafon.