Snow Sports

From skiing and snowboarding to snowshoeing and sledding

Learning to ski at St Andreasberg Skizentrum in Germany

Skizentrum Sankt Andreasberg, Skiing for Beginners

Germany
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Lower Saxony may be pretty, but I gotta say – the mountains are mere mole hills. Moving to central Germany from Switzerland is a bit like having your parents replace your Halloween candy with broccoli; it’s harder to enjoy the...
Snowshoeing La Berra in Switzerland

Snowshoeing La Berra

Snow Sports
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While living in Oregon, Trav and I went snowshoeing for the first time as adults.  After just one trip, we were hooked! We immediately appreciated what an inexpensive sport is is, accessible to most anyone. All we had to do...
Skis dangling from lift in Charmey, Switzerland

Charmey Death Sticks

Switzerland
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A delay in snowfall in the Alps during the 2015 winter season led to bare ground at many ski resorts in Switzerland, Italy, and France. It continued into December when the ski season should already have been well underway. Since...
Views of the Alps while sledding in Switzerland, Two Small Potatoes

Sledding at Moleson sur Gruyeres

Switzerland
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When howling winds and blustery snow flurries signal the arrival of winter, outdoor enthusiasts in Switzerland flock to the slopes. Locals and tourists alike seem immune to the tooth-numbing cold that drives the more faint of heart indoors at this time...
Night snowshoeing at Schwarzsee in Switzerland

Moonlight Snowshoeing at Schwarzsee

Switzerland
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It’s not breaking news that Switzerland is famous for its winter sports. We finally were able to truly experience it firsthand with a trip snowshoeing Schwarzsee. But not during the day. Instead, we went at night during a full moon!...