SALZBURG TO KRIMML, AUSTRIA

Can’t believe that just after a day and a half I gotta get the %£*° out of Salzburg. 

Been looping "The Beastie Boys" doing their 

DAM TRAP

 album that smashed, just crushed 

THE SOUND OF MUSIC. 

Dam Maria!!!! To hell with Brooklyn! 

All together NOW!:

Doe, a deer, a female………

We arranged, and just nailed a great bike shop and 

e-bikes

We have always been in awe of the European Rail System and have nothing but amazing memories riding the rails, but here the OBB, Osterich Rail Service, let us down a bit. 

The Tauernradweg is a celebrated bikeway through the Salzburg Mountain Region. Please don’t tell anyone but we will take try to take the train all the way UP the valley to Krimml and then turn around and cycle back down to Salzburg. 

What OBB did tells us was that close to our destination there had been a washout of the rail line and that we would have to take an arranged bus, with bikes, for the final 30K.

What OBB didn’t tell our ticket collector was………………….

Well short story short, we, having our own mode of transportation we ended up ,dodging some thunderstorms, catching some sun,….rode the rest of the way. 

We came to ride and might as well start……….

Salzburg Banhof.

Connecting in Zell Am See, Austria.

Mittersill, Austria.

As far as the train could go.

He`s smiling. Probably didn`t need the bus.

Coffee up for our ride up to Krimml.

Krimml, ........nice ride!!!!

We are in for a change but for the past three weeks the region have been celebrating +20c days.

Our ride back to Salzburg, Austria.

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DARTMOUTH/HALIFAX-STANFIELD to SALZBURG, AUSTRIA.

Well we’re off, first flying away (sadly) to(YYZ), from our intended destination of Salzburg, Austria but without any hiccups other than some extra security checks,…connecting… in Frankfurt, we nicely make Munchen, Germany. 

There we, (not quite sure, get on the wrong train with the right ticket or got the wrong ticket for the right train) have a beautiful train ride to our first target, Salzburg, Austria. 

We`re in town as a jumping off point to cycle the famous Tauren Cycle Path. More later on the two wheeling but first we’ve blocked some time to explore. 

We have been doing our homework and have marked many famous sights(to eat), The Augustliner, a 400 year old Brauhaus (to eat), markets(to look at food), places where Mozart ate, ………

The Augustliner

Don`t drink and ..............

wait a minute......

 

CANNON MOUNTAIN, NEW HAMPSHIRE. USA

My favourite region in The White Mountains, 

The Franconia Notch.

Site of the first passenger tramway in North America.

Heading to the highest skiing/hiking summit in New Hampshire.

8:29 lift line for a 8:30 start.

Thank goodness for it probably was five degrees already!

(five degrees celsius)

Everything that so worked for me in visits to my past five ski hills seemed to challenge me here at Cannon. 

I can easily live with this being the largest place Ive visited so far, but along with it being a Saturday, a beautiful blue bird day, a sense to a skier that with the trending increasingly warming weather is that the end of the season is near,….. by mid morning there were lift lines, LIFT LINES!!!!! and everything that goes along with lots of skiers on limited snow, on what is turning out to be a very warm day. 

Add to what I’m finding is that most of Cannon is cut out for fairly aggressive skiers which for my weary weak legs from a short week of skiing are having trouble adapting. 

What I thought, and under different circumstances would and could have been my most liked and skied hill, had turned to me opting for a safe retreat after a couple of hours. 

(Still my second biggest ski of the trip) Safe and happy with a little sun souvenir. 

Beautiful location.

Cannon Mountain, home hill to Bode Miller.

Will miss BodeFest by a week.

When I went to check out the Mittersell area of the resort there must have been 150 adolescent ski racers doing there thing.

Get to lie in bed and look at Cannon in the fall.

 By the time I returned to my room twenty minutes down the road, just shortly after noon, temperature a little more conducive for some cycling.

DARTMOUTH SKIWAY, NEW HAMPSHIRE, USA.

Cute.

Wouldn’t have any problem calling this my “Home” hill but for the drive. The 1,000 ft vertical would only be second to any of the: 

great old ski school vibe, 

crazy friendly staff, 

ski across The Appalachian Trail, 

big GS runs, …

Starting to juggle the pluses of the spring and sun forecasts. Happy to start early and ski some concrete but we all know how one gets concrete. In reverse I’m ending my days in some leg busting cement. Keeping safe and very happy.