 Most viewed - October 2008
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The Alps.2127 views
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This mountain hut was closed.1586 views
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The winners at the press conference: Andrea Fischbacher, Katrin Zettel and Tanja Poutiainen.1542 views
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A classic Bohinj view.1455 views
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Snow-capped mountains in the distance.1334 views
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Towards the east.1302 views
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We started hiking at about 7.30. Low sun and backlit trees - a photographer's dream! ;)1271 views
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At the cable car station.1261 views
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Mt. Lajnar (1549 m) with a bunker.1242 views
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A sunlit slope.1218 views
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Only the six-seat ski lift was working.1215 views
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Looking back on the way to the top of Lajnar.1207 views
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One of many bunkers from the period between WWI and WWII.1207 views
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Grass.1204 views
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Lake Bohinj.1181 views
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There is also a road leading all the way from the valley.1167 views
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The view towards the south.1161 views
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It got dark very quickly and we could already see snow falling around the nearby Mt. Črna prst.1106 views
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Play of the sun and clouds.1053 views
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A road.1047 views
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The view towards the Julian Alps in the north.1046 views
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Anja Paersson.1038 views
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The view from the top of the ski lift over the surrounding Alps.1025 views
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A small lake.1018 views
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The ski slopes of Soriška planina.1014 views
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The only ski slope that was open.1001 views
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The other lake.990 views
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Mountains and forests and villages in the distance.979 views
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Under a tree.974 views
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Dark mountains and dark clouds.974 views
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On the way down I took a few photos from the cable car.960 views
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A path leading to Mt. Možic (1602 m).958 views
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Mt. Slatnik (1600 m) on the left was our next destination. Dark clouds from the west started to approach.948 views
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There weren't too many skiers.939 views
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A couple of small lakes.937 views
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Looking up from the valley.929 views
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Andrea Fischbacher.923 views
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The slopes still radiated fall colors.923 views
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Even the clouds cooperated. :)920 views
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The path up a grassy slope.914 views
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Fall colors in Bohinj.912 views
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A hiker and layers of hills.910 views
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Last rays of sun before it disappeared again.904 views
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In a matter of seconds the scenery turned gray and ominous.902 views
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The panoramic view from the top cable car station.898 views
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From Slatnik towards the north - many paths and bunkers.895 views
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Along the town road.895 views
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Fall colors are definitely here.891 views
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Clouds, cable car and a skier.889 views
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Mt. Slatnik and dark clouds.886 views
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Sun and dark clouds even appeared at the same time!885 views
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Looking up from the finish arena.883 views
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Tanja Poutiainen.873 views
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Katrin Zettel, the winner.873 views
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Glorious sun and Mt. Črna prst in the background.872 views
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At the finish line.871 views
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People were gathering along the WC race track to see women compete in GS.869 views
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After 15 minutes the sun was out again.866 views
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Later that afternoon, upon returning from the glacier, I took a few photos from our apartment.866 views
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Vast slopes and blue skies.862 views
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Another view from the top a bit later when the clouds had already gone.842 views
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A tower and sheep.841 views
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No snow under the chairlift.840 views
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Spectators lined the track.839 views
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This is the steepest part of the slope.838 views
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Early Saturday morning we took the skibus up to the Rettenbach glacier, and we could already see the race track.836 views
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On Sunday, I took some more photos at the other glacier where there is a viewing bridge suspended from a mountain.834 views
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Another snowmaking gun, a parking lot and a reservoir.833 views
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The view of Soelden after sunset.828 views
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View from the bridge.825 views
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In the afternoon, the valley was full of fog.824 views
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Along the river.821 views
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The first few runs were splendid, although I stopped every two minutes to take photos. :)820 views
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From the top of the slope you could see the last part of the track.818 views
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The connecting ski track.817 views
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Then we went for a quick ride around town to capture some more pictures.817 views
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There are yellow snowmaking guns in the middle of ski slopes. And do you see cable cars against the mountain face on the right-hand side? :)815 views
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One of the many smaller glaciers.814 views
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There is a tunnel to the other side of the mountain with another glacier and more ski slopes.813 views
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Backlit.805 views
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Ligety in the finish arena.803 views
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At the top.802 views
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Anja Paersson.801 views
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Looking down the valley.801 views
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The arena at the bottom.799 views
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Pastures.796 views
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From that other side you can ski around the mountain all the way back to the race track.795 views
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Last sun rays from behind the mountain.794 views
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I didn't really take many photos of the racers as the fence was in the way.790 views
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Driving through Italy offered wonderful views of the fall-colored slopes.789 views
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Weird sky. :)789 views
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Vast slopes.789 views
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Ligety started the second run.788 views
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The steep slope proved to be a challenge for many skiers as it was full of bumps and ruts quite soon.782 views
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I returned to the race just in time for the best skiers of the second run.782 views
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One of the many skilift rides I took that day.781 views
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Ted Ligety making a turn.780 views
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Skiers were waiting to ski down the slope.778 views
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Ted Ligety was the only one of the top three racers who appeared at the press conference.777 views
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Balloons.774 views
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The winners: Didier Cuche (2nd), Daniel Albrecht (1st) and Ted Ligety (3rd).774 views
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One of the Slovenian skiers.764 views
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Bird's eye view.763 views
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There wasn't much natural snow outside the ski slopes.754 views
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This is the view to the other side - you can see a green lake in the middle of the opposite mountain.724 views
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