 Most viewed - October 2008
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The Alps.2014 views
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This mountain hut was closed.1490 views
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The winners at the press conference: Andrea Fischbacher, Katrin Zettel and Tanja Poutiainen.1446 views
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A classic Bohinj view.1343 views
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Snow-capped mountains in the distance.1189 views
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Towards the east.1148 views
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At the cable car station.1137 views
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We started hiking at about 7.30. Low sun and backlit trees - a photographer's dream! ;)1121 views
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Mt. Lajnar (1549 m) with a bunker.1088 views
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Only the six-seat ski lift was working.1077 views
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Looking back on the way to the top of Lajnar.1075 views
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There is also a road leading all the way from the valley.1070 views
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One of many bunkers from the period between WWI and WWII.1061 views
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A sunlit slope.1057 views
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Grass.1048 views
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Lake Bohinj.1048 views
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The view towards the south.1005 views
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It got dark very quickly and we could already see snow falling around the nearby Mt. Črna prst.953 views
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Play of the sun and clouds.943 views
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The view from the top of the ski lift over the surrounding Alps.923 views
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The view towards the Julian Alps in the north.909 views
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Anja Paersson.905 views
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A road.900 views
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A small lake.893 views
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The ski slopes of Soriška planina.892 views
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The only ski slope that was open.892 views
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Mountains and forests and villages in the distance.875 views
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The other lake.872 views
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Under a tree.865 views
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Dark mountains and dark clouds.864 views
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A couple of small lakes.856 views
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Mt. Slatnik (1600 m) on the left was our next destination. Dark clouds from the west started to approach.852 views
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On the way down I took a few photos from the cable car.851 views
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There weren't too many skiers.848 views
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A path leading to Mt. Možic (1602 m).844 views
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Looking up from the valley.819 views
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Last rays of sun before it disappeared again.812 views
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Even the clouds cooperated. :)812 views
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Andrea Fischbacher.806 views
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A hiker and layers of hills.805 views
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Fall colors in Bohinj.805 views
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The path up a grassy slope.804 views
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In a matter of seconds the scenery turned gray and ominous.802 views
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The slopes still radiated fall colors.793 views
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The panoramic view from the top cable car station.791 views
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From Slatnik towards the north - many paths and bunkers.784 views
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Clouds, cable car and a skier.783 views
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Looking up from the finish arena.781 views
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Katrin Zettel, the winner.781 views
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Mt. Slatnik and dark clouds.779 views
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Fall colors are definitely here.778 views
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Along the town road.774 views
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Tanja Poutiainen.768 views
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People were gathering along the WC race track to see women compete in GS.766 views
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Sun and dark clouds even appeared at the same time!765 views
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At the finish line.765 views
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Glorious sun and Mt. Črna prst in the background.762 views
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Vast slopes and blue skies.762 views
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Later that afternoon, upon returning from the glacier, I took a few photos from our apartment.755 views
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After 15 minutes the sun was out again.753 views
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No snow under the chairlift.745 views
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Another view from the top a bit later when the clouds had already gone.742 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.740 views
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A tower and sheep.736 views
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View from the bridge.736 views
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The view of Soelden after sunset.732 views
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Another snowmaking gun, a parking lot and a reservoir.732 views
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Spectators lined the track.727 views
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Then we went for a quick ride around town to capture some more pictures.727 views
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From the top of the slope you could see the last part of the track.724 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.723 views
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One of the many smaller glaciers.722 views
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There is a tunnel to the other side of the mountain with another glacier and more ski slopes.721 views
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This is the steepest part of the slope.720 views
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In the afternoon, the valley was full of fog.719 views
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Along the river.719 views
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The first few runs were splendid, although I stopped every two minutes to take photos. :)718 views
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Ligety in the finish arena.717 views
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The connecting ski track.715 views
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At the top.714 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? :)714 views
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From that other side you can ski around the mountain all the way back to the race track.709 views
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The arena at the bottom.707 views
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Anja Paersson.706 views
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Pastures.700 views
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Weird sky. :)699 views
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Vast slopes.698 views
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Skiers were waiting to ski down the slope.694 views
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Backlit.692 views
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Last sun rays from behind the mountain.692 views
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I returned to the race just in time for the best skiers of the second run.691 views
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Ligety started the second run.685 views
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I didn't really take many photos of the racers as the fence was in the way.684 views
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One of the many skilift rides I took that day.679 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.678 views
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Looking down the valley.677 views
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Driving through Italy offered wonderful views of the fall-colored slopes.674 views
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Ted Ligety making a turn.673 views
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There wasn't much natural snow outside the ski slopes.671 views
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Ted Ligety was the only one of the top three racers who appeared at the press conference.670 views
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Bird's eye view.666 views
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One of the Slovenian skiers.666 views
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Balloons.664 views
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The winners: Didier Cuche (2nd), Daniel Albrecht (1st) and Ted Ligety (3rd).659 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.628 views
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