 Most viewed - October 2008
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The Alps.2034 views
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This mountain hut was closed.1509 views
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The winners at the press conference: Andrea Fischbacher, Katrin Zettel and Tanja Poutiainen.1465 views
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A classic Bohinj view.1375 views
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Snow-capped mountains in the distance.1216 views
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Towards the east.1187 views
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At the cable car station.1163 views
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We started hiking at about 7.30. Low sun and backlit trees - a photographer's dream! ;)1160 views
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Mt. Lajnar (1549 m) with a bunker.1129 views
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Looking back on the way to the top of Lajnar.1113 views
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Only the six-seat ski lift was working.1101 views
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One of many bunkers from the period between WWI and WWII.1100 views
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A sunlit slope.1096 views
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There is also a road leading all the way from the valley.1089 views
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Grass.1085 views
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Lake Bohinj.1080 views
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The view towards the south.1039 views
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It got dark very quickly and we could already see snow falling around the nearby Mt. Črna prst.990 views
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Play of the sun and clouds.965 views
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The view from the top of the ski lift over the surrounding Alps.949 views
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The view towards the Julian Alps in the north.940 views
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A road.928 views
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Anja Paersson.927 views
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A small lake.924 views
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The ski slopes of Soriška planina.920 views
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The only ski slope that was open.910 views
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Mountains and forests and villages in the distance.904 views
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Under a tree.900 views
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The other lake.894 views
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Dark mountains and dark clouds.887 views
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Mt. Slatnik (1600 m) on the left was our next destination. Dark clouds from the west started to approach.886 views
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A couple of small lakes.873 views
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A path leading to Mt. Možic (1602 m).872 views
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On the way down I took a few photos from the cable car.871 views
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There weren't too many skiers.866 views
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Looking up from the valley.848 views
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Last rays of sun before it disappeared again.837 views
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Fall colors in Bohinj.837 views
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Even the clouds cooperated. :)835 views
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The path up a grassy slope.833 views
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A hiker and layers of hills.829 views
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The slopes still radiated fall colors.828 views
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In a matter of seconds the scenery turned gray and ominous.827 views
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Andrea Fischbacher.824 views
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From Slatnik towards the north - many paths and bunkers.815 views
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The panoramic view from the top cable car station.812 views
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Fall colors are definitely here.807 views
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Mt. Slatnik and dark clouds.805 views
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Clouds, cable car and a skier.802 views
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Looking up from the finish arena.802 views
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Along the town road.799 views
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Katrin Zettel, the winner.798 views
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Sun and dark clouds even appeared at the same time!795 views
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Glorious sun and Mt. Črna prst in the background.793 views
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Tanja Poutiainen.791 views
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At the finish line.786 views
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People were gathering along the WC race track to see women compete in GS.785 views
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After 15 minutes the sun was out again.783 views
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Vast slopes and blue skies.782 views
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Later that afternoon, upon returning from the glacier, I took a few photos from our apartment.781 views
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Another view from the top a bit later when the clouds had already gone.767 views
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A tower and sheep.761 views
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No snow under the chairlift.761 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.757 views
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The view of Soelden after sunset.753 views
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View from the bridge.753 views
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Another snowmaking gun, a parking lot and a reservoir.749 views
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Spectators lined the track.745 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.744 views
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Then we went for a quick ride around town to capture some more pictures.744 views
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Along the river.741 views
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There is a tunnel to the other side of the mountain with another glacier and more ski slopes.740 views
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One of the many smaller glaciers.740 views
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The first few runs were splendid, although I stopped every two minutes to take photos. :)739 views
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In the afternoon, the valley was full of fog.739 views
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From the top of the slope you could see the last part of the track.738 views
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Ligety in the finish arena.738 views
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This is the steepest part of the slope.737 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? :)735 views
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At the top.732 views
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The connecting ski track.732 views
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The arena at the bottom.727 views
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From that other side you can ski around the mountain all the way back to the race track.726 views
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Anja Paersson.726 views
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Pastures.725 views
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Weird sky. :)717 views
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Vast slopes.717 views
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Last sun rays from behind the mountain.715 views
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Backlit.713 views
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Skiers were waiting to ski down the slope.711 views
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I returned to the race just in time for the best skiers of the second run.707 views
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Ligety started the second run.705 views
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I didn't really take many photos of the racers as the fence was in the way.703 views
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Looking down the valley.700 views
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One of the many skilift rides I took that day.699 views
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Driving through Italy offered wonderful views of the fall-colored slopes.696 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.695 views
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Ted Ligety making a turn.694 views
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There wasn't much natural snow outside the ski slopes.691 views
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Ted Ligety was the only one of the top three racers who appeared at the press conference.690 views
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Balloons.683 views
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Bird's eye view.682 views
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One of the Slovenian skiers.681 views
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The winners: Didier Cuche (2nd), Daniel Albrecht (1st) and Ted Ligety (3rd).680 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.645 views
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