Cross country excursion on a monday morning

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The situation in my country regarding covid is not too bad but my government is scared of the mutations and for this reason a lot of businesses have to remain closed. This is also true for my own offline business in the leisure sector. I have no idea when I will be able to work again and I try to use my time as usefully as possible at the moment.

I spend a lot of time online trying to develop my crypto projects but I also need to air my head from time to time.

During the winter, I worked as a cross country teacher in a centre near my home. Because of that, I had hardly any time to go skiing just for my own pleasure. Today I took my skis and went for a big tour. It's a nice thing to be able to do that on a Monday morning. Definitely the lockdown stuff can also have positive aspects.

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On the way up to the centre that is at around 1000 meters above sea level, I had to stop my car because a deer family was crossing the road. I just had time to catch my phone and to make a picture of the last family member crossing the street.

A couple of weeks ago, all the snow had melted and I thought the season would be over. Then it was snowing for a couple of days in a row and the conditions were just magical.

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Today I decided to go for a long tour. From the centre, the track goes up continuously to around 1250 meters above sea level. It's quite a hard climb but I took a rather slow pace and managed it quite well.

At the top, the track follows a road that is closed during winter. This track goes through deep forests covered in snow. I like this scenery and I enjoy to have it all for myself. During my 1.5 hours of skiing, I probably met 4 people in total. It's silent and peaceful. You just hear the noise of your sticks into the snow.

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The weather was a bit covered and the temperatures were below 0°C but the conditions were perfect.

The whole trip was about 20 km long and the fun thing is that when you come back to the centre, the last 5 km are all downhill. I'm quite a good downhill skier and I enjoy to try to accelerate as much as possible on the way down.

It was definitely a nice trip and hopefully the conditions will stay like that a couple of days more so that I can put my skis on some more before the season is really over.


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That’s wonderful to hear. The climate change these days are sometimes a good thing too.

Hopefully it’ll last longer ,so you can have a good time skiing.

Have a splendid day ahead

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Thanks a lot for stopping by! Yes the climate is very variable. Last season there was hardly any snow at all and this year we have so much snow at the end of march!

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You’re always welcome . Stay safe and have a nice day.

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This is quite pieceful 😍 I'm astonished with the perfect snow white around. Good to see that you had fun dear ^^

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It was definitely a very enjoyable trip. It's good sometimes to leave the screen and get out in the nature just to get some more ideas :-)¨

Thanks a lot for your comment! I appreciate :-)

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That's amazing Achim, and great to see you still have snow, I used to go skiing all winter when I was a kid, a ski track was passing by our house in the countryside and my grandpa taught me to ski, I think I must have worn him out a bit once I started to get faster, many good memories, have an awesone new week.

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I was also skiing since I could hardly walk. My father was one of the cross country pioneers in Switzerland and he put me on skis at a very young age.

My dream was always to go to ski to Sweden. Unfortunately I never managed to arrange it :-).

Thanks a lot for stopping by. I wish you a very nice week as well!

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That's a nice thought, you should make it to Vasaloppet once this Covid thing is over, I always wanted to ski that but unfortunately things got in the way and I have yet to do it.

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Oh the Valaloppet would be so tempting. If one day this covid crazyness is over I actually might try it :-)

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It's a classic in more ways than one, and good luck.

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Because this is such an awesome post, here is a BBH Tip for you. . Keep up the fantastic work

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Beautiful snow photos! It's nice to have that long track only for yourself! I can imagine how peaceful it can be...

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Man I made about 20 Km and I probably saw 5 people in total. Yes it was really peaceful :-)

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