jamesdeluxe
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For my final day in Montafon, I went to a family-oriented ski area right next door to Schruns: Golm, with a 3,400-vert drop located in the tiny village of Tschagguns. As mentioned before, Schruns and Tschagguns (pronounced "CHA GOONSE") are both integral stops on the "Footsteps of Ernest Hemingway" regional tour:
After a week straight of skiing, I decided to take it easy, arrive in the late morning, and do some easy cruising in the sun, for which Golm is a good place:
I was told by locals that there is also some challenging terrain that belied its family-friendly credo. From the top, you can see some amazing back/sidecountry -- look at those tracks down the middle of that line:
There's more the other side of the peak:
Along with a nice ridgeline stroll. See the three tube-like things on the peak? Those are the automated avy blasters similar to the ones that caused all the marital discord in the movie Force Majeure:
After about two hours, I headed up to the summit restaurant, where people were already considering the tough questions of life:
I sat down with my umpteenth Fohrenburger of the trip, the preferred local beer, and looked out over Schruns:
In town, I took a walk around the village, past a nearby bakery ("seductively fresh"):
And back to my HQ for the previous three days, the pleasant and convenient Hotel Zimba:
Said goodbye to helpful co-owner Heike Ladurner:
After a week straight of skiing, I decided to take it easy, arrive in the late morning, and do some easy cruising in the sun, for which Golm is a good place:
I was told by locals that there is also some challenging terrain that belied its family-friendly credo. From the top, you can see some amazing back/sidecountry -- look at those tracks down the middle of that line:
There's more the other side of the peak:
Along with a nice ridgeline stroll. See the three tube-like things on the peak? Those are the automated avy blasters similar to the ones that caused all the marital discord in the movie Force Majeure:
After about two hours, I headed up to the summit restaurant, where people were already considering the tough questions of life:
I sat down with my umpteenth Fohrenburger of the trip, the preferred local beer, and looked out over Schruns:
In town, I took a walk around the village, past a nearby bakery ("seductively fresh"):
And back to my HQ for the previous three days, the pleasant and convenient Hotel Zimba:
Said goodbye to helpful co-owner Heike Ladurner:
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