 Most viewed - October 2008
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The Alps.1495 views
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This mountain hut was closed.1045 views
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The winners at the press conference: Andrea Fischbacher, Katrin Zettel and Tanja Poutiainen.982 views
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A classic Bohinj view.892 views
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There is also a road leading all the way from the valley.604 views
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Snow-capped mountains in the distance.557 views
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We started hiking at about 7.30. Low sun and backlit trees - a photographer's dream! ;)531 views
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At the cable car station.510 views
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Grass.496 views
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One of many bunkers from the period between WWI and WWII.492 views
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Towards the east.483 views
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Lake Bohinj.478 views
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Mt. Lajnar (1549 m) with a bunker.476 views
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The view towards the south.474 views
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Only the six-seat ski lift was working.459 views
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Looking back on the way to the top of Lajnar.448 views
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A couple of small lakes.433 views
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A sunlit slope.429 views
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The ski slopes of Soriška planina.418 views
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Under a tree.406 views
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Play of the sun and clouds.406 views
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The view towards the Julian Alps in the north.394 views
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Mountains and forests and villages in the distance.392 views
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The view from the top of the ski lift over the surrounding Alps.392 views
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The only ski slope that was open.390 views
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It got dark very quickly and we could already see snow falling around the nearby Mt. Črna prst.389 views
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A small lake.389 views
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The other lake.389 views
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There weren't too many skiers.381 views
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Looking up from the valley.374 views
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Dark mountains and dark clouds.367 views
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From Slatnik towards the north - many paths and bunkers.364 views
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Fall colors in Bohinj.361 views
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A path leading to Mt. Možic (1602 m).356 views
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Last rays of sun before it disappeared again.355 views
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Anja Paersson.355 views
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On the way down I took a few photos from the cable car.354 views
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Mt. Slatnik (1600 m) on the left was our next destination. Dark clouds from the west started to approach.352 views
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A road.351 views
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After 15 minutes the sun was out again.350 views
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A hiker and layers of hills.350 views
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Fall colors are definitely here.350 views
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In a matter of seconds the scenery turned gray and ominous.347 views
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The panoramic view from the top cable car station.347 views
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The slopes still radiated fall colors.346 views
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Mt. Slatnik and dark clouds.345 views
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The path up a grassy slope.342 views
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Sun and dark clouds even appeared at the same time!338 views
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Ligety in the finish arena.333 views
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Glorious sun and Mt. Črna prst in the background.330 views
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People were gathering along the WC race track to see women compete in GS.320 views
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Even the clouds cooperated. :)319 views
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Looking up from the finish arena.317 views
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Katrin Zettel, the winner.315 views
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The first few runs were splendid, although I stopped every two minutes to take photos. :)314 views
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Clouds, cable car and a skier.313 views
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At the top.311 views
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Anja Paersson.311 views
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There is a tunnel to the other side of the mountain with another glacier and more ski slopes.310 views
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Vast slopes.310 views
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No snow under the chairlift.310 views
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From that other side you can ski around the mountain all the way back to the race track.307 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.306 views
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Along the town road.305 views
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Looking down the valley.305 views
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A tower and sheep.303 views
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Backlit.303 views
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Tanja Poutiainen.303 views
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Another snowmaking gun, a parking lot and a reservoir.302 views
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Andrea Fischbacher.301 views
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Vast slopes and blue skies.298 views
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This is the steepest part of the slope.297 views
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Ted Ligety was the only one of the top three racers who appeared at the press conference.297 views
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The arena at the bottom.295 views
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Last sun rays from behind the mountain.295 views
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Spectators lined the track.294 views
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At the finish line.294 views
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Bird's eye view.294 views
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Then we went for a quick ride around town to capture some more pictures.293 views
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Skiers were waiting to ski down the slope.293 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? :)293 views
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One of the Slovenian skiers.292 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.291 views
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Later that afternoon, upon returning from the glacier, I took a few photos from our apartment.291 views
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Pastures.291 views
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One of the many smaller glaciers.291 views
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Another view from the top a bit later when the clouds had already gone.290 views
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I didn't really take many photos of the racers as the fence was in the way.290 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.289 views
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From the top of the slope you could see the last part of the track.289 views
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Balloons.288 views
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In the afternoon, the valley was full of fog.288 views
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I returned to the race just in time for the best skiers of the second run.288 views
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Weird sky. :)287 views
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View from the bridge.287 views
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Ligety started the second run.286 views
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The winners: Didier Cuche (2nd), Daniel Albrecht (1st) and Ted Ligety (3rd).286 views
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There wasn't much natural snow outside the ski slopes.284 views
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Along the river.284 views
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Ted Ligety making a turn.284 views
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The connecting ski track.283 views
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Driving through Italy offered wonderful views of the fall-colored slopes.282 views
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One of the many skilift rides I took that day.282 views
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The view of Soelden after sunset.276 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.273 views
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