 Most viewed - October 2008
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The Alps.2132 views
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This mountain hut was closed.1590 views
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The winners at the press conference: Andrea Fischbacher, Katrin Zettel and Tanja Poutiainen.1548 views
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A classic Bohinj view.1459 views
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Snow-capped mountains in the distance.1342 views
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Towards the east.1305 views
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We started hiking at about 7.30. Low sun and backlit trees - a photographer's dream! ;)1275 views
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At the cable car station.1265 views
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Mt. Lajnar (1549 m) with a bunker.1246 views
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A sunlit slope.1224 views
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Only the six-seat ski lift was working.1218 views
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Looking back on the way to the top of Lajnar.1215 views
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One of many bunkers from the period between WWI and WWII.1213 views
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Grass.1209 views
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Lake Bohinj.1187 views
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There is also a road leading all the way from the valley.1169 views
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The view towards the south.1166 views
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It got dark very quickly and we could already see snow falling around the nearby Mt. Črna prst.1112 views
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Play of the sun and clouds.1057 views
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A road.1056 views
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The view towards the Julian Alps in the north.1051 views
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Anja Paersson.1047 views
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The view from the top of the ski lift over the surrounding Alps.1031 views
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A small lake.1023 views
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The ski slopes of Soriška planina.1017 views
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The only ski slope that was open.1004 views
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The other lake.994 views
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Mountains and forests and villages in the distance.985 views
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Under a tree.979 views
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Dark mountains and dark clouds.978 views
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On the way down I took a few photos from the cable car.964 views
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A path leading to Mt. Možic (1602 m).962 views
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Mt. Slatnik (1600 m) on the left was our next destination. Dark clouds from the west started to approach.953 views
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A couple of small lakes.943 views
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There weren't too many skiers.942 views
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Looking up from the valley.934 views
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Andrea Fischbacher.932 views
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The slopes still radiated fall colors.932 views
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Even the clouds cooperated. :)928 views
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The path up a grassy slope.923 views
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Fall colors in Bohinj.919 views
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A hiker and layers of hills.917 views
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Last rays of sun before it disappeared again.909 views
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In a matter of seconds the scenery turned gray and ominous.909 views
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The panoramic view from the top cable car station.905 views
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Along the town road.905 views
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From Slatnik towards the north - many paths and bunkers.903 views
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Fall colors are definitely here.895 views
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Clouds, cable car and a skier.895 views
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Looking up from the finish arena.893 views
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Mt. Slatnik and dark clouds.892 views
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Sun and dark clouds even appeared at the same time!890 views
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Tanja Poutiainen.881 views
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At the finish line.880 views
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Katrin Zettel, the winner.880 views
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People were gathering along the WC race track to see women compete in GS.879 views
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Glorious sun and Mt. Črna prst in the background.878 views
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Later that afternoon, upon returning from the glacier, I took a few photos from our apartment.874 views
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After 15 minutes the sun was out again.870 views
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Vast slopes and blue skies.870 views
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Another view from the top a bit later when the clouds had already gone.849 views
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No snow under the chairlift.849 views
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A tower and sheep.848 views
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Spectators lined the track.845 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.844 views
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This is the steepest part of the slope.844 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.842 views
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Another snowmaking gun, a parking lot and a reservoir.841 views
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The view of Soelden after sunset.836 views
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View from the bridge.833 views
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In the afternoon, the valley was full of fog.832 views
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The first few runs were splendid, although I stopped every two minutes to take photos. :)826 views
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Then we went for a quick ride around town to capture some more pictures.826 views
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From the top of the slope you could see the last part of the track.825 views
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Along the river.825 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? :)824 views
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The connecting ski track.823 views
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There is a tunnel to the other side of the mountain with another glacier and more ski slopes.821 views
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One of the many smaller glaciers.821 views
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Backlit.813 views
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Anja Paersson.813 views
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Ligety in the finish arena.811 views
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At the top.809 views
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Looking down the valley.809 views
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The arena at the bottom.806 views
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From that other side you can ski around the mountain all the way back to the race track.803 views
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Pastures.803 views
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Last sun rays from behind the mountain.803 views
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Weird sky. :)797 views
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I didn't really take many photos of the racers as the fence was in the way.797 views
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Driving through Italy offered wonderful views of the fall-colored slopes.796 views
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Ligety started the second run.795 views
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Vast slopes.794 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.792 views
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One of the many skilift rides I took that day.790 views
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I returned to the race just in time for the best skiers of the second run.790 views
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Ted Ligety making a turn.788 views
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Skiers were waiting to ski down the slope.785 views
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Balloons.784 views
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Ted Ligety was the only one of the top three racers who appeared at the press conference.783 views
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The winners: Didier Cuche (2nd), Daniel Albrecht (1st) and Ted Ligety (3rd).782 views
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One of the Slovenian skiers.771 views
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Bird's eye view.769 views
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There wasn't much natural snow outside the ski slopes.760 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.732 views
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