Fueled by landjäger, German pretzels, and Swiss chocolate I have done a lot of back country skiing in just the past two days, 8740 vertical feet to be exact.

Yesterday Chris and I headed to the end of the Montafon Valley to Gargellen. From there we skied south, up the valley 5 miles and 4620 feet to the Rotbühelspitze, a 9360 foot peak on the Austrian Swiss border.

It was really cold the entire way, it was the first time I ski toured with all my jackets on and a backlava and didn't overheat. We estimated it was -10 Fahrenheit at the top. Most of the tour was below the cloud deck, but in the last 500 feet we broke through the clouds. It felt like we were in heaven. In fact, there was even a sign saying something to that effect. If you can't read German, the sign says "Look at the works of God."

We then skied down. Here is my favorite picture of me skiing.

Here are the rest of the pictures Chris took yesterday.

Today I did a solo tour to the Portlahorn near Damüls in the Bregenzerwald. It was a shorter tour of only 1300 feet, but it was a face of untracked powder, so I did it three times.

Tomorrow we pick up Heather in Zurich and then head to a mountain hut back in the Bregenzerwald.