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back in june

keith — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:45:12 +0000

A look back at the goings on at Up and Downhill in June in previous years. This is a quick selection of our favourite posts, guests enjoying a holiday, climbing at a nearby hotspot and some twitter musings.

back in may

keith — Mon, 03 May 2010 09:25:03 +0000

A look back as the goings on at Up and Downhill in May in previous years. This is a quick selection of our favourite posts, a May ski tour and loads of getting ready for the bike season.

tobogganing the austrian way

keith — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:29:01 +0000

If we aren't skiing or snowboarding on the mountains then we need to find other methods of sliding around the countryside. Cue, tobogganing. Bum board, shovels, inflatable tyres....

schafsiedel ski touring

keith — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:26:27 +0000

Ski touring is a relatively new experience for me. I'm starting to understand why we are seeing and hearing more and more about ski tourers over the last few years. The tranquility and...

turtle club

keith — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 07:27:27 +0000

It seems like the titles for our blog posts are getting stranger and stranger. Is this a blog about winter skiing holidays and mountain bike holidays or just random ramblings? We promise...

skiing isn’t everything

keith — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:23:14 +0000

Over the last few weeks, we've shown you many photos (there are lots more on our flickr page and our guest gallery) and written about our adventures skiing with the guests. There has been the occasional...

up up and away

keith — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:51:58 +0000

One moment you're sat behind your desk, tapping away at the keyboard, wishing you were outside skiing. Then, you get a call and your wife says that there is a spare place in a hot air balloon and would I like to go?...

exploring the skiwelt

keith — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:20:24 +0000

With a load of new yellow stars dotted all over the Skiwelt Wilder Kaiser Brixental piste map saying NEU! I took the time to go and reccie as much as I could today. A lot of the development this year has taken place in Soell so it was there that I was headed...

skiwelt season open

keith — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:44:37 +0000

With the latest dumping of snow, I was excited about getting out for a bit of skiing. Only a couple of hours as I had home duties to attend to. The 'skiwelt' (ski world) that we live in...

noah william holt

keith — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:55:49 +0000

It has been a woefully long time since we've posted on our blog, apologies to our readers. The simple and 100% fantastic reason is that we've had a little boy! Manu and baby Noah are happy and healthy and after a little bit of an extended stay...