01 February 2007

White Snow Lovers










Round Rainbow

of Flims, Switzerland, between Segneshütte and Startgels.
after my last visit to the Segneshütte in the morning, skiing down under a beautiful blue sky and below a Fog Sea or Mer de brouillard oder Nebelmeer, this amazing Round Rainbow, a rainbow in a full circle! started to show up. i have never seen something like this. these Photos are not edited, are not done over with Photoshop, I could have taken 100's of them, it was so impressive.
So I googled for Ask A Scientist and Ask A Scientist says:
A rainbow is round because the process is based on angles. Light from the sun hits the little water droplets after a rain. The water droplets act
like little prisms. Different colors are sent out at different angles. The
sun must be behind you.

but the sun was in front of me, in the center!








does anyone know the answer?
days later:
ok, on the internet i found:
Optical Illusions
Atmospheric Optics
Light playing on water drops, dust or ice crystals in the atmosphere produces a host of visual spectacles - rainbows, halos, glories, coronas and many more. Some can be seen almost every day or so, some are once in a lifetime sights.
I guess it's this:
Ice halo
Ice halo displays range from the familiar circle around the sun or moon to rare and prized events when the whole sky is webbed by intricate arcs.
Tiny ice crystals in the atmosphere create halos by refracting and reflecting light.
Halos bestow a delicate beauty to the skies and tell us about the crystals inhabiting the clouds.
A halo is a ring around the moon or sun produced by refraction of light through a thin cloud of ice crystals. The halo had red colors on the inside of the ring shifting to blue on the outside.
thank you web for answering my FAQ

Segneshütte

Direkt an der Graubergpiste gelegen, ... Die Segneshütte gehört mit Baujahr 1899 zu den ältesten Berghäusern der Region. Ein Historischer Bau. eines der echt gemütlichen Bergrestaurants im Skigebiet, sehr gutes Essen und Kuchen. Sehr empfehlenswert.

How to get there:

I freeski there, going up by chair to La Siala, then freeride down the Vonn, no marked ski run there, pretty steep, great danger of avalanches:


then you have to walk 20 to 30 min



and then: Hallelujah, what a comfort, what a sight, what a food!







what a day, what a privilege!

Ski Boot Walking Tour

First Walk: Trin
Ski Boot Walking Tour in my Home Village: Trin. It is about a 10 2 20 minutes drive away from my ski area Flims Laax. I'm your private tour guide. my room sukks, but this old fashioned village rokks. unlike a guided tour in London on a doubledecker bus for £20 , this one I offer 2 u 4 free. Since You might feel more comfortable in your Addidas jogging shoes or your Scarpa hiking boots or in your Gucci loafers, you are welcome to join me too, but remember, this is the first world wide Ski Boot Walking Tour. So let's start, Three, two, one, rokk:
we all meet @ the starting line:

and this is it along the way, very nice indeed:


















Kissing Snow




No Ski Bunny Around, No Snow Bunny Around, so I'm Kissing Snow

Filming Couloir skiing













Moviemaker: Markus
second assistant: iMe