On Thursday 17, January 2013, bruder and I went for a powder snow and beautiful weather to Malá Fatra. Mirka and Simona from Višňového joined us in Žilina. We continued to the entrance of the one of the south oriented valleys of Malá Fatra, where we parked our car. Weather was simply excellent in the early morning.
Our group is almost ready to go
There was something more than 1000 altitude meters awaiting us during this half day ski-touring trip. The beginning of the climb with quite steep slope in the old forest was excellent for breathe adaptation to the clear air of Malá Fatra. After reaching the side ridge we continued towards the main ridge in the forest with mostly gentle climb. We finally saw our goal for today after reaching the border of the forest, where the summit was still towered above us in a reasonable distance.
Ascend to the side ridge led fairly dense forest
Towards the main ridge of Malá Fatra the wind speed increased significantly and it was quite unpleasant directly on the main ridge. We spent only a short time on the summit, we took off skins and got ready for the descent.
Excellent uphill track
As the forecast for the avalanche danger was at the third degree out of the five, it was clear that we follow down the ascent trail above the tree line . After reaching the forest, we chose a nice slope through the old forest, where there was at least knee deep powder snow. The downhill was fantastic, as can be recognized from the attached photo and video.
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Malá Fatra 17. 1. 2013 – powder everywhere below the
tree line…
I used wide and 184 cm long skis Movement Sluff – it was a good
decision for the amount of powder there
A skialpinist from Višňové is running up the hill
We are climbing above the tree line with people in line as – Višňové,
Višňové, Valašsko
Clouds are coming close to the main ridge – skiing down will be probably
quite foggy
A girl from Višňového is very fast when uphilling
The wind started on opened areas without the forest
The summit is near
There were almost no powder snow due to strong wind near the
main ridge
Slope angle below the summit was quite interesting
The main ridge of Malá Fatra surrounded by clouds and fog
The summit is above clouds
Smiling skialpinist on the summit
Preparation for skiing almost ends up
Mirka in action with camera GoPro 3
Simona on the wind packed snow
Bruder with some snow in the air
with some snow in the air
Mirka in the forest
Simona in the forest
Bruder in the powder snow
Palič in the forest
Palič in the forest
Palič in the forest
