Travel Photography Blog by Nisa Maier and Ulli Maier. » Hard Rime http://www.cookiesound.com We are a mother-daughter photography team, passionate about travelling to foreign countries around the world. Travel ⎮ Photography ⎮ Documentary. Sun, 05 Aug 2018 11:00:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Cross Country Skiing In The Vienna Woods. http://www.cookiesound.com/2013/01/cross-country-skiing-in-the-viennese-woods-austria/ http://www.cookiesound.com/2013/01/cross-country-skiing-in-the-viennese-woods-austria/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:24:48 +0000 http://www.cookiesound.com/?p=8185 This winter season, Mother Hulda really took her time … at least in the Eastern part of Austria. But then, after lots of begging, she answered my prayers and sent some snow. Lot’s of it!

Within 24 hours, Vienna and its surrounding was covered in 50cm of white powder. A true paradise for snow lovers and a pain in the butt for everyone else. For me, this only meant one thing: it was time for some hardcore cross-country-skiing!

So I packed my gear and was on my wait out to the Vienna Woods, where you’ll find lots of cross-country skiing slopes. Through to the temperature change the area was totally in fog and the ice crystals on the vegetation brought a real surreal look. It was almost a spooky atmosphere while skiing through the Vienna Woods because such weather phenomenon only occurs very seldom; the whole forest was covered with ice crystals. Everything was frozen, but still very fragile. The right temperature produced ice crystals on all the vegetation and it really looked like a winter wonderland…

Ice Crystals in the Viennese Woods, Austria.

Ice Crystals in the Vienna Woods, Austria.

Ice Crystals in the Viennese Woods, Austria.

Ice Crystals in the Vienna Woods, Austria.

Ice Crystals in the Viennese Woods, Austria.

Ice Crystals in the Vienna Woods, Austria.

Ice Crystals in the Viennese Woods, Austria.

Ice Crystals in the Vienna Woods, Austria.

Ice Crystals in the Viennese Woods, Austria.

Ice Crystals in the Vienna Woods, Austria.

Cross-Country-Skiing in the Viennese Woods, Austria.

Cross-Country-Skiing in the Vienna Woods, Austria.

Ice Crystals in the Viennese Woods, Austria.

Ice Crystals in the Vienna Woods, Austria.

Me shooting among Giants in the Viennese Woods, Austria.

Me shooting among Giants in the Vienna Woods, Austria.

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