Schmitten trees

Top lifts were closed again because of the strong winds so we skied down a black run to switch to the other side of the mountain.

Quite a few moguls on lots of the slopes.

The day brightened later on giving bigger views to the more distant mountains.

A few good shots on my Mamiya 7 camera.

Our sixth and last day was spent walking rather than skiing.

Zell am See from Thumersbach

My bad back was painful so I thought a walk would be better for it.

View across lake from Zell am See

We decided to walk around the lake, which was about 8.5 miles.

Zell am See sunset

I took photos with my Mamiya 7 camera on 4 of the 6 days, exposing all 8 rolls of Ilford 120 film (10 shots to a roll), 4 x Ilford Delta 400 rated at 320 ISO, and Ilford FP4+. Mostly the shots were handheld but I did use my small Gitzo tripod for the shots in Zell at dusk.

Last Zell am See apres ski

I would have taken more film but we were flying from Manchester and they refused my written request, made several weeks in advance, for a hand search of my film. However, I put the film in a Domke lead-lined bag and this went through the x-ray scanner with my hand luggage. They pulled it to one side after the scan, as the lead blocks all x-rays, and then did a hand search with swabs for banned substances. I got the all clear and breathed a big sigh of relief! No x-rays on my films.

Despite what airports and Ilford say I have seen x-ray damage on my FP4 negatives after just 3 passes through hand luggage scanners. With Delta 400 being almost twice as sensitive to light and x-rays as FP4+, damage was much more likely to happen.

On the return, Salzburg airport did a hand search as soon as we requested it, as they had done a couple of years earlier.

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The main peak is the Kitzsteinhorn and the highest lift goes high enough to see the view on the other side, but not to the summit.

The top lift was the only one with a queue, good snow and not busy. Clouds cleared by midday to leave blue skies for the afternoon.

Good views through the mountains and to the close-by lake at Zell am See.

I ran off 12 shots on my Mamiya 7 camera. That’s 3 rolls in total for the trip. Snow forecast tomorrow so will wait to see what we can do.

Kitzsteinhorn view to Zell am See

Kitzsteinhorn view from the top

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Today was our first day of skiing and the weather was great, blue sky above the lowest lifts but with a cloud inversion over the lake and valley below – all day. Snow was mostly good with just a few icy patches lower down. I have my Mamiya 7 camera with me, loaded with Ilford 400 Delta 120 film, and took 18 shots during the day. That’s almost 2 rolls of film with just 10 shots to a roll.

I brought just 8 rolls in total so I’m being selective in what I take. We flew from Manchester for a change but they refused my written request several weeks ago for a hand search of my film, hand searches are against their policy. I would have brought at least double the films if they had agreed to a hand search. I put the film in a Domke lead-lined bag. It went through the x-ray scanner but they pulled it to one side for a hand inspection as the bag worked, they couldn’t see the film inside it using x-rays. They pulled the films out of the bag, took a swab, tested it in the machine that checks for drugs and explosives. The films were given the all clear. So they ended up doing the hand search on my films that they refused to do and the lead-lined bag did it’s job.

Here are a few images taken on my Motorola Moto-X phone to give you an idea of what it was like.

Zell am See lake late afternoon

Above the clouds

Sun trying to break through

Skiing in the clouds

Clouds in the valley

Zell am See Schmitten above the clouds

Jan caught me in action

Our first Apres Ski for this trip

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