Skiing - day 3
Today I skied over two mountains all the way from Bad Hofgastein, down to Angertal and over to Bad Gastein. It was cool moving from place to place on ski’s and exploring loads of new runs in the process. I stopped for a nice coffee at Angertal and savoured it in the bright sunshine.
The snow on Stubnerkogel (2250m) - near Bad Gastein - seemed to be much better than on Schlossalm (2050m) and it was a joy not having to dodge as many moguls. The moguls have really been making things difficult for me as my turning still isn’t that great, and I keep going over the damn things instead of around them! And there seems to be loads of them here too, probably as lots of the soft snow is artificially created (especially lower down the mountain) and it’s quite busy, hence lots of people carving them out.
By the end of the day I was totally knackered, and I’ve also started to experience a longer than should be normal pain in my left ankle. It feels like something isn’t right with my boots which is making them hurt quite a lot. This was confirmed later in the evening when my left ankle was feeling quite bruised, and also my right knee a bit sore - I’d obviously been compensating with my right leg to take the pressure off my left. Not good.
Still to make up for things, I ate another excellent five course meal in my hotel.
