Zillertal Corduroy
Overlooking the lower Zillertal. The village of Aschau is visible between the trees at bottom left. Looking further down valley you can see the villages of Kaltenbach and Stumm, further is Fügen, and on the very far right side in the distance is where the Zillertal meets the larger Inn Valley; if you take a left there you end up in Innsbruck.
Mugler (2958m).
Back in early January during our first week in Austria this winter Claudia and I skied at the Zillertal Arena ski area and as I mentioned in my blog post from then, we were pretty appalled by the crowded slopes there and never returned. Today I finally went back there with Jürgen who showed me around, including the whole front side of the area which Claudia and I had skipped right past the first time. The pistes were beautifully groomed and uncrowded early in the morning and I now I have some newfound respect for this area as a good place to rip some corduroy! Since we're closer in this part of the Zillertal for the next couple weeks we'll probably be back again.