Since we were so close, we couldn't resist making a stop in Austria on our way home from Trento. It was dark when we arrived at the guest house on the Brenner pass, and just over the border. We gobbled up an amazing dinner at the restaurant, with big beers, and hunting lodge decor, before moving upstairs to a cozy room with fluffy blankets in the 600 year old guest house. In the morning, we ate breakfast and took took the owner's suggestion to do our skiing just a five minute drive down the road.
We parked and started our skinning up under bright warm sunshine.
Some areas were already quite bare from the Spring-like weather, but we found enough snow to keep moving. Although the sun was warm, there was a strong cool wind as we made our way above the trees. We reached our goal, Trunajoch (2152m) and ducked beside a snow drift to keep out of the wind before descending. There was little base and it was hardened by cold overnight temperatures and wind. The snow condition wasn't great, but the views more than made up for it.
We stopped at a supermarket for car snacks and for a sunny picnic with a lovely view. Then it was nonstop driving home through beautiful Austrian alps and the familiar highway across Switzerland.
