Mittertal, Austria: Hour 1 of 24skate #11: Highest 24skate ever (?)


Hello skaters and friends around the world,

no other skaters could be found for the opening hours of this 24skate, so I jumped in for a very special skate in a very special location: The Mittertal ("tal" is German for valley) is a very lonesome alpine valley in Austria. It's entrance is easily reachable within an hours drive from Innsbruck through the Sellraintal to Kuehtai plus ca. 2 more kilometers. The Mittertal itself is very isolated. After a short climb over a buckle you do not hear anymore the motorcycle drives testing their driving capabilities on the serpentine country road. No poles for electricity or telephone lines, no paved roads, no huts, no cable car. Just trees, Alpine rose, blueberrie shrubs, mountain pines and rocks.


The only traces of civilization are the path and yourself.


And finally, after about an hour's walk, just before the valley ends, you reach a small grassy plain with a tiny snow water lake.


This place is like paradise - at least in the early summer, in winter it's a snow covered paradise - with the unparadisian feature that you need to bring everything yourself. Not only food, but also your skates.
So, this is the place where 24skate#11 began.


I put all the skate stuff on which I had with me (security pedants will notice that the elbow protection is missing),


and gave green light for photos and the 24skate 2014 at 2184m sea level. The rocks where a bit short for doing excessive skating,


but the meadow was skateable - if hopping on grass with skates at your feet is considered skating. Here is a visual summary of the first 24skate#11 hour distance:
Click on the picture to see the full animation (3.7 MByte)

Having seen so many places in the world: This is one of my favourite spots. If you ever come to Munich we could do a trip there together - with or without skates, as you wish.



Best regards

Clemens

PS We could also skate up towards Kuehtai. For more on that skate see this thread at skatelogforum.com.


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29th of June 2014: First version