100 Days of Winter: Europe - 100 Days and Nights

Day #100 (Sort-Of)

Vito ValentinettiApril 1, 2017

It's been a rough season for the international edition of 100 Days of Winter. After a January of epic storms, the snow gave up mid-February. On the search for larger mountains, the flu knocked me out for damn near a week, and I spent the next month c...

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Days #65-66: It’s Raining in Hinterstoder, Austria

Vito ValentinettiMarch 18, 2017

I feel like an ex trying to make a doomed relationship still work. Chasing winter, I dropped all plans and struck out west to Austria to catch one of the last storms of this weak season. It's as expensive as I imagined, with overpriced trains and ...

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Day #58-59: Falling in Love With Jasná Resort, Slovakia

Vito ValentinettiMarch 16, 2017

I'm at Jasná Resort and while it's certainly sunny here, I'm seeing lots of potential at Slovakia's largest ski area. Check out these steeps (that are unfortunately closed)! With nearly 360 degrees of freeriding off the top of the peak, I'm already m...

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Days #53-55: Off to Zakopane, Poland

Vito ValentinettiMarch 11, 2017

Success! It is dumping in Poland! And I can't see a damn thing! After many cross-border adventures, I arrived in a rain-soaked Zakopane, the gateway to the Polish side of the Tatra Mountains and an ideal base for exploring the region. Kasprowy...

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Day #51: Spring Riding @ Bachledova Ski & Sun, Slovakia

Vito ValentinettiMarch 9, 2017

It's been a difficult season for snow, but it's been even tougher for small ski areas like Bachledova. Tucked into the heights of the Tatra Mountains just 30 or so minutes from the Polish border, this is an ideal family ski hill -- when there is snow...

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Days #47-48: The Vysoké Tatry (High Tatras) of Slovakia

Vito ValentinettiMarch 6, 2017

I'm in Slovakia! I'm sick! After a five-night reunion weekend in Cluj, Romania, I picked up what I call the "Hostel Flu", or this specific strain that I've dubbed, "The Fluj." It's not surprising. Put ten backpackers in a warm dorm room, depres...

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Day #34-36: Hitting the Jackpot at Poiana Brasov, Romania

Vito ValentinettiFebruary 20, 2017

"Is there enough snow? I don't know. There might be rocks. There might be trees. We will just go very, very fast. If it is our fate to hit a rock, then this is our fate." The above speech is from Eddie the Romanian sailor, who I met on my second run...

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Day #28: Sunny Days in Sinaia, Romania

Vito ValentinettiFebruary 15, 2017

One day and one wind-grounded lift later, I'm back in the parking lot of Sinaia and I'm excited to tear it up. The good news? The bright pink gondola is spinning today and I'm up to the mid-mountain in no time. The bad news? The second gondola is bro...

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Day #27: Big Fun at Tiny Busteni Ski Area, Romania

Vito ValentinettiFebruary 13, 2017

"What in the fuck?" I said to myself. "It's closed," the girl at the next car said, and I realized that maybe I talk too loud to myself. I'm in Sinai all pumped for my first time riding a Romanian ski resort. After a confusing morning trying to...

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