Skitour Plešivec (23.02.2019)

Conditions today were quite challenging. The snow was frozen hard, sometimes like concrete. In the forest from time to time the ski tracks were covered with needles and branches from the trees.

At some steep sections I had to carry the skis because it was too icy. But at least the weather made me smiling. Sun, blue sky and no wind! Perfect.
A lot of uphill tracks with some nice and long downhill sections. There was not much grip for the skis so uphill was very strenuous most of the time.

The last 6 km became rather thrilling with 350 vertical meters descending back to the starting point. After some rain and mild temperatures during the last days the prepared ski track had got frozen and was more suitable for a bobsled than for cross country skis. With one ski in the track and the other using to break I tried to reduce speed all the time as much as possible. ;-)