today is December 4th - which last time I checked is actually the end of autumn, not winter. So, the whole "shortage of snow this winter" thing seems a bit disingenuous. I live in Czech Republic (near Austria!) and we had a colder then normal summer and seems like an average fall weather wise -- where are the stats for the "warmest weather in half a century"? But aside from all that -- skiing on rocks - pretty cool (no pun intended)