last week I had an amazing trip to Andorra together with Irian and Mikaela.

We flew to Barcelona and rent a car from there. Our first goal was about an hour away from Barcelona:

Montserrat – a beautiful monastary in spectacular mountains.
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Fotos by Irian van Helfteren

Next stop was already Andorra, where we stayed one night in the
Mountain Hostel Tarter (http://www.mountainhosteltarter.com/ – 30€ pP/Bed)

Next days we’ve spent at Monicas place – a really beautiful Hostel in Sispony (http://www.booking.com/hotel/ad/borda-jovell.de.html)

Then on Saturday competition started as planned in the skiing area of Grandvalira. Unfortunately, the first girl had a hard crash and broke her Hips. By the strong winds, the Helicopter took one hour to be able to finally rescue her out of the mountain. Therefore the competition had to be postponed to Monday.

I was lucky at the bibdraw and started already as second into the face. Conditions were way better than expected and I had a really nice powder run.

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The upper part was pretty technical, so I entered the couloir rather slow and controlled. However I got some points deducted for being too slow. The downside part and all the cliffs went pretty smooth.

I ended up on the 4th place, and I’m happy with that (Podium would’ve been great though!).

All in all it was a great trip. Congratz to Miki who won Snowboard girls.