ADL Dream Trips
The Willy’s Run DreamTrip is Back!
Tour the Porsche Museum & Factory then drive through the Austrian Alps in your own Porsche to the Dolomites and finish with the Men’s & Womens GS WC Opener at Soelden!
Tour the Porsche Museum & Factory then drive through the Austrian Alps in your own Porsche to the Dolomites and finish with the Men’s & Womens GS WC Opener at Soelden!
Easily one of the most beautiful and traditional World Cup races on the whole circuit, Wengen is a magical alpine wonderland filled with cog trains, racers, raclette and fighter jets buzzing through majestic mountain peaks at warp speed. You really can’t anticipate the fun and alpine beauty you will experience over the course of the week until suddenly, you are drowning in it like a piece of bread falling into a bubbling pot of hot fondue.
Always the biggest and most wild trip of the season, the Austrian DreamTrip is unpredictable, crazy and beyond fun. Joining us for this year’s trip was former World Cup and USA Olympic racer AJ Kitt. We had a passionate group of skiers and race fans with us, and it was quite possibly the wildest trip ever.
Our home for the week was at the World Cup famous Moelgg Family Residence in San Vigilio. We can walk to Kronplatz and we have old farms mixed with new lodges all around us. The cute horses across the street liked Dave because he brought them carrots. It snowed our first night too and we had great skiing and the food…. well that is almost the whole reason for going.
Freeriding in the huge mountains of Engelberg with a small group of ADL original Dream trippers Scott and Lorne Lewis, Kris Hendricks and rookie Patrick Brown. The reported low snowpack had us nervous but after a 6000′ tram ride from the town to the top peak our fears were put to rest. Great snow and wild terrain, marked with glaciers, rocks and chutes awaited us just steps from the lifts. Ginormous might not be a word but the terrain at Engelberg was huge.
We had a group of 11 enthusiastic friends and family book out the whole trip a year in advance. These people wanted the full Chamonix experience and I think we delivered. The valley hadn’t seen new snow in over a month when we arrived but, the ADL magic followed us in just like at Engelberg. We skied the Valle blanche from the Italian side on the first day with powder in 40 days. We always try to check all the boxes… not too many were left empty on this trip.
It was a question raised in a famous article in Powder Magazine 15 or 20 years ago and although the sport has survived since then, if you read the local group chats and ski news around America the last few years, you will undoubtedly start asking yourself if indeed, the sport of skiing has finally lost its soul.
Back again to the big mountains of Chamonix, the Valle Blanch, Grand Montets, Courmayeur – Italy, a little Switzerland and Megeve. We had blue bird days all week which is quite rare for Chamonix – normally we get every kind of weather you can imagine. Not this year. We skied Read more…
Skied Cortina D’Ampezzo, did the Sella Ronda, tucked the Saslong, carved up the Gran Risa, ate a bunch of really good Italian food, had a few Aperol Spritz, drove some incredible mountain passes and generally had a fine time…. See the whole story and all the photos at the link below.
We did it! Over two weeks of big beers, great food, incredible skiing and huge laughs and everyone made it home alive. Wengen delivered with its awe-inspiring scenery, crazy air show, dramatic races on the Lauberhorn and great people to experience it all with…