Winter Driving Conditions by junge1

Photography • Landscape • posted on Jan 31, 2015

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First day of snow and the scenery began to change. It was an adjustment for me to drive in the snow - the first time in 5 years - since the last time I was here. The view of the mountains disappeared, some roads required chains, and some roads were closed due to avalanche danger. The roads in the village, not too wide to start with, became even narrower. The snow plows piled the snow on each side of the street and went around cars parked in the street, and over the course of six days of snowing, these cars became completely buried and invisible. It was explained to me that when two cars crept passed each other, one side often in the deep snow, the other side barely clearing the other car, if by chance the two cars touched, the moving car was at fault and liable for any damage. So passing each other was a very delicate, time consuming operation. This picture was taken on 26 December 2014, Sig...

Comments (19)

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Juliette.Gribnau

11:47AM | Sat, 31 January 2015

beautifully captured

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kgb224

11:54AM | Sat, 31 January 2015

Superb capture my friend. God bless.

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rangeriderrichard

11:57AM | Sat, 31 January 2015

Nice photo! Snow is lovely for pictures, but a pain in the bleep for driving. Going to get some more of that here tomorrow.

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UVDan

11:57AM | Sat, 31 January 2015

Nice shot of the winter.

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jayfar

3:06PM | Sat, 31 January 2015

This is a super shot but it all looks a bit treacherous.

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romangirl

3:19PM | Sat, 31 January 2015

Brrrrrr! Cold but beautiful!

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emmecielle

3:26PM | Sat, 31 January 2015

The snowy landscape is beautiful and charming, but it's very dangerous for those who find themselves in the snow! Excellent capture! :)

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giulband

4:15PM | Sat, 31 January 2015

Superb image full of feelings !!

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Cyve

4:47PM | Sat, 31 January 2015

Fantastic capture !!!

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UteBigSmile

1:01AM | Sun, 01 February 2015

Schaut super aus, so wie der Winter sein soll und nicht so ein Schmuddelwetter!

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Faemike55

1:26AM | Sun, 01 February 2015

Great scene I see someone is building a snow-person

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starship64

2:18AM | Sun, 01 February 2015

Beautiful shot.

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ontar1

5:09AM | Sun, 01 February 2015

Looks like a good day stay home and warm!

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flavia49

9:22AM | Sun, 01 February 2015

wonderful capture

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dragonmuse

7:58AM | Mon, 02 February 2015

Lovely picture, but yuck on the conditions. I would just hibernate.

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debbielove

7:13AM | Mon, 09 February 2015

Yeah! Makes me laugh! Here in hopeless U.K. if a small flake of snow lands at Heathrow Airport, they close it! I am not joking mate.. Driving, well forget it! And trains? Leaves close lines! Stunning shot, good capture! Rob

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danapommet

9:39PM | Mon, 09 February 2015

A love the photo but not what you went through with all of that snow - it looks like a snowman (Schneemann) on the right!

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junge1

10:55PM | Mon, 09 February 2015

@Danapommet: That's right Dana, that's a snowman or Schneemann; This was the first day of snow, and most of the tourists that come to Oberammergau and environs come for the snow, whether it is downhill or cross-country skiing. The non-skiers and kids build snowmen!

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