{"id":2353,"date":"2015-11-19T16:21:30","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T15:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2353"},"modified":"2016-10-21T09:04:23","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T08:04:23","slug":"weird-ski-toilets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/weird-ski-toilets\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s WORLD TOILET DAY &#8211; Hurrah!  See our Bizarre Backcountry Bogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Ski toilets don&#8217;t <em>always<\/em> create the greatest memories: Long, shivering queues, juggling goggles and gloves, staggering down narrow stairs in ski boots&#8230; But some are another matter entirely. Introducing the pottiest privys in the mountains:<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Just you, the loo &amp; the view, Denali\/Mount McKinley<\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_2354\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2354\" class=\"wp-image-2354\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Climbing-Denali-Nigel-Roberts.jpg\" alt=\"Climbing-Denali-Nigel Roberts\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Climbing-Denali-Nigel-Roberts.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Climbing-Denali-Nigel-Roberts-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2354\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u00a9 Nigel Roberts<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">This solitary outhouse is up at 14200 feet on Alaska\u2019s Mount McKinley, where three wooden slabs protect your modesty if nature calls. Thank heavens for those fine views of Mount Foraker, which distract you from the subzero temperatures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"> \r\n    <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n        jQuery(document).ready(function () {\r\n             jQuery(\".tweet-box\").hover(          \r\n                  function () {\r\n                    jQuery(this).find(\"p\").css(\"color\", \"#333333\");\r\n                  },\r\n                  function () {\r\n                    jQuery(this).find(\"p\").css(\"color\", \"#333333\");\r\n                  }\r\n            );\r\n        });\r\n     <\/script>  <div class=\"tweetdis_bl tweets-block-wrap tweet-box\" style=\"margin: 10px 10px;\">\r\n                                        <a class=\"tweet-box-link tweets-themes-01\" href=\"\" onclick=\"window.open('https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?lang=en&text=The+pottiest+privys+in+the+mountains%21 https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/tfj2qk7&count=none','_blank','width=500,height=500'); return false;\">\r\n                                            <p style=\"line-height: 45px;font-size: 30px; font-family: 'Montserrat'; color: #333333;\">The pottiest privys in the mountains!<\/p>\r\n                                            <span class=\"clear\">\r\n                                            <span class=\"click-to-tweet\" style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><i><\/i>Click to tweet<\/span> <\/span>\r\n                                        <\/a>\r\n                                    <\/div> <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Sky Toilet, <span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/ski\/austria\/schladming\/\" target=\"_blank\">Schladming<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_2361\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2361\" class=\"wp-image-2361 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ski-Toilet-Planai.jpg\" alt=\"Ski Toilet Planai\" width=\"640\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ski-Toilet-Planai.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ski-Toilet-Planai-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2361\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u00a9 Planai<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Not all loos with views must be open-air&#8230; And thankfully this picture proves that you <em>can&#8217;t<\/em> be seen from outside, as you sit back and enjoy the sights through the one way glass of Planai&#8217;s Sky Toilet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Paradise Toilet, <span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/ski\/austria\/schladming\/\" target=\"_blank\">Schladming<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_2360\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2360\" class=\"wp-image-2360 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Paradise-Toilet-Planai.jpg\" alt=\"Paradise Toilet Planai\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Paradise-Toilet-Planai.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Paradise-Toilet-Planai-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u00a9 Planai<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Schladming&#8217;s Planai area clearly has a thing for bonkers bogs &#8211; as well as offering more loo-seat views of the great outdoors, their &#8216;Paradise Toilet&#8217; gives queuers an eyeful. You&#8217;re in a colourful portrayal of Eden &#8211; including a life-sized photo of Adam (complete with a strategically placed leaf).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"> \r\n    <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n        jQuery(document).ready(function () {\r\n             jQuery(\".tweet-box\").hover(          \r\n                  function () {\r\n                    jQuery(this).find(\"p\").css(\"color\", \"#333333\");\r\n                  },\r\n                  function () {\r\n                    jQuery(this).find(\"p\").css(\"color\", \"#333333\");\r\n                  }\r\n            );\r\n        });\r\n     <\/script>  <div class=\"tweetdis_bl tweets-block-wrap tweet-box\" style=\"margin: 10px 10px;\">\r\n                                        <a class=\"tweet-box-link tweets-themes-01\" href=\"\" onclick=\"window.open('https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?lang=en&text=Bonkers+Bogs https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/tfj2qk7&count=none','_blank','width=500,height=500'); return false;\">\r\n                                            <p style=\"line-height: 45px;font-size: 30px; font-family: 'Montserrat'; color: #333333;\">Bonkers Bogs<\/p>\r\n                                            <span class=\"clear\">\r\n                                            <span class=\"click-to-tweet\" style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><i><\/i>Click to tweet<\/span> <\/span>\r\n                                        <\/a>\r\n                                    <\/div> <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Toilet Slide, Hospiz Alm in <span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/ski\/austria\/st-christoph\/\" target=\"_blank\">St Christoph<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_2355\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2355\" class=\"wp-image-2355 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Pablo-de-la-Pena-Toilet-Slide-St-Christoph.jpg\" alt=\"Pablo de la Pena Toilet Slide St Christoph\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Pablo-de-la-Pena-Toilet-Slide-St-Christoph.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Pablo-de-la-Pena-Toilet-Slide-St-Christoph-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2355\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u00a9 Pablo de la Pena<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Those clever designers of Hospiz Alm clearly knew the pains of clattering down stairs in ski boots, so they created a slide to make things easier &#8211; utter genius.\u00a0 The loo slide seems to be catching on, and Freeride Cafe in <a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/ski\/france\/alpe-d-huez\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alpe d&#8217;Huez<\/a> has one too. We think all slopeside establishments should have one (squealing &#8220;weeeee&#8221; as you slide down = compulsory).<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Twin Toilets, Sochi<\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_2363\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2363\" class=\"wp-image-2363\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Steve-Rosenberg-BBC1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Steve-Rosenberg-BBC1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Steve-Rosenberg-BBC1-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2363\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u00a9 Steve Rosenberg &amp; BBC<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">BBC reporter Steve Rosenberg captured these twin treasures during the Sochi Games last year. Saving skiers from any cubicle loneliness, they encourage bog-seat banter and make the whole experience a lot more&#8230; sociable.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Ski Jump Toilet, Japan<\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_2357\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2357\" class=\"wp-image-2357 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Coca-Cola-Exclusivpix.jpg\" alt=\"Coca Cola Exclusivpix\" width=\"625\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Coca-Cola-Exclusivpix.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Coca-Cola-Exclusivpix-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2357\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u00a9 Coca Cola Exclusivpix<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Nature often calls when you&#8217;re preparing to leap off a mighty ski jump&#8230; These vertigo-inducing privys were created for a Coco Cola coffee campaign in a number of Japanese ski resorts. Though only a <em>picture<\/em> of a steep ski jump slope, it gives the \u2018user\u2019 the illusion you\u2019re about to ski off the top of a regulation ski jump, with strap in skis printed on the floor.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Panorama Toiet, Gipfelalm Hohe Salve in <span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/ski\/austria\/westendorf\/\" target=\"_blank\">Westendorf<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_2358\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2358\" class=\"wp-image-2358 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Hohe-Salve-Panorama-Toilet.jpg\" alt=\"Gipfelalm Hohe Salve Panorama Toilet\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Hohe-Salve-Panorama-Toilet.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Hohe-Salve-Panorama-Toilet-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2358\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u00a9 Gipfelalm Hohe Salve<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Up on the SkiWelt&#8217;s Hohe Salve Mountain, the Gipfelalm has some cracking views &#8211; whether you&#8217;re gobbling down <span class=\"st\">Gr\u00f6stl <\/span>on Austria&#8217;s first rotating panorama terrace, or spending a penny in the Panorama Toilet as unknowing skiers schuss past.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Climber&#8217;s Cans, Mount Baker in Washington<\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_2359\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2359\" class=\"wp-image-2359 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Mount-Baker-Toilet-Burt-Rosen.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Baker Toilet Burt Rosen\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Mount-Baker-Toilet-Burt-Rosen.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Mount-Baker-Toilet-Burt-Rosen-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2359\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u00a9 Burt Rosen<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">When your restroom&#8217;s a mountainside, you might not find an attendant spritzing apres-wee perfume, but you will feel like king of the world while you&#8217;re on the throne. Climbers of Mount Baker have 16 toilets dotted about on the north and south sides of the mountain &#8211; many looking down onto Vancouver.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Tell us your best toilet tales\u00a0(no potty mouths please)&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">&#8230; then  \r\n\r\n       <style>\r\n       .defaultDsgn{\r\n           display:none;\r\n       }\r\n       .blankyDsgn{\r\n           display:none;\r\n       }\r\n       .edgebirdDsgn{\r\n            display:none;\r\n       }\r\n       .coginuDsgn{\r\n           display:none;\r\n       }\r\n       .gigabugDsgn{\r\n           display:none;\r\n       }\r\n       .tweet:hover{\r\n           color:#75c781!important;\r\n       }\r\n       <\/style> <input type=\"hidden\" class=\"hint_type\" value=\"hint_1\"><span class=\"tweetdis_bl tweet tip\" style=\"color: #f50505\">\r\n                            <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?lang=en&text=SHARE https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/tfj2qk7&count=none\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href,'_blank','width=500,height=500'); return false;\" style=\"border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1px;\">\r\n                                SHARE\r\n                            <\/a>\r\n                            <span style=\"color: #ffffff; margin-top: -51px; margin-left: 0px; opacity: 1; visibility: visible; background: #6e9b76;\" class=\"cloud defaultDsgn\">\r\n                                <span class=\"cloudP\" style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: Georgia; background: transparent;\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"bird\" style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">\r\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/tweetdis\/images\/bird.png\" alt=\"\">\r\n                                    <\/span>\r\n                                    <span class=\"cloudPText\">Tweet this!<\/span>            <\/span>\r\n                                                <span class=\"arrow\" style=\"border-top-color:  #6e9b76;\"><\/span>\r\n                                                <span class=\"arrowRght\"><\/span>\r\n                                <span class=\"cloudBrd\" style=\"background-color:  #6e9b76;\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"arrowRght2\" style=\"border-top-color:  #6e9b76;\"><\/span>\r\n                                    <span class=\"arrow\" style=\"border-top-color:  #6e9b76;\"><\/span>\r\n                                <\/span>\r\n                            <\/span>\r\n                        <\/span> our crazy kazis\u00a0with your SNO mates!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-2353\" data-postid=\"2353\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-2353 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\n\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ski toilets don&#8217;t always create the greatest memories: Long, shivering queues, juggling goggles and gloves, staggering down narrow stairs in ski boots&#8230; But some are another matter entirely. Introducing the pottiest privys in the mountains: Just you, the loo &amp; the view, Denali\/Mount McKinley This solitary outhouse is up at 14200 feet on Alaska\u2019s Mount [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ski-holidays","has-post-title","no-post-date","has-post-category","no-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2353"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5504,"href":"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353\/revisions\/5504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}