Category: Snow Sports
Ski, snowboard and other snow related sports, including ski mountaineering and touring.
An eventful, if not entirely happy, day in the snow... How is it that there can be too much snow to travel, but not enough to ski?
We surprised ourselves this week when we agreed that some new scenery away from the Chamonix pistes was an exciting idea... An adventurous excursion was called for, and so on Wednesday we booked bus tickets to Verbier for a full day of Swiss piste bashing.
Scotland lives up to its reputation as a suburb of the Arctic, but disappoints hydrologists everywhere...
We thought another half day on the piste before going for a touring adventure would be a good idea, so we decided to go to Les Houches on Boxing Day.
We woke up late, again. Chamonix seems to do this to me. I blame it on the clear air and the snug warm apartment, but perhaps this time it was also because the streets were very quiet. Father Christmas had done his job and most people seemed to be pre-occupied in doors.
The work at Halley 6 is progressing and we are told that everything is on schedule!
Late March is the time for ski-touring in the alps and this year we timed it just right for oue exploration of the Silvretta area of Austria...
The start of a week's skiing in the French Alps.
The forecast had been for snow, snow, and more snow, but what we got was sun, sun, and more sun, and the occasional early morning cloud.
