Neither of us started it but we've both been involved for a long time. I was the main editor for a while and proof read/signed off on subtle's poetic form of prose. There is a new person now who...

In the case of a south jam it is better to have a pillow under the skis than a spider outside the window.

lots of big terrain that needs stable conditions / is usually sketchy when the snow is great. many options to ski down the sides where the lifts are not after a short hike. some are more obvious than...

very much depends on who's asking
(it is awake though, https://powderguide.com/magazin/wetterblog/wetterblog-2-2023-24-weiterhin-turbulent-steigende-temperaturen)

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yeah totally, i was just thinking out loud. everything everyone has said about the freeride boom and too many overeager people dropping in on each other (and people below in mogul fields) is true....

I agree with you, but want to point out that 2, maybe 3 of the recent fatal incidents in AT were not on terrain that is very obviously risky in the way that stuff in Verbier is.

I would consider...

4 dead in 3 separate avalanches on saturday in the Sellrain/northern stubai region, and one in Gastein. Multiple other incidents without fatalities but with search efforts due to unclear situation....

this is the slide she's talking about, more info in german from the tyrolean avalanche center here....

good points here.

Don't have my funicular porn archives handy but here's Jamtal last week:
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Worth checking out!

wasn't trying to take a swing at you or anything, just annoyed by this whole shitshow (and the fpö, as always)

Lizum scrapes by even in normal years. They may have more local visitors than other resorts but depending on the financial situation of a business, a 30% loss can push it past the point of viability...

^^ superficial googling in german indicates that a 34 year old american crashed badly on that day and died in the hospital the following day from his severe injuries. No information on cause of...

The montafon chairlift video has been making the rounds (it turned out fine).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fz2DOGXZoYg

keksie knows I wasn't trying to pick a fight with him ;) more information is always helpful.

Looking at Seefeld though, in addition to all the messages on their website and social media, they had...

Not really buying the whole "gotta hear both sides" argument here. It's their resort, so their rules. They have signs and they will tell anyone that bothers to ask that they're bombing. you can hear...

We flew ryanair to marrakech from madrid. was cheap as far as i recall but you'd have to get to madrid. if you are planning to do toubkal i wouldn't worry too much about snow, it might not be good...

There is a lot of winning in this picture.

fs has a more active forum, pg's forum is kind of broken since the relaunch but was never particularly active anyway. If you ask something in either place you are likely to get some sort of response.

There are male nannies and aupairs, fyi.

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Weißsee Gletscher ski resort used as access point to our study site which is nearby.

Yeah it did snow a bunch. Not really helpful for the rest of the season...
Some gloppy rock hopping in the fog & awkward skiing while tied together yesterday.
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hot hot hot it's so hot

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the big thing is a steam drill. yes, I'd like a sherpa but we have to make do with an intern who we can't abuse too much because otherwise he'll quit.


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Yeah some bike stuff, some dragging shit around on glaciers stuff. Weather alternates between stupid hot and humid and less hot and humid with severe thunderstorms here and there.
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Always appreciate the very motivational Wales stoke. Who needs snow to ski really? We should stop whining so much in the Alps :)

Worktrip at Dachstein the last couple of days. Nice to get away...

Another work outing. Way up:
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"Office"
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Way down....

^^nice! did you go up the left one? can you quantify the length of the bushwhack in either time, distance or vert?

Great picture of Baldric chilling. Good colour coordination on your part!

April storm snow on rocks and general mayhem in Austria on sat....

yup me too. not bothered at all by staying home.

quite a bit of discussion here about whether the danger levels in the bulletin (moderate for big slide on wednesday, low today for the one at...

And two more on the Italian side of Bernina.
http://milano.repubblica.it/cronaca/2017/03/17/news/valanga_valmalenco_due_morti-160776348/

There are some pictures of the St Anton slide in here,...

Not sure how you define that but I don't consider it technical terrain at all. It is of course steep enough to slide but I don't see how it is particularly technical or inherently scary. This is...

wow, rare luck :) there was one here a couple of months ago where dog found the victim alive after 30 minutes. some series of lucky coincidences made it possible for the dog & handler to get there so...

Yeah, they are saying the fourth body was 12m (!!!) down. A local guy was there on the same day and did two laps with no issue just before the group went down. I've skied that plenty of time on days...

Danke!

Apparently three people died (one more still missing) today at one of my favourite touring mountains. I'm actually kind of glad I can't really ski at the moment. haven't been to Schmirn in...

You need to work on lengthening your tadasana line ;)

Some fucking massive slides the last couple of days. 2 dead in Carinthia, one of them that girl. Reports are now saying 16 years old, was skiing with her family. 10 year old sister also caught but...

Not really, I've read that one German, one Belgian and one Italian national died. five other people were dug out in some form and taken to the hospital. reports are saying that 18 in total were...

missed this earlier. the sierra nevada is fun and there is some good potential for corn touring. the season so far hasn't been too bad snow wise. typically you'd want to take a lift up or skin up the...

You can make it work with public transport but will probably have significantly more fun renting a car. Doesn't really matter which of the closer airports you pick.

For experienced climbers I...

Impressive.

nordekette: your dedication to your name sake mountain despite the lack of snow is also impressive!

The little top up we got on friday helped with the optics, not with much else....

thanks,yes it was a pretty fun weekend!



no, sorry. I could ask keksie to try and find out but you probably have someone you can contact yourself..


Big slide in Tignes today, sounds like 4...

On a brighter note, some stuff skied pretty well the last couple of days. Didn't even get any core shots, just some minor scratches.
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Yeah I saw that, the whole group was finnish I think. I don't know anything else about them, not up to date on the current crop of finnish exchange students. That area now gets skied a lot more and a...

Accident report from recent fatal slide at Pitztal. Trauma related death, person got carried over cliffs. Spooky picture of torn off airbag wing in the debris. ...

Seeing as they are located in Italy and in the Alps, the Dolomites technically are part of the Italian Alps. But yes, this is a good point - very little snow (as in you probably want to stay on the...

This guy (and guide) literally wrote the book on Courmayeur. Everyone says he's cool. I have no idea what Whistler's extremly canadian or Alta Bird's Straightline Adventure is though....

Pretty much everywhere from Salzburg to Berner Oberland.

Yeah, interesting options quite close to Barcelona that don't require flying. No one knows what the snow will be like. Right now I certainly would not go to the alps if the pyrenees were on my...