Central Switzerland
Started a skitour in the afternoon to take advantage of the good weather coming in.
1100 m slight rain
turned to snow around 1500 m
Snow however not very good up to 2100 m...
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Central Switzerland
Started a skitour in the afternoon to take advantage of the good weather coming in.
1100 m slight rain
turned to snow around 1500 m
Snow however not very good up to 2100 m...
Gnarly lines !
A nice family ski vacation in the Valais comes to an end.
Managed to get away for a few solo tours.
Spring like conditions, not many fresh pow turns, but you can still have a good time, when you...
Did a quick late afternoon ski tour in the Val d'Hérémence.
Spring temps, but got in a few good turns on the northerly aspects above 2000 m.
Mostly faceted snow.... nice now, but will be a bad...
Northerly aspects above 1700m in central Switzerland: Tasty!
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Took a day off work today..... was worth it.
Northerly aspects still holding nice freshies.
Even though the base is obviously a bit thin..... and the top parts had some winds.
But all in all a...
Times flies.... not sure why it took that long for another post.
Keeping busy with work, family and dog.
Just to demonstrate how fast time goes by:
Our puppy (australian shepherd) in January...
Saturday, central Switzerland.
Finally made it above the fog at 2200m.
Nice views, but quite cold!
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Nice! You hit it up just about perfectly.
Not always easy in the Alps, when the storms roll in with low visibility (compared with the US, where you can easily retreat to the trees).
But it looks...
Yes, it was a good day..... but unfortunately not epic due to the debris.
On the way up we were thinking of heading down the Val Piana and I was pretty excited. But at the end we went down...
Bedretto valley was pretty good today.
Nicely settled pow.
Northerly aspects dry down to 1600 m, southerly aspects started to get wet somewhere under 2200 m.
(tomorrow you wanna chose the...
Glarnerland was OK an Saturday.
The sun even peaked out just in time for our ride down.
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Looking pretty good for a bad year, I would say. $$$ :yourock: $$$
Poked around a bit in the Muotathal, central Switzerland.
Above 1500 m already pretty good on the meadows, when you avoid the rocky slopes.
Below 1500 m still really a rough ride.
Rigi und Gross...
Laub, Engelberg
1 person died in avalanche
German only:
https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/panorama/vermischtes/lawine-bei-engelberg-ow-rega-steht-im-einsatz/story/26131319
Season is still...
Season Finale on the Clariden last Friday (June 5, 2015)
Early start at 4:30 to enjoy a nice sun set above the Klausenpass....
That looks pretty deep!
We spent recently four days in the Gauli area (Bernese Alps).
We started at the Handegg (near Guttannen), spent the first night at the unmanned Grueben hut, two nights at the Gauli hut and topped...
^^^^ is that Manu?
Usually more the guy for the long turns and not the wedel. :)
Glarnerland on Saturday was nice, with about 20 - 30 cm of powder on a nicely settled base:
(as long as you did not venture into the steep, cross loaded gullys)
...
Nice vids peeps!
A few pics from today. Managed to get away for a day during the family vacation.
The clouds are lifting to give way to a picture perfect day in the Bernese Alps:...
Better late than never.... from last weekend: danski and dave making their way to the Brisi. Top part blown off, but lower down in the trees quite nice....
^^^ taper, gaper, jong........ all the same.
Have fun in Switzerland. You timed it not too bad. On the north side the snow should be not too shabby at the moment, when there just would not be that...
Choose your tour wisely and you will score some quality pow, pow safely. (today 50 cm plus)
Maybe not the steepest shit, but hey live for another day.
nstadie the trail breaking machine:...
4 dead in the meantime. One person died in the hospital.
Not much details out at the moment, so I am sorry to armchair quarterback here already a bit:
I am just noticing quite often that bigger...
^^ Marius:
The question that came to my mind when seeing that picture was:
Where is the shovel and the probe? Or does that come also as a blow up version nowadays? I must have missed the newest...
Nice day out in the Glarnerland.
About 40-50 cm down low, further up about 60 cm+ of freshies.
No action shots... just a scenic one.
...
Yes........ very rewarding with the own little kiddy out on the slopes!
Happy New Year!
2015 started well with an early morning ski tour and a nice family outing in the afternoon.
My little daughter is picking up skiing quite fast. Soon she will be blasting past me....
Finishing off the season with a one day tour to the Toedi (highest Glarus summit).
Tired legs but happy faces after the 2900 vertical meters.
Bike and hike to the snow line....
A few pics from the Valais high country from the past weekend:
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php/277359-TR-Valais-high-country-(Strahlhorn-and-Alphubel)-May-4-and-5-2014
Below a quick TR about no particular scary steep descents.... just some glacier skipping in the high country of the Valais.
But because it has been some pretty nice weather the past weekend, and we...
A "quick" early Sunday morning tour to the Gross Ruchen (central Switzerland) before the easter egg hunt with the kids in the afternoon.
The mighty North Face...
Nice road trip.
Let me think back to my old times in Colorado.
It's always very rewarding when it comes all together.... the mountains, the weather, the snow .... and to enjoy it all with one of...
Nice.
Thanks for sharing.
Early Tuesday morning work out with nstadie to the Wiss Nollen (Muotathal, central Switzerland)
Putting in a skintrack with 60 to 70 cm of fresh in the upper parts was quite some hard work:...
Nice trip!
Looks like you got the whole Euro-package (skiing, scenery, food, beer/wine, party.....).
It's fun when everything falls in place.
Wow..... just wow..... that's an impressive post Nr. 1000 !!!
:yourock: :yourock: :yourock:
It has been some lame season this year and I have not gotten in the gear really.... but now I...
^^ there must have been some conversion mistake I guess
1 in = 2.54 cm
Not really sure if the heliski trails should be openly promoted. Just for the big $$$, fat guys who can't put on any skins for just 30 mins.
Not knowing the guide himself or much about the book at...
Looks like we are getting back to the right stoke ...
The Spluegen pass indeed saw quite some wind. We chose the Suretta NF and hoped for slightly better conditions. Overall not too shabby,...
Sorry to interrupt your Chamonix/Verbier/jumpturn/4m against 7 cm fresh/ bla, bla, bla discussion.
I thought I mix in some pics from south-eastern Switzerland from last Sunday.
First somewhat...
Went out yesterday for a little walk to the safien valley to check out the freshies we got.
Luckily a guided group broke trail for the first part, otherwise we two souls would have had a pretty...
Just checking in to be present in this memorable thread.
... and yeah..... also waiting..... haven't even spent one single day on snow this season. Sigh!
Thanks, nice "goodbye Europe" pics.
Soon we probably will see some money SA shots.
Have fun down there.
Now that's a proper family outing!
Awesome. Thanks for sharing!
... and yeah, navigating in a white-out on a glacier is a bad idea. Because even with a GPS to back track, you will be stumbling around and barely be able to tell what...
Shit........ looks intense.
(Better them than me.)
http://img.over-blog.com/600x400/0/48/97/20/dtbl-2013/L1030861.JPG
Congrats!
- edit: this link worked better for me with the original sized...
Galenstock, 3586 m, central Switzerland - June 4, 2013
Season ending turns.... time to bring out the bike. At some point you gotta enjoy summer.
North ridge of Galenstock...
not sure where that was going when I started reading.
Amusing..... thanks for sharing.