Thread: Snow for the Euros.

Originally Posted by hemas

Wind? Surely you mean the kazillion Finns that only know that off-piste run in Verb...

hehe... right, but trust me the wind can be even worse than that. Drove today to the derelict SupSBern to give my $ support to avoid bankrupcy, but it was desert and close wind can be a true killer

this might find a better audience here...?

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Why not buy a skitour map?

like I said it looks fine on paper, just musing out loud if anyone even does it in winter...

If it's on the skitour map, then people do it. I'd try to take a taxi as far as possible up that valley though.

ya I agree...the biggest set back at the moment is getting across Meiringen and up towards Rosenlaui without walking with everything on our backs...no thanks

V61...how did the cover look? A dump and got to go? I have a friend in the SSB area next week and wondering how the "little" places are doing.

Originally Posted by verbier61

hehe... right, but trust me the wind can be even worse than that. Drove today to the derelict SupSBern to give my $ support to avoid bankrupcy, but it was desert and close wind can be a true killer

Originally Posted by leifar

ya I agree...the biggest set back at the moment is getting across Meiringen and up towards Rosenlaui without walking with everything on our backs...no thanks

have been ther in the summer. afaik there is a taxi or something like that. take your phone and aks the local tourism center... and take the 1:50.000 "Skitourenkarte". if there is a route, people go for it every weekend.

Anyone in the Zermatt area next week?

I'll be there with wife, kids, grandpa/ -ma and injured brother and gf. Alas no one to ski with away from the pistes... Someone to hook up with for a day (or two) would be awesome! Powder, touring you name it, I'm in...

Question for all you euros.

Recently after moving to Lausanne to do my PhD, I shipped my car over to europe. I sent it equipped with snowtires, but because they were studded, I was forced to by new unstudded snowtires.

Anyways, I have them lying in my cellar, and was hopping to sell them to someone in France or Italy, but I don't know if there is a rule against studded snowtires there as well.

So, are studded snowtires allowed in France or Italy?

Also, is anyone here at all interested in buying them?

^^afaik studded tires are allowed in F, It and austria in the winter months. in austria the spikes have to be of a certain type and you need a sticker on your car saying you have them.

Originally Posted by klar

^^afaik studded tires are allowed in F, It and austria in the winter months. in austria the spikes have to be of a certain type and you need a sticker on your car saying you have them.

I looked into it a few years ago.

You can use studs in southern DE, IT, FR and AT. But often you're not allowed to take them to the motorways...

Pretty sure that was the case with CH as well. At least I did see stupped tires in Amatt a few weeks ago.

Originally Posted by geo039

V61...how did the cover look? A dump and got to go? I have a friend in the SSB area next week and wondering how the "little" places are doing.

sounds like typical ssb conditions - dust on crust. super self arrest....

Originally Posted by Tectonically_Neglected

Anyone in the Zermatt area next week?

I'll be there with wife, kids, grandpa/ -ma and injured brother and gf. Alas no one to ski with away from the pistes... Someone to hook up with for a day (or two) would be awesome! Powder, touring you name it, I'm in...

I'll be in Zermatt starting next Thurs. I'll need to get my wife settled in but after that would love to meet up. I'll PM you my mobile number.

Bill

Originally Posted by verbier61

broght my wife on backside mt fort today... she wanted to kill me. Wind had actually spoiled the spot before we dropped in.

Well at least you would still had the long flat pole along the lac, an icy dam, and badly formed moguls in the trees as reward

Originally Posted by verbier61

to the derelict SupSBern to give my $ support to avoid bankrupcy, but it was desert and close

SSB is in trouble ? whats the story ? Had some really good times there.
Hopefully it can be saved - its like a fun size la Grave (but with monks and big dogs!).

Originally Posted by ChowdahRidah

I'll be in Zermatt starting next Thurs. I'll need to get my wife settled in but after that would love to meet up. I'll PM you my mobile number.

Bill

Cool, I'll try to check in here to find it...

Originally Posted by Tectonically_Neglected

Cool, I'll try to check in here to find it...

Happy Birthday!

corn paradise today in verb..... until a lot of big avies around 3-4PM called declared game over.

Anybody in Meribel next week? Gonna be skiing there Sunday-Friday...

Originally Posted by Tectonically_Neglected

Anyone in the Zermatt area next week?

i'm gonna be keeping my eye on zermatt for next weekend. could get interesting...

Originally Posted by Schnappi

Happy Birthday!

Cheers mate

it's snowing out, and I still see pavement.
go figure.

yes, tomorrow will be fun........................

Originally Posted by Tectonically_Neglected

Anyone in the Zermatt area next week?

Not much help but I'll be there for a week as of next Saturday (27th). Up with the family but if any mags are there, would love to go hit some powder/touring...

Any recommendations for restaurants in Geneva? Have a 1 night lay over before Zermatt. Any recommendations for restaurants and night life in Zermatt? I know there is a lot of good places but any first hand experiences?