Thread: Snow for the Euros.

^^^ I guess there not much need to climb higher because there's enough snow to avalanche on the glacier toule (and elsewhere). Guide gets to test the ABS; client not so lucky.

My flight arrives in Geneva tomorrow at 7:30am. I need to be back to the airport to pick up my friend at 9pm. I have a car. Any suggestions as to where to ski for the day? Best conditions in the area? Can i hire a guide at the base? Any input greatly appreciated.

Originally Posted by Marius

well, cham is high enough and theres enough snow right now. get a rope and start climbing
@stantonbum: are you back for a longer period? where will you be based?

Nah Im just over for 10 days of skiing. Have some swedish friends who are in Cham for the winter so will spend the time skiing with them. Conditions dependent may also hit verbier for a day or two.

Originally Posted by jumpturn

^^^ I guess there not much need to climb higher because there's enough snow to avalanche on the glacier toule (and elsewhere). Guide gets to test the ABS; client not so lucky.

Appears it wasn't his client but his girlfriend & his mate who were with him. Unfortunately she didn't make it. If reports i've heard are correct then this one wasn't a skier triggered avalanche but self released from well above them. If this is correct it would appear that they were just tragically unlucky in terms of being in the wrong place at the wrong time as indicated conditions were not so bad that slopes should be self releasing. Also the woman in question was a german running a small hotel in vallorcine. 7 years previously her husband was killed in remarkably similar circumstances in a similar location. There's quite a lot of chat about this on local forums but for more info in english there are a number of people posting about it here http://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?t=397548&v=1

a big group led by a swiss guide triggered a large avie in crevacol (italian side of Gr S Bernard). Everything went well, but it's clear that risks are pretty high.

Hey have you guys seen the forecast for Saas Fee:

http://www.snow-forecast.com/resorts/Saas-Fee/6day/bot

Anyone want to take the day off monday and go to Saas Fee for some powder?
I have my trusty Subaru Forester with All Wheel Drive and Snowtires.

Though yesterday's dump was not as significant as expected (at least in the Briancon area) it got us some welcomed lines in fresh powder (or sort of) today.

Yesterdays mini-dump ...


...materialized into some nice lines today




Probably the best thing (beside the nice company) was that finding untracked slopes was easy even as late as 4 p.m.

Anyone got some tips on lodging in montafon valley? Never been there before, which resort/town is best to stay in? which of the resorts is best for pulveschnee? Hochjoch?
Also anyone got some last minute tips on lodging in St anton? Flying from Norway in 6 hrs... Praying for some powder now...

Originally Posted by Orash111

Hey have you guys seen the forecast for Saas Fee:

http://www.snow-forecast.com/resorts/Saas-Fee/6day/bot

Anyone want to take the day off monday and go to Saas Fee for some powder?
I have my trusty Subaru Forester with All Wheel Drive and Snowtires.

The forecast went from about 50 cm of snow down to only 15 cm. Well if it goes back up I'm still up for it if anyone else wants to join.

Originally Posted by Glomstulen

Anyone got some tips on lodging in montafon valley? Never been there before, which resort/town is best to stay in? which of the resorts is best for pulveschnee? Hochjoch?
Also anyone got some last minute tips on lodging in St anton? Flying from Norway in 6 hrs... Praying for some powder now...

Arlberg is the shit! Montafon is not steep enough.

Originally Posted by TomyLight

Arlberg is the shit! Montafon is not steep enough.

save your power for other spots.... the swedish freeride mag tells where to go, and lots of scandis follow their suggestions... so the next two years, montafon will be dead (freeride-wise).

(and an interesting note: in montafon this season never arrived "90cm"! liarrrrr )

Oh shit.
Ok. Go to Montafon

"Arlberg is the shit! Montafon is not steep enough. "

A phrase like that is almost asking people to go there and check it out, it screams "this place is awesome, but we want it for ourselves...."

We'll se where we end up...

Any tips on places to stay? Any apres ski in montafon?

i stayed there. not cheap, but the food is absolutely amazing and the owners are really friendly. all stuff is fresh prepared and all products are from the regions (maybe not the bananas, but you never know what these austrians hide in their mountains ).

montafon is really not that steep.

Thks, quick reply, will see what we end up with...

Anyone has an current update on conditions in stanton and montafon?

Hi Guys, some more cham questions:

-anyone know of a decent hostel in Cham Sud?
-I dont know cham that well, what should I be looking at getting done while I am there. Am thinking glacier rond, rectaligne couloir, what else......?

I think my mates may be working some days, so is anyone keen to hook up for some skiing while im there?

Alex

Originally Posted by cramp

Though yesterday's dump was not as significant as expected (at least in the Briancon area) it got us some welcomed lines in fresh powder (or sort of) today.

You should have hit it today! Snow was still good, bluebird and we did some of the more gnarly lines, even one of the couloirs (25 min hike) above the traverse we did a few times yesterday.

Some Salomon pros (Kai, Cody???) we're also there. It was cool to see the rockstars!

Originally Posted by stantonbum1

Hi Guys, some more cham questions:

-anyone know of a decent hostel in Cham Sud?
-I dont know cham that well, what should I be looking at getting done while I am there. Am thinking glacier rond, rectaligne couloir, what else......?

I think my mates may be working some days, so is anyone keen to hook up for some skiing while im there?

Alex

Vagabond gite.

See my TRs for a bunch of intermediate lines. Glacier toule, Brenva, Marbrees, col des cristaux, NNE of the courtes. Buy the guide book!

After 3/25.

Originally Posted by lazyboy

You should have hit it today! Snow was still good, bluebird and we did some of the more gnarly lines, even one of the couloirs (25 min hike) above the traverse we did a few times yesterday.

Some Salomon pros (Kai, Cody???) we're also there. It was cool to see the rockstars!

Glad to read that you had again a fine day. We fled the cold, northerly wind and in doing so we "discovered" a nice little village-resort totally of the beaten path. After a few laps in the vicinity of the lifts we did a short skinning to find some still fresh powder at northerly slopes. The truly gorgeous landscape was a neat add-on.

Originally Posted by Glomstulen

Thks, quick reply, will see what we end up with...

Anyone has an current update on conditions in stanton and montafon?

Not current, but went to montafon earlier this winter. Def. a low snow year this year, but lot's of good snow in the trees.

TR: [ame="http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=185963"]TR: A week in Montafon/Silvretta, avy rating considerable - Teton Gravity Research Forums[/ame]

If you're going, go to the gargellen area, the other places are quite touristy and flat...

today ity was just dust on crust, but I liked it.......

For bootfitting in Cham, is footworks the place to go? searched and it seems to be the place that most people recommend.

Originally Posted by stantonbum1

For bootfitting in Cham, is footworks the place to go? searched and it seems to be the place that most people recommend.

the guys from Footworks set up a new place Sole which is worth checking out. Sanglard sports also has a good rep

from a few days ago

Beutiful! Where's this?