Thread: Snow for the Euros.

weatherguru? arent they in jail because of this bad winter?


you should search'em here


(sorry, couldnt resist)

wer soll das sein? Er hat Stil

thats his company: www.meteomedia.de

that's one chappy beard.

boob - i'll be in saas fee. tom/mclovin is there for the week so i'll go down for the dumps unless something better turns up locally.

Originally Posted by Arno

^^^ they'll even shift them to another station for you if it's inconvenient for you to pick them up where you left them

saw that - have you used the service? could make life much easier for a travere/high tour skiier.

Originally Posted by patxi

Agreed.

verbier61 after the exit couloir off of Ras n'Ouanoukrim (4083 m):

I am afraid, but I will need to see more photos to convince myself that this was really in Morocco!

I will be around beginning next Wednesday if anyone wants to get together for turns or alcoholism. Flying into Zurich, so could go about anywhere, no place to be until St Anton on Saturday evening.

Will be in Arlberg or Northern Italy for 10 days or so, then in Chamonix for awhile. I am planning on a couple of tours, which means I usually bring white-out blizzards with me!

Originally Posted by Franz Klammer

I am afraid, but I will need to see more photos to convince myself that this was really in Morocco!

hehehe you're right it was a pretty dry winter for high atlas standards...
telepath has the pictures, they'll be online [hopefully] soon

storm is still on track. most snow south and west....im not sure whether i will venture west or south. i'l decide on friday.

after monday the forecast is not really certain.

Originally Posted by Hugh Conway

saw that - have you used the service? could make life much easier for a travere/high tour skiier.

i was going to but pulled out of the tour because of a bad knee. the people who did do it left their bags at bivio post office and collected them 4 or 5 days later at Tiefencastle station without problems

Just come back from Bivio, three days of touring with all sorts of conditions, snow under 2200 m is of the worst kind, good for water skiing, but in the alpine not all that bad after all.... let's hope in some new snow this week.

Anyone in St Anton April 1-4?

Originally Posted by Meathelmet

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Even more awesome when they do their magic after half an hour of skiing!

WTH? Boot delam?

Originally Posted by Onward

WTH? Boot delam?

Big time.

Guess the amount of fun trying to make back the 30 min of skiing over fields,on breakable crust,freestyling with my new boots....


No extra workout needed after that.

Sun is shining, weather is fine, fat skies and the BC is well even at that conditions.

^^^ I will drink to that, and if you have the inclination and put in the effort, then you will be rewarded

Originally Posted by ChowdahRidah

Anyone in St Anton April 1-4?

I will be about, depending on snow. Send me a PM if you're going to be around, I'm staying in St Jakob for a few days next weekend.

This is quite a bit off-topic, but I will be in Courmayeur and Chamonix for a week in late August and early September before attending a wedding near Lyon and I was hoping that some of you could help me with the following query:

Please suggest some good guidebooks in English that describe
a) climbing topos
b) hiking routes and
c) general culture

near (i) Courmayeur, (ii) Chamonix and maybe the (iii) Gran Paradiso region?

If you don't know any good guidebooks in English, please feel free to suggest some books in Italian, French or German (I can read those, but my girlfriend can't ...).

Additionally, what's the closest place to Courmayeur that has lift-served downhill mountainbiking even in late August?

decisions, decisions - trying to figure out where to be on the weekend which will leave me not more than 3/4hrs from Munich...

Originally Posted by Franz Klammer

Additionally, what's the closest place to Courmayeur that has lift-served downhill mountainbiking even in late August?

the name slips my mind but geo was telling me about it a while back. in aosta valley closeby. pm geo039 (he's away this week). we were talking about going this summer, perhaps we could arrange a meetup.

Originally Posted by Franz Klammer

Please suggest some good guidebooks in English that describe
a) climbing topos
b) hiking routes and
c) general culture

near (i) Courmayeur, (ii) Chamonix and maybe the (iii) Gran Paradiso region?

For Cham/Courmayer the Piola topos are about the best for pure rock climbing (glacier crossings/approach might be needed). Available in both english and french.

So who is skiing where this weekend? Rain just starting to fall in Cham - total of 50-60cm of snow predicted today and tomorrow.

Originally Posted by stantonbum1

So who is skiing where this weekend? Rain just starting to fall in Cham - total of 50-60cm of snow predicted today and tomorrow.

I am planning on driving to Saas Fee with some friends for Saturday, but the radar seems to show a lot of snow coming to Chamonix right now. I'll decide as the day goes on. :-)

Anyone up for meeting somewhere for some skiing tomorrow somewhere around chamonix?

Anyone in Andermatt/Disentis over the WE?