Thread: Snow for the Euros.

Sweet Protections team video from ISPO. Shot in austria january 2012

Originally Posted by Onward

Sweet Protections team video from ISPO. Shot in austria january 2012

awesome ... that was the Arlberg in January .... bottomless storm skiing

So, me and a buddy rode a beautiful NW face of Dent de Lys (in the Vaud preealps) before work today. Nice steep chute into a long continuous no traverse required face. Nice settled pow the whole way. Unfortunately my gopro on a ski pole cut out right after the chute (piece of crap keeps doing this). Also managed to somehow delete all of the few pictures I got. Grrrr.

Also a bunch of amazing powder, both daylight and headlight riding in Col de Mosses with pillows this past week. Too bad the warm came today... Still, it has been a great week of touring in spots I wouldn't have otherwise gone to if there was snow down south in Verb and Cham areas.

This SWEET Production is sweet !!!

I'll be in Chamonix from march 1-15. I'm signed up with Compagnie des guides de Chamonix for the 4 day glaciers du Mont blanc tour leaving march 8, but I'm the only one signed up so far. It's a beginner level trip as I'm a touring newb. If anyone is interested, I'd love to have some maggot company.

http://www.chamonix-guides.eu/Produi...activities.htm

Otherwise, if anyone wants to share a guide or get some beers while I'm in town, let me know.

any power alarms on the horizon?

Beer30 alert here in GVA. 13C+. Calling for 15C+ next week. Bike is coming out

Originally Posted by Ripzalot

any power alarms on the horizon?

Huge avies at the bacombe and at the creblet areas in verb. take a lot of care......

Winter is over for the forseeable future.... Was 12 today in the Rheintal and +5 at 2000m... Next week is supposed to be even warmer.... Where did you go winter?

yeah i just came back from ticino bouldering. but my Monday and Tuesday were cool. (as you can see in the video in my TR )
concerning the forecast: major selfreplicating "high central europe" so no pow, warm and dry for 2 weeks at least. --> i have become really weak on the blocks. ticino here i come.

Headed to the little Italian island to ride the crater later this week. If anyone wants to join here's the link http://www.nosiesta.com/Mt_Etna_Freeride.html

Winter, where you at? It was like mid-may today here in northern Italy. How's the situation elsewhere?

Went touring today at Le Contamine.

Was stifillingly hot at 2700m. Below 2400m it felt like suctions cups all over my base.

On the tour up I had 2kg of snow stuck to each of my skins.

winter is gone. march 8th-10 may see some change for the better. but that is the soonest date.

Originally Posted by subtle plague

winter is gone. march 8th-10 may see some change for the better. but that is the soonest date.

Let's hope so. It's +20° here. Like 10-12° more than the average end-of-feb max temperature. It's courious (and sad for us) how it's been the coldest winter in 50 year and probably the hottest 15 days later. It went from -15 during the day to +20°.

so its snowing in the east.... About 10cm so far at 800m. But its wet as fuck. So its all about the sloppy joes tomorrow. I am not going to be getting after seeing as a nasty as bug has been ripping through the ranks.

Hope everyone gets after this last little bit of fresh cause its not getting better till probs the 8th of march. I have always been a fan that a full moon always brings good news with it.

The (semi) yearly chinese downhill comp in sogndal, norway. Carnage!

Heading up to Mayrhofen area for the week, check it out, see what it's like. If anyone has any info or in the area give a shout. Thx

I think that is probably the most vicious crashing I've ever seen, anyone get skiered in the pileup? My Norwegian is a bit rusty....any other vids of it?

Originally Posted by powtario

I think that is probably the most vicious crashing I've ever seen, anyone get skiered in the pileup? My Norwegian is a bit rusty....any other vids of it?

One dude was helied off the mountain with back pain, but the report from the hospital is that he was up walking again the same evening.

Flickr-set: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fjellsp...7629086948136/

Originally Posted by Onward

One dude was helied off the mountain with back pain, but the report from the hospital is that he was up walking again the same evening.

Flickr-set: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fjellsp...7629086948136/

Looks like a crash waiting to happen....with many head cams to document it....kind of like Les Houches on 100cm holiday pow day!

avy in PDS this weekend on the front page. those sunny slopes are going...



http://www.20min.ch/ro/news/suisse/s...ha-ne-25445292

Originally Posted by Onward

The (semi) yearly chinese downhill comp in sogndal, norway. Carnage!

Once at Snowbird Utah they took forever to open the backbowl Mineral Basin and everyone expected it to open by 10:30am. By the time they did (noon) 500 people had lined up all across the ridge and the rope across the entire bowl was dropped all at once. 500 powder hungry skiiers raced down 500m of vertical in just 2 min, just so they would not have to stand in the massive line. It was insane, I thought someone was sure to get run over and I've never seen a run get tracked out faster.

stay away with all those bouldering in ticino updates... driving to la clusaz and the chamonix region on friday and still hoping for some good snow
if anyone is out around there, have the couloirs in chamonix transformed to spring conditions? and anyone done the cosmique etc lately and able to report on conditions?

as for the east, after a very springlike day on saturday we did receive powder yesterday but the weather was ... ugly to say the least. today and tomorrow may be good though for anyone not stuck at the office.

Originally Posted by Onward

The (semi) yearly chinese downhill comp in sogndal, norway. Carnage!

The sequence at 2:20 clearly showed what a GoPro is meant for - priceless!

Hope the dude is ok though