Aah, thought Austria & South Germany was bone dry!? Good to know that there is hope.
What is the general vibe, are the resorts gonna keep open until Easter or are they planning to close early...for...

Damn.

Have had other commitments in the last months and haven't had time to make plans for the spring...and the conditions look utter shit???!
As easter is so late this spring, is there any base...

505cm should do until August, if that is true... :)

Are you up North in Riks? Have you heard any rumours if they are trying to run the lifts until the "normal" closure, like until midsommar or are...

Goddammitfuckingshitfuck!

Was hoping to head up north for some turns when the moving restrictions subside... Oh well, hopefully things would get back to more normal by start of may so some turns...

Yummy!

On a side note, 3 German ski tourers dead and one missing in Lech...

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46854663

Ooh, Wurmberg! :D
Thanks for the pointers, I have check if it is even worth taking the skiboots with me.. :)

Bouldering wouldnt be a bad idea either, but...just pulled some ligaments in my left...

Any skiing close to Berlin...looks like I am going to spend next few months there...

#thisseasonwenttoshitters #bier

Conditions are looking rather good. Good season snow wise so base is ok. Week ago there was a few day warm spell with temps up to +10c in 1500m, that apparently consolidated the snow pack quite a...

Send PM to CarveMan, he has used a guide Jerome(?) something? CarveMans old TRs might hold more info what company he works for?

You should have kept the dog.

Good stuff there!

2 dead in Tzoumaz (ch) avalance, one german and one austrian..damn.

http://www.planetski.eu/news/7605

Check out Luca rollis and Davide capozzis company, snowhow.it.

Can't get much more hc.

There has been avalanches running to the slopes now in at least Verbier, Les Deux, Cervinia and somewhere in swizz ...
Boo, seems like many resorts were caught a bit off guard with the prep work.

Yesterday was nice boot-to-knee deep milking in Les Contamines.
Today a epic drenching at Les Houches…damn, drenched to the bone. Rained/sleeted up to 1800m or so.
But, nice water/corn skiing was...

Thx, travelling with missus so hostels will are prolly out of the question.. Thanks for the heads up, though! Appreciated!

Indeed!

Massive 2-3cm of snow to MoRo and the snowfall seem to have abated for now. Pics I got today from cham showed some 20-30cm of snow and if the weather models hold, it seems the cham side...

In Monte Rosa it is only few white ribbons of death. Nothing to tour either as the Indren lift is not running.

Nevicata, arrivo pronto!

Hopefully. Flight tomorrow to Milan, will be around until 10th and have been sitting on the edge of the seat for the last few days...
Interesting to see how things pan out. Cham might get a some...

Depends. Some (in monte rosa) have, some dont. As well as some bivaccos have, but some can be like outhouses, like Balmenhorn Bivac.
Give a call to local guides to check out the conditions, they...

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No.

Nearest snow about 800km away so I am slurking up your stoke, so stfu and keep on working on your buns! :D

And damn the forecasts look grim. Initially had plans to do a few week sting down...

Peds, you really named your dog Baldric, after the sidekick of Black Adder??!

Harsh!! :D

And good stoke as well.

No.

A sad thing indeed. Based on some news it was a 27yr brittish guy skiing with friends. He was found few meters outside the slopes, it is unclear if it has been an accident or some kind of...

Sounds good!
Starting to arrange things this week, and La Mongie/Barreges is top of the list atm. Any recommendations for lodging for (approx) 21st-dec, 2nd jan?
You happen to have contacts? All...

Thats just...brutal...

#vibes

Norway trip was an interesting gong show... SW norway got 100-200mm of rain in 2 days...flooding, soaking and generally fucking up everything.
Still got 4 days of...

Good skiing today in Myrkdalen, 25-45cm of pow with good visibility. Afternoon brought wind with the approaching storm front.
Interesting times ahead...
Forecast promised some 80-110mm of...

You are in the pyrenees for the season or what?

Trying to check out Plan B and Plan C as the alps are not shaping up that well atm. Contemplating whether to check out pyrenees, especially...

Damn! Would have been nice to have had some turns with you, but thanks anyway for taking one for the team!! :D

ps. it is absolutely puking in Norway. Forecasted that snowfall will continue...

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=zLlxiK2zeGgY.kkL5OQZA1A3E&hl=en_US

Pick your poison! If you come via Oslo, Sogndal via Hemsedal) is some 4-5hrs depending on the weather. Roldal is 5-6. And going from sogndal to roldal is a "trip", it will take a day. And all this if...

Hehhe, bring the lube!
Will fly in to oslo on morning the 3rd (Onwards will pick me up) , go first to Hemsedal for some turns in afternoon then continue towards
Sogndal and stay there until 6th,...

Voss and Roldal will supposedly open this coming Saturday and Sogndal sat 5th, even if they advertised on their front page that they will open on 12th Dec...

Don't have yet info how they plan to...

Well, well... Next weeks forecast for south Norwedge looks rather ok... Roldal / Sogndal estimations vary from 120-to-200cm of new snow.

Tickets...booked.
...

Mike, that 2nd horse pic is such a cracker! Oh man..

Sorry, are you some kind of a fucking twat? Your previous 6 posts make less sense than 0Franz and you make just a tad more sense than a relatively evolved AI.

Paging the mods...

Thanks chaps, appreciated!

Will first do a stint to norwedge as they seem to have found the plug to their snowmachines...

Roldal today :

...

You make it sound like some lukewarm handjob. Cant say if it because you want to keep the hordes off your secret stash or what...? :D

Oh well, have time to wait to see how things shape up. Would...

Contemplating christmas time moves and after research Livigno has been popping up on the radar.
Very little info about the place, some maggot was there 5-6 years ago...so, worth a visit for few...

Send PM to Hemas, he has been around the bend there and should have a boatload of info. Dont know how often he visits the forums nowadays but if you dont get hold of him send a holler and I´ll give...

Oh, planning to take a 2-3 week trip in the christmas time (17th dec-9th jan?).
Been contemplating gressoney or cham as I have friends there but starting to seriously think about an option that I...

Alagna is cheapest of the three (champoluc, gressoney and alagna) valleys. There have been few quite cheap places in alagna but I have lost track of them in the last couple of years. Price depends...

Aww, do be such a grumpy old bootlicker (as DD would say), just go out and make your local ski repairman happy! :D

Just got back from mine. He held my arm, looked me into the eyes and told : "...

Ha! Game on, that is.
Nice one, Peds!

SiSt, noice!

Htux today was slushy moguls, but fun even with rentals. Summer skiing, you gotta love it.

Thanks! Will head there coming sunday and will be around until fri. Was there any decent rental shops still open with freeride / touring gear?
Left the sticks home but have boots etc with me.

Oh, that? Gaustatoppen, 3hrs west from oslo.


Btw, how is austria holding up snowise? Will drive from prague to slovenia in the end of june. Will have a week or so free time
and thinking...

In norway summer has been postponed due to budgetary reasons.

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Stryn, Norwedge. Season opening postponed for few days.

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And if the rumors are true, few chairlifts have been desanitized in the process...
What I heard through the grapevine though, if one has a rental car one might drive to the land of chorizo instead...

J : You got the magic!

Perkele.

How is the south? Still in riviera and about ready to do a dustoff in couple of days. Gressoney apparently have gotten pounded but
has anyone been to alpes...