France', Argentiere is known to be a freezer ;) Same altitude as Finhaut but normally 2 - 3 degrees colder . . .

The carribian was there too for shooting . . .

Anyway, it is (it was) pretty difficult to decifrate snow conditions this week (before the gran chaud which now has arrived - and will be good for...

France', the risk doesn't augment the grade of danger, it's (it was) intrinsic to the given bulletin (read that of yesterday, it's all stated there).

Cheers.

Greece is not the problem, rather German Supreme Court the day after tomorrow . . . ;)

I'm strictly against that gondola and, obvious, i'm happy they didn't succeed in building it - up to now . ....

True. And if the € crashes in the meantime . . . ouch . . . :rolleyes2

There are several descents done. Look here, for example:
http://www.camptocamp.org/outings/list/routes/46961/orderby/date/order/desc
(among others i realize there was also the poor sodo :-(
...

Yes, i know. But i think more up to the right side . . . (where i wanted to go but didn't know the exact way between the stones skiing down the on the right side of the avalanche).

If it is where i suspect, well, not really wise to ski there that wednesday . . . Sad news anyway and not really the way one wishes to close the season :-(

Yesterday still a nice winterday with something like 20 - 35 cm dry fresh snow even at lower quotes (Col de Chargerat). A nice tour in complete loneliness.

Some photos:
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Booker! As you know me too. Recently i put off the Switchback and mounted a Dynafit. IMHO this ski is skiing better in fixed than in free heel (speaking of the last season's model that with the...

For what would a rocker be good in spring??? Better traversing of snowslide balls and ol avalanches?

No one mentioned, as far as i see the Dynastar Mythic Light . . . (no rocker, true, but a good...

Are you or are you not an entity provided with rationality and judgement?

Why, someone should fight for a line, when (s)he can have this without ANY concurrency - like this last days in my "backyard"? :)

Nearly all here around was closed. Only something at Crans Montana - although that's together with Anzere the zone which got most snow in the last 3 days - and in La Fouly.

. . . especially when the situation at the other end of the tunnel is even more snow and more danger . . .

http://www.skiinfo.fr/dates-ouverture-stations/france-EFR-8058-fr.jhtml. May be La Plagne is open too. Otherwise i'd consider the Mt-Rose area (Alagna, Gressoney).

IMHO, in this very moment it's...

I think the Oberalpsee is quite a bit deeper . . . :tongue:

Great idea!!! Oh, what a fun it must have been! :P :P :P

Go with the 180cm model. Physically i'm pretty much similar to you although a bit "fatter": 173 cm x 69 kg and i don't have any problem with them even skiing in thick forest . . .

I'd say yes (given that even Carlo fears the Gemstock might be removed in the 2nd row, if the development plans as for now become true).

Getting back to the Zawiri project in/with Andermatt: In the Neue Zürcher Zeitung of today (unfortunately it's accessible only by payment) there is an entire page about that.

In conclusion, seems...

Outdoor Albania organized for you in Kosovo too?

Nice, hop. In Macedonia you didn't ski, did you? Anyway, logistics were a problem or not?

I'd like to remember that for Zawiri and his investments the real essential is not skiing but the golf. Expressis verbis he said in all the reunions to convince the locals to his project, that he...

Who's able to read german should have a look at the german text:

http://www.swissinfo.ch/ger/wirtschaft/Sawiris_Plaene_fuer_Skiarena_stossen_auf_Kritik.html?cid=30215168

It is very sceptical...

Nice trip! Compliments!

Still even more when you're coming from Obwalden . . . ;)

Today, nice spring skiing in the Bas Valais:

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/228377_1670520769783_1440283913_31359064_1964390_n.jpg
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Somewhere in zone Barberine . . .

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/226358_1661189216500_1440283913_31346983_5993721_n.jpg
...

Hey, today in my backyard . . .

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/222977_1656011807068_1440283913_31339598_5146097_n.jpg
(1.700m, skis on)
...

Still pretty nice skiing around Gd-St-Bernard and Pte de Drone (photos from 17 ans 18/04/2011)

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/205540_1636465198415_1440283913_31313989_6806095_n.jpg...

Because he didn't succeed in convincing his friends? ;) ;)

Hop!

You know my age, so . . . ;)

I understand pretty well your reasoning. There remain the issues ski-crampon, weight and reliability (especially in more than 1-day touring. I'll wait for...

But as for the boots you're comparing apples and potatoes, sorry . . . ;) Compareable boots in the same range for NTN and NN75 differ, if at all, only by several gr. I checked that as well for Scarpa...

Yep. But he's sponsored by them (and Scarpa) and has a lot of hassle to convince his friends (as for one, i only mention Falkiner!!! ;) ;) ) to use them . . .



You're a faithful man :P

Wherefrom do you get this? Garmont Prophet NTN is 1820 gr, Garmont Voodoo (which is exactly the same boot for 75) is 1828 gr! Considering that the laments about the weight essentially concern those...

Haute Maurienne even more . . . ;) (But unfortunately, in the Alps this winter wasn't really "exceptional", nowhere . . . )

How well i know that ;-) Since the 2nd year of existence, with the 39 persons red gondolas still . . . Not that much snow even there (the "Sporn" is nude! :shock: ).

For the southsides generally you're right, for the northsides not. Now, that i got colder with good refreezing the night, the northsides above 2.000m ca. will be pretty nice. Snowcoverage around her...

Exactly - and you know that's an important issue especially for terrain like the central and western Alps with that steep and deep valleys, which often make even the first approach already in some...

hop! Next time you're here give me a call (i send you cell and address in pm?). Ski crampons, i forgot to mention. As you know, in the Alps that's an issue, an important one (especially in spring...

Depends on what you're doing and if you're sponsored ;-)

For rando it isn't a good choice in no case

- not enough heel elevation (maximum i'd say 50° or so)
- too much hassle (because of...

Despite the spring more like a summer we' ve here in this moment, it's not finished yet . . . Some pictures of yesterday (april, 08) - delicate avalanche conditions because of the high temperatures...

Frankly, i'm not moving more than in radius of 20, 30 kms from where i live. If at all . . . ;)

Ok. For 2nd half of april i plan a 2 day trip from Arolla to the Valpelline and from there to the...

Yesterday, 29/03/11, 2.000m:

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/205712_1608210052054_1440283913_31273178_5781285_n.jpg

On top (2.970m):...

Better to play with than to fight against . . . :D

Why? Isn' t gravity that nice invention of creation which makes us go down fast? So, why fight it? ;) ;)

Season lasts as long as you want. Reflecting and looking a bit around you always will find something. As for me, last season 6 june i did Fontanabran (2.700m) from Marecottes (1.100m). Could put on...

Today:

http://www.fuorivia.com/forum/download/file.php?id=29850

http://www.fuorivia.com/forum/download/file.php?id=29849

Tomorrow it'll be still like this. Then there will be 3 days nearly of summer. New snow from 1.800/2.000 ms on will come likely for the next we . . .