Snow for the Euros.

[abraham]

This is like a "Where's Waldo" of clusterfuck.

I think I count 28 people

[yugi]

noobs....it's an old joke here.

Steep tree skiing is not without danger. Just a little slide that slams you into a tree is easily lethal. And it happens way more than you think. Try ask the local pisteurs. Contrary to some rosy-lensed blog some got slammed big time in an avalanche there that day.

stay smart noobs...

[Meathelmet]

Les Contained Mojo was frigging money today. About 7000m vert of boot to thigh deep pow...lap after lap...





Kallisto, yes. Quite few shops carry wider skis, especially in the bigger resorts.
Nowadays you can find touring rigs (dynas,barons,dukes) as well, with skins and all.
Seen DPS, Kuros/Shiros, Noctas etc. No worries. Usually they are "premium" skis and run 28-40€/day, depending on the resort.

[IridePow]

Choose your tour wisely and you will score some quality pow, pow safely. (today 50 cm plus)
Maybe not the steepest shit, but hey live for another day.

nstadie the trail breaking machine:


Kusi enjoying the fluff:


Wide grins all around (Fluebrig in the background):


All the way back to the car (pic purposedly tilted to the right, so nobody can tell me we ski on slopes over 30deg with avy danger of 3+ )

[kalisto]

Kallisto, yes. Quite few shops carry wider skis, especially in the bigger resorts.
Nowadays you can find touring rigs (dynas,barons,dukes) as well, with skins and all.
Seen DPS, Kuros/Shiros, Noctas etc. No worries. Usually they are "premium" skis and run 28-40€/day, depending on the resort.

Nice shot. Thanks for the info. Already have my dedicated touring setup over in yurp, just need something to rip around inbounds with. Might bring another pair of skis over when I head back...

[LC]

Steep tree skiing is not without danger. Just a little slide that slams you into a tree is easily lethal. And it happens way more than you think. Try ask the local pisteurs. Contrary to some rosy-lensed blog some got slammed big time in an avalanche there that day.

stay smart noobs...

That slide was the day before, in the steep open stuff looker's-left of the lift line. We assumed the debris was from bombing in the morning but there you go.

[yugi]

Yesterday in Vallée de la Sionne (avalanche lab valley near Sion).

“Eine schone gute lawine”
http://youtu.be/vXGzNWZk1JY

[Ripzalot]

Yesterday in Vallée de la Sionne (avalanhe lab valley near Sion).

“Eine schone gute lawine”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXGzNWZk1JY#t=10

fortunately it was a controlled avy.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...ntainside.html

[Ripzalot]

rescued after 48 hours under the snow....

http://www.20min.ch/ro/news/vaud/sto...neige-11100466

[yugi]

^ ^ Wow! Just wow. He sure grilled a joker there.

Note to self: always ski with phone in Lifeproof case.

[taynton]

Whistler/Banff->UK transplant here (grad school), finally brought my gear over and am planning a trip to the Alps in early-mid March for 1-2 weeks. Hoping to do some touring (or at a minimum find a resort with decent 'in bounds' terrain - going solo for the trip), but a bit limited here - haven't been able to find anyone in the University who tours..

Anyone want a few beers to show me around, or have any advice on where to meet up with touring partners in the Alps? I'm looking at Cham, St Anton, and Engelberg at the moment, but have flexibility.

[flatland_Dave]

Does anyone in Chamonix want to ski Couloir du signal tomorrow or the next day?

[Hicks]

Allright so will be heading to Verbier tomorrow night and staying thru Monday if anyone likes to hook up for turns.

[peds]

Does anyone in Chamonix want to ski Couloir du signal tomorrow or the next day?

More than anything in the world, but we don't always get what we want.

Have fun, play safe!

[PNWbrit]

Does anyone in Chamonix want to ski Couloir du signal tomorrow or the next day?

What could go wrong.

[JoeStrummer]

In his defense there are lots worse things he could ski tomorrow.

I thought about inventing an alias called Extreme Iowan to reply and tell him to meet me at the Montenvers tomorrow. But then I remembered aliases are stupid. Except for when you need to start one for when your wife quits her well paying job to become a psychic healer and past life regression therapist. And goes to Sedona and ends up fucking her spiritual adviser, who apparently was not clairvoyant enough to realize he had chlamydia. Meanwhile she has also seemed to forget she is a parent so it all falls on your shoulders because she is too busy reading books about hypnosis and eternal soulmates and healing wounds from previous incarnations to even make the family a hot meal. She can barely fling your kid a goddamn bag of oreos at dinnertime which makes you afraid to go to Hokkaido with your friends because an xbox is not a parent.

Thats the only acceptable sort of reason to have an alias.

On a completely unrelated note if anyone is interested in past life regression therapy I know a lady who is offering a $75 new patient special.

[Marius]

with love, bitches.

[Alkares]

Anybody got their crystal ball ready for next week? Bergfex is not looking soooo promising, but I guess thats par for the case.... Sunny and warm later in the week as they are saying? Perhaps it will be be good til monday at least?

[flatland_Dave]

Sooooo you wana go shred mañana Joe Strummer? Should be clear and hopefully not baked out?
Had some good turns above Floria today! Clouds were crazy all over the place

[powfiend]

Sooooo you wana go shred mañana Joe Strummer? Should be clear and hopefully not baked out?
Had some good turns above Floria today! Clouds were crazy all over the place

Snows all baked on the flegere side... Sounds like this your first time in Cham? What kind of camera are you shooting with and are you more interested in skiing or shooting?

[Charlie Don't Surf]

Allright so will be heading to Verbier tomorrow night and staying thru Monday if anyone likes to hook up for turns.

I will probably head up there Saturday, maybe Monday also depending. Always down to ride around with some mags.

[powfiend]

This is what the snow should look like when you ski at flegere

[peds]

This is what the snow should look like when you ski at flegere

That's pretty much what the snow should look like wherever you ski. In an ideal world.

[powfiend]

[QUOTE=peds;4424127]That's pretty much what the snow should look like wherever you ski. In an ideal world.



There is still plenty of this snow around in this ideal world we call chamonix right now if you know where to look.

[peds]

There is still plenty of this snow around in this ideal world we call chamonix right now if you know where to look.

Yep, plenty of snow around my neck of the woods too! We had about 2cm the other day, and there's another 3 or 4mm coming tomorrow.



I'll be back in Chamonix in about two weeks and, broken shoulder or not, I'm going skiing.