Snow for the Euros.

[sillybunt2]

Looks like great ski quality and adventure was found. Sorry to hear of the fatalities.

[2FUNKY]

Definite ski with a buddy conditions there. Super jealous over here in the states.

[subtle plague]

i edited it for logical reasons
and 2Funky.
we've been to the black forest. The quarantine rule makes it hard to go to switzerland. Which im not sad about right now. Condistions are sketchy as fuck.

[bobinch]

Not too shabby

[bobinch]

The kids went a bit mental


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[Toadman]

Kids these days.

[bw_wp_hedonism]

Great shot!


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[ddraver]

Horrible day for Verbier Seasonaires...

[bobinch]

Horrible day for Verbier Seasonaires...

Vibes...

[subtle plague]

I've read it. One dead? Edit: oh I saw the other one as well.

But how the fuck did the attelas avie bury 10 people? I mean I probably know how. That's why don't like verbier or Engelberg on a frenzy day. People skiing on top of each other... Brrr.

Vibes to you guys.

[ddraver]

And a second guy around Gentians. Unfortunately it's someone I know quite well...

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[subtle plague]

And a third in Montreux. 19 year old local kid.
5 deaths in 3 days. But that was bound to happen with all those deep instabilities.

I'm only half sad that I'm stuck in the black forest this year.

[Charlie Don't Surf]

Re slide at verbier



Pretty sure something similar happened in 14 or 15

[subtle plague]

Bizarre story. Another British (ski instructor) breaks into alpine club Hut to stay there, causes 5 figure damage and dies because he suffocates due to co poisoning. All huts that aren't open in winter have their exhaust pipe removed. And no it wasn't an emergency. The winter room was open. And he had 2 suitcases with him.
https://vorarlberg.orf.at/stories/3085488/

[bobinch]

The green line is the route into rocknroll couloir. The red area is where the slab triggered and came over the cliff into the couloir and onto the skiers below. A lot of snow at high velocity - You can see it went a long way. The blue line is the much more rarely skied XV couloir. There are 3 fast tracks coming out of it, possibly the pros who were out that morning. Maybe the person who triggered it followed their tracks onto the slab face with a less fluid style. Who knows... There are some very good (and knowledgeable) riders like Jeremie Heitz regularly skiing these couloirs - he was on the first lift yesterday. The problem is that everyone can see them from the lift and then think it’s safe.



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[ddraver]

I can imagine 2 or 3 small groups getting together and heading around there together. I guess people heading lookers right along the ridge could have triggered it too without knowing (in the best case) people were in the couloir Below

Sad thing is the name, Rock & Roll, is actually a clue to what can happen if it goes wrong. (Bob's Instagram too)

Edit - seems to be getting more and common that people skiing on the flatter apron are getting hit by avalanches set off by people in the colours or on the ridge. We discussed one here this time last year


Conflicted feelings about not being out this season at the moment...

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[bobinch]

Mammut off piste safety session. Tonight 20:00 CET. Highly recommended
https://youtu.be/ckGT0Mhmjg0

[Mike Pow]

Playing catch up

FRIDAY 04 DECEMBER 2020

The Dog Days of Winter

Alf and Jonny on the ridge between Cwm Llwch and Cwm Sere




Yours truly on the ridge between Cwm Llwch and Cwm Sere




Images here

https://www.instagram.com/p/CIsyygWDuRi/

[Mike Pow]

SATURDAY 05 DECEMBER 2020

Day 3 for the 2020/21 Winter Season in the Brecon Beacons National Park

After following the forecast Chris (@chrismorrismighty) & I headed to the Central Beacons Massif at lunchtime hoping for clear skies and a colourful sunset

Unfortunately it wasn’t to be, with the only visibility on the walk up from Pont-ar-daf car park

Yours truly skiing the Cefn Crew slopes as far as they'll go




Images here

https://www.instagram.com/p/CIvNh32jfPB/

[Mike Pow]

SUNDAY 06 DECEMBER 2020

Day 4 for the 2020/21 Winter Season in the Brecon Beacons National Park

A day for the ages

Chris' video

https://www.youtube.com/v/zt61eQXpk38



Yours truly skiing the NE Face of Pen-y-Fan

Only the 5th time in 15 years




Images here

https://www.instagram.com/p/CIxmUfAjS_K/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CIx6WRWD_zN/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CIz08_1DFyQ/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CI0mGazDLxQ/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CI2Z5a9jAX9/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CI2_GESj2Wu/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CI49XNdjo_L/

[Mike Pow]

WEDNESDAY 09 DECEMBER 2020

Day 5 for the 2020/21 Winter Season in the Brecon Beacons National Park

Calm & clear in the pre-Dawn light but then the mist rolled in and bedded in for the morning with just the odd spotlight of sun penetrating the gloom

And always where I wasn’t

But every cloud has a silver lining, and mine was bumping in to photographer Darren Thomas (@darren_thomas_photography) on top of Pen-y-Fan

Absolute pleasure to meet him, his shot of me waiting for the light is the fourth in this series

Take a look at his body of work, it’s tremendous

The turns were great though

Images here

https://www.instagram.com/p/CI-8ufnD5YY/

[Mike Pow]

MONDAY 28 DECEMBER 2020

Day 6 for the 2020/21 Winter Season in the Brecon Beacons National Park

Calm & clear in the pre-Dawn light but then the mist appeared and settled in for the day

Bumped in to Nerys’ nephews Will (@w11byn) and Greg (@gregbeynon) on the way up and then skied with Chris (@chrismorrismighty) and gave a lesson on how to manage the Beacons snow and terrain to Jess (@jessp7890)

Great effort from Jess on her first day skiing in the Beacons, and only her second day on skis

The turns were great though, all the way back to the bridge ����

Images here

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJnYy_6jmor/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJXCgV2j2Mz/

[Mike Pow]

WEDNESDAY 30 DECEMBER 2020

Day 7 for the 2020/21 Winter Season in the Brecon Beacons National Park

Grey skies but good visibility across the Western edge of the Brecon Beacons

Great turns with Chris (@chrismorrismighty) including a very nice descent of Fan Foel above Llyn Y Fan Fawr

Photos of yours truly taken by Chris

Images here

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJwFiU3DYfg/

Video clip of Me on Fan Foel here

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJx0Z1zjTCp/

[Mike Pow]

SATURDAY 02 JANUARY 2021

Day 8 for the 2020/21 Winter Season in the Brecon Beacons National Park

Arguably the most beautiful sunrise I’ve experienced in the Brecon Beacons National Park

The sky was alive with colour

There wasn’t a breath of wind

And the rising sun warmed the snowy slopes in a perfect alpenglow

Onwards and upwards

Images here

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ-fbuID4Qc/


But what a difference a couple of hours can make

I set off from the Llyn y Fan Fach car park in Llanddeusant around 6am to catch sunrise coming up over Fan Foel and then make ‘golden hour’ turns on the snow covered slope

I was in position, waiting for Chris (@chrismorrismighty) to launch the drone, when the skies darkened; we lost the light; and big, dry flakes started tumbling out of the sky

After consulting the radar map we could see the next front was rolling in quicker, earlier, and with more force than forecast

So it was combat skiing in low light back to the car to avoid getting stuck in the Llanddeusant valley

There was close to 5cm on the car and road when I set off for home with many not heeding my warning to turn around

The uphill sections had traction, but on the downhill I was freewheeling in neutral, handbrake on, steering with and against the slide to avoid the ditch and hedgerows

Any touch of the brake would send the car skidding

Those who left after me were stuck and/or had slid off the road, and it was a long wait for the local farmers to pull them out

Although the Western Brecon Beacons is on the doorstep of ‘civilisation’, when the weather turns it becomes wilderness very, very quickly

[Mike Pow]

TUESDAY 05 JANUARY 2021

ICE STATION BRYCHEINIOG

Day 9 for the 2020/21 Winter Season in the Brecon Beacons National Park

Chris (@chrismorrismighty) & I met up with photographer and YouTube vlogger Gareth Danks (@gareth_danks) for what we were all hoping would be another spectacular sunrise, and great sunlit turns off Fan Foel

It started off well but as soon as we got to lake level the visibility became like being on the inside of a golf ball!

We waited out the storm at ‘Bar Brycheiniog’ (images 2, 3 & 4) but with no end in sight to the biting winds (-10 C at best) we skied back to the car following the path

Rocky but manageable

Images here

https://www.instagram.com/p/CKGMz6ljqi9/


To see the conditions see the video from Gareth’s YouTube channel




Gareth’s Instagram account (@gareth_danks) has loads of tremendous photography

https://www.instagram.com/gareth_danks/?hl=en

Fan Foel is teasing us

Maybe next time