Snow for the Euros.

[IridePow]

No, sorry did not see you guys. I had a green splitboard, my friend a brownish, black one.

Actually I think the snow was as good as it looks in the pics. (E-berg the day before was better/deeper though from what I heard)
We dropped east from the Chaiser down to Hinter Alp. (were planning on doing the Bannalper Rundtour, but the Sinsgauerjochli looked kind of wind blown on top, so we scratched those plans) It was absolut blower there, never touched hard ground.

After that we skinned up again. Dropped that face you see in the third pic with your skin track.
Contemplated for quite a while before dropping this 38 degree untouched slope. Because on top the wind has been in there. After digging a hasty pit and since we have seen no recent activity whatsoever in the area, we finally dropped it.
The first two turns were not that deep because of the wind, but after that it was really good.

The Chaiserstuel area is quite good after significant snowfall when you are unsure about stability (a bit too popular though). But there are quite a few flat spots that make a boarders life a bit harder. Next time I probably would go with my skis.
It was a very good day out though in my books.

[Incompetent Boob]

S Gastein was in better condition than Kaprun, but a lot of rocks waiting just under the snow to catch you. Another 20cm consolidated base would be good.

[sqikunst]

Dumping in Salzburg. Well maybe not dumping but snowing solidly non the less. At 450m 15cm of measured snow and continuing to snow throughout the day. If continues to do so then hopefully tomorrow will leave a solid 30-35cm on the mountain.

Most of the bigger resorts are still pretty sharky with the thin snow base but plan on going to my mini golf lines in north facing trees tomorrow an hour from Salzburg. Its only 200m vert but its protected with an excellent base (skied it Friday 25cm blower on top of ice) and no one skis it so private lines all day. All my buddies have bailed for tomorrow (work/exams) which sucks for them because tomorrow is going to be pretty killer. If anyone is down to go rip some really fun tree slalom/pillows/mini drops PM me.

[Meathelmet]

Thanks peeps for the pointers!

Arriving tomorrow mornign,will head for zugspitze as it has the quickest access to from munch.. And it has been puked on...75cm reported in the last couple of days...

Wed we will head for Kripp/Obertauer/Sportgastein,or where the pow is.
So ,if anyone of your geezers are around,keep your eyes out for a neon-clad entourage of 2 telemarketeers,1 slowboarder & skier..

[addict]

The snow here in the Mürren side country has been super nice. Boot to knee deep fun.

[SkiersLeft]

and I like ~1000 meters uphill vert/day. downhill, more please.

SkiersLeft, what did you do and do you mean 8+9 lumbar? ... mine were 4-5 thoracic. took me 3 months + 1 week to get back and that is pushing it.

Ct scan revealed that 8 was an old break, was wondering about that weird back pain years ago . It appears that just the 11th vertebrae is broken, so all in all it isn't that bad, hopefully skiing again in march.

On the positive, side since the injury, winter has returned dumping at least 60cm up high the end of last week. Snowing steadily right now. Glad that Ullr accepted the offering. Still thin coverage down low though. enjoy the pow.

[uli]

If it goes on like this, you won't be very lucky. But hopefully it won't.

Bah! If you're willed to skin a bit you'll find some nice stuff. Any day, i've in front a nice view on Glacier des Grands and les Gds-Otannes . . .

A friend of mine, yesterday did this (in my backyard but in the higher part unfortunately beyond my tele-capabillities) . . . Nice snow, nevertheless

[DeutschBag]

Some decently fun turns at the very tippy top of Grosser Arber in the Bavarian Forest. Lower down was solid ice under the 15cm of new snow. Killed my f'd up knee. I need powder, not only for the aesthetic aspects, but for knee comfort as well. Going to try to hit up a real mountain this weekend for a few turns. Mayrhofen? Zauchensee? Wilder Kaiser? Guess it depends where I can find some cheap lodging.

[jumpturn]

Bah! If you're willed to skin a bit you'll find some nice stuff. Any day, i've in front a nice view on Glacier des Grands and les Gds-Otannes . . .

A friend of mine, yesterday did this (in my backyard but in the higher part unfortunately beyond my tele-capabillities) . . . Nice snow, nevertheless

Kind of scratchy.....

http://picasaweb.google.com/mika.mer...68039524259538

Probably didn't skin high enough!

That's our plan: skin really high and then ice climb the rest...

...will head for zugspitze as it has the quickest access to from munch.. And it has been puked on...75cm reported in the last couple of days...

Post up... I was there last Spring but it was somewhat late for the zugspitze.

[Hicks]

There's a slight chance I'll get some couchspace in Verbier We thru Fri. If it pans out is there anyone up for turns and beers?

If not, where else to go until Fri right now?

Paging weather gurus for freshies report.....

[Arno]

Bah! If you're willed to skin a bit you'll find some nice stuff. Any day, i've in front a nice view on Glacier des Grands and les Gds-Otannes . . .

A friend of mine, yesterday did this (in my backyard but in the higher part unfortunately beyond my tele-capabillities) . . . Nice snow, nevertheless

a bit east of you (but still in the Valais) a 25 min skin yesterday yielded this:





i mean, it's not the stuff of dreams but given that i am not sure when it last snowed round there and since then there have been unseasonably high temps followed by unseasonably low temps, it was pretty damn good

[subtle plague]

flat light in eberg.
nice snow nontheless....
greg going mach looney and trying to maintain control after coming out of my bombhole that i made when i hit the little huck/straightline








and meat: you probably shouldN't go to the zugspitze but zauchensee directly as much snow AND good in low vis. or you could go to the kripp. both have things to ski with and without vis.


The touring was nice yesterday. but im not sure it was worth the 3hours

[teosickrider]

flat light in eberg.
nice snow nontheless....
greg going mach looney and trying to maintain control after coming out of my bombhole that i made when i hit the little huck/straightline

^^^ I have to buy a pair of Big Dumps!!!

[Sparky]

Proper shite.

Ullr?

[Tectonically_Neglected]

flat light in eberg.
nice snow nontheless....
greg going mach looney and trying to maintain control after coming out of my bombhole that i made when i hit the little huck/straightline








and meat: you probably shouldN't go to the zugspitze but zauchensee directly as much snow AND good in low vis. or you could go to the kripp. both have things to ski with and without vis.


The touring was nice yesterday. but im not sure it was worth the 3hours

Wouldnt go to Kripp now as it will most probably miss base...

Skied Obertauern fri/ saturday which was very, very nice: knee to thigh deep blower.
Then hit S Gastein on sunday: sweet but missing base.
Last day was Tauplitz and was amazing... super deep, light blower. Had to time breathing and was still puking when we left.

[ulty_guy]

Glad to see that someone somewhere is getting some scraps. Cham is bone dry and doesn't look like it's getting better any time soon. I've taken to trying to set personal speed records both uphill (skinning) and downhill (100kph on dynafits, baby).

[sqikunst]

The east was sick today. Mid elevation in the trees was pure gold. I never have a camera with me cause I have been skiing alone most of the time but got to rip with some randoms today who brought the stoke factor way up. Overnight should give us a nice little dump again for a refresh tomorrow. 30 more centimeters would make even very low elevation stuff ski able.

[geo039]

I think its time to pull this out.....it may take a week but I know it will work.....it MUST!!!! GO AL!!!!!!!

Al's patented snowdance in action!



SNOOOOW MUTHAFUKKER SNOOOOW!!!

[cberry]

So our weekend trip to Engelberg turned out to be lucky as f***.

To those who thought it was probably too skied off to ski on Sunday, please note that all of the following photos except the 1st were taken on Sunday (Saturday - one of the best day of skiing in my life - was far, far too fun to stop for photos).

Sunday was as epic as Saturday - sun came out, crowds disappeared, and there was still tons available - sans hiking - for anyone with even the remotest clue to look beyond the obvious routes down the glacier.

Saturday was deep...


Sunday was deep and sunny...


Launching...


Landing was deep...


First tracks down a chute (this is Sunday...no hiking involved, and visible from the chair)

[cberry]

One more from Engelberg, and this one has nothing to do with me. We spotted this on Sunday - I'm pretty sure its the biggest bombhole I've ever seen in person, but can't quite believe it/understand the logic to the tracks out:

[CarveMan]

Glad to see that someone somewhere is getting some scraps. Cham is bone dry and doesn't look like it's getting better any time soon. I've taken to trying to set personal speed records both uphill (skinning) and downhill (100kph on dynafits, baby).

I'll be in Cham in exactly one month.

At what point do I become worried?

[j,the snowboarder]

One more from Engelberg, and this one has nothing to do with me. We spotted this on Sunday - I'm pretty sure its the biggest bombhole I've ever seen in person, but can't quite believe it/understand the logic to the tracks out:

Is that cliff on the right side of the pic actually the same Jamie Pierre dropped abt 5 years ago?

Eastern alps seem to be delivering better this year afterall. We had some nice days in Ischgl two weeks ago, seemed to rain in many places back then. Now I´m getting a little worried about south CH, as I´ll be heading to Anniviers in two weeks.. A big group of my friends have been in PdS for a 1½ weeks now, it must´ve been quite a guzzle

->Subtle, turn down the shadows&highlights a bit, your gf is glowing

[teosickrider]

One more from Engelberg, and this one has nothing to do with me. We spotted this on Sunday - I'm pretty sure its the biggest bombhole I've ever seen in person, but can't quite believe it/understand the logic to the tracks out:

How big is that drop? Like 15 meters?

[j,the snowboarder]

If it is the same place Jamie Pierre dropped, it´s pushing 25-30 meters? Looks pretty much the same to me, just a lot more snow right now..

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgEA9-kua5A"]YouTube - Jamie Pierre's 55m Cliff Ski Off[/nomedia]

[skimoore]

I'm gonna be at Crévoux saturday through tuesday...anyone around? How crappy are the conditions there? I haven't been down south all season...