http://swissmountainleader.com/wp A Mountain Leader in Switzerland Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:51:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/08/18/val-danniviers-facebook-group-2/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/08/18/val-danniviers-facebook-group-2/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:33:16 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/?p=1882 It seems like an age ago but I setup a Facebook Group for people with connections to the Val D’Anniviers. The group is one of the “old format” ones in Facebook which seems to mean it’s not great on mobile amongst other things. If the group shows any sign of life they’ll upgrade it. So [...]

]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/08/18/val-danniviers-facebook-group-2/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2010/04/07/geocache-gc26b71-fours-a-chaux-val-danniviers/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2010/04/07/geocache-gc26b71-fours-a-chaux-val-danniviers/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:25:35 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://snowslider.net/?p=901 ]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2010/04/07/geocache-gc26b71-fours-a-chaux-val-danniviers/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2010/04/05/zinal-snowshoes/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2010/04/05/zinal-snowshoes/#comments Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:39:54 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://snowslider.net/?p=895 I think today was about the busiest I’ve ever seen the lift here, each time I looked out there seemed to be a queue. Fortunately I’d not intended to go skiing today so it wasn’t a big deal. Up the valley towards the glacier isn’t great conditions currently, there’s a risk of avalanches from the [...]

]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2010/04/05/zinal-snowshoes/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2010/03/17/zinal-18/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2010/03/17/zinal-18/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:32:14 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://snowslider.net/?p=881 There’s not been a huge amount of fresh snow in Zinal for little while so it’s all pretty tracked but there’s still some good skiing as always. I’d met up with David and we skied in the freeride area a little before heading to Grimentz via a nice couloir pitch. Over in Grimentz the steeper [...]

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]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2010/02/06/zinal-16/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2010/01/02/more-snowshoeing-pictures/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2010/01/02/more-snowshoeing-pictures/#comments Sat, 02 Jan 2010 12:58:40 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://swissmountainleader.com/?p=396 ]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2010/01/02/more-snowshoeing-pictures/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2009/12/31/new-years-eve-snowshoeing-in-zinal/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2009/12/31/new-years-eve-snowshoeing-in-zinal/#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:32:40 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://snowslider.net/?p=749 On of the great things about snowshoeing, and living somewhere with a bit of snow, is you can quickly find yourself away from the beaten track. These pictures are just from a short tour around the forest behind the chalet. There’s no marked trails so you can wander through the forest as you want. Apparently [...]

]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2009/12/31/new-years-eve-snowshoeing-in-zinal/feed/ 1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2009/09/23/the-space-beneath-my-feet/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2009/09/23/the-space-beneath-my-feet/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:54:29 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://snowslider.net/?p=699 There’s a via ferrata a couple of km down the road at the Moiry Barrage, I’ve not been over that way this summer although it’s a popular ski spot in the winter with a few lines crossing the barrage itself. There’s no gentle start and we’re into vertical ground immediately but there’s loads of hardware [...]

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