I’ve recently got a new bike, a Canyon Spectral:On CF9, and I’m still setting it up a little. I’ve also updated our bike rack so today was the first time I’ve taken the new bike anywhere. The south-facing slopes on Monts Chevreuils seemed likely to be passable and just right for a few hours in […]
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The cabane at Monts Chevreuils is a good round trip from Leysin, it’s about 50km and +/- 1650m which obviously depends on the exact route. The simplest is to go via Pierre du Moëllé and around Lac Hongrin assuming the road is open. There is actually charging for an e-bike at the cabane but you’ll
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While avalanche risks remains high and it’s good to find some milder terrain. And, we’ve not actually been to the Cabane des Monts-Chevreuils this season. They’re offering a takeout service, so you can buy some food drink and find a space in the snow to enjoy. It’s a good arrangement and works well even on
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It’s been a cold week here in Leysin opening with a good fall of snow. We’ve been able to get out and have a day snowshoeing around the village and another day climbing up to Monts-Chevreuils and skiing down. The ski lifts will have some limited opening over the weekend and the conditions for Saturday
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Realistically, I’ve entirely run out of new and original ways to describe this but you take this is a commentary on the great snow conditions at the moment. We skied back down to Les Moulins at 900m and the snow was still excellent. On the way into the village, we were interviewed by a reporter
It’s probably some of the best snow conditions for the last few years right now and it’s snowing no signing of changing. We’re expecting more snow over the next few days with some cold temperatures. Basically, good conditions look set to continue well into January. Here’s a roundup of some ski photos from the last
It’s not really winter until I’ve had the first croûte au fromage at the cabane Monts Chevreuils and today was the first weekday they opened. Add in that the sun was out and there was only one place to go. We skinned up the south side from the military base and skied a line back
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Mostly today I’m struck by how good the camera on my phone is! It’s a Moto G5S Plus and we both have them. The reviews claim it’s not a good camera, I’m assuming it much depends on what you point it at. Anyway, for the first of time of no doubt many I went up
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We’ve had three International Mountain Leader aspirants here this week, Cormac, Martin and Alan with his wife Helen (who are frequent visitors). So we’ve been out and about sampling some of the range of snowshoeing we’ve got in this region. At the start of the week, the col de La Croix near Les Diablerets provided some
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