Pra Cornet
Just a few snaps from a quick ski up to the cabane at Pra Cornet. Nice weather and good weather, lunch was pretty good as well!
ski touring
Cabane des Monts-Chevreuils
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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Château-d’Oex Ski Tour
The ski station at Château-d’Oex closed a couple of years ago and it’s now a good destination for some ski tours. There’s a high avalanche risk currently so the easy angled slopes are ideal. The best access is via Gérignoz where an older lift ran from but that closed a few years before the rest
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Pierre du Moëllé & Ortovox Free Rider 22L Avabag
After the extreme weather of a few weeks ago, the ski bus linking Les Mosses and Leysin wasn’t running due to a landslide onto the route. I think it restarted yesterday or in the last couple of days. It’s a great service because it lets you leave the car on the Col des Mosses and
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Les Monts-Chevreuils (ski)
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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First Ski
Sorry, no tales of epic steep descents, it’s only November. Having been running a First Aid course over the weekend and then travelling to the UK tomorrow this was the only window to have a ski this week. We popped over to the col des Mosses with no clear plan other than to skin up
Col d’Isenau – Saxieme
This is a short descent and climb from the back of the Isenau ski area. It’s a little north facing valley so it holds the snow well and has some excellent spring skiing. On the south side, there’re a few bits of grass coming through! There’s a reason Julie is carrying her old skis. We
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Monts Chevreuils
The last substantial snowfall was back in November which I largely missed being at a UIMLA conference in Holland and coming back with some sort of virus which knocked me out for a month. So, it feels like this is first of winter I’ve seen. The snow came with a blast of cold air that
L’ Hospice du Grand-Saint-Bernard – skiing
Sarah was visiting for Easter and wanted to visit the hospice on skis so yesterday looked a reasonable weather window to go up and down. Since it’s a holiday season there was a steady stream of skiers up and down the route. Snow cover is complete over the whole route and the depth is quite
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