stories from everywhere
Муж где-то на другом континенте катается на санках, так что развлекаюсь как могу. Сделали с Юрой простой и приятный скитур на несколько часов Combe de Tardevant. Правда в последний момент мы решили подняться на соседний Combe, справа от Tardevant потому что он был в тени и спуски с него были лучше. Не прогадали, действительно спуски… Read more »
We had a fantastic weekend with the great guides, Michel Piola and Christian Hug. The idea of this course was to learn how to plan you ski-tour trip. We learned how to prepare the ski-tour exit with the map, how to perform orientation with compass and altimeter, how to preview the avalanche situation, and then… Read more »
The ski season is now on! Let me write a very short note about resources that can be used for the ski-tour planning in Swiss Alps. Disclaimer: these are for people who know about skiing, mountains, avalanches, dangers in the wilderness, and so on. If you are not sure that the description matches you (or… Read more »
So, is New England flat? No! And in winter you can get pretty decent ice climbing in real alpine style. To make the analogy full we had 30mph wind and freezing cold!
Another fantastic day with Dominique and UniGe. Today we did Pointe de Sans Bet in Le Giffre valley. There were nobody around except us! And a lot of powder. Actually the best ski tour for this season so far.
What I really like is our University Sport Activities. From January till March (or, weather permitting, even April) University of Geneva organizes different ski tours with mountain guides. It is a great opportunity to do a ski tour, especially if you do not have your own company. I quite often do not have one since… Read more »
Let us continue our ski-tour stories form the early winter season. As far as the snow cover is not yet too abandon this year in the Alps, we went to the same region—Simplon pass.
На второй день мы пошли на другую сторону долины. В начале дня опять ничего не было видно, а потом выглянуло солнце.
Зима на дворе, в Женеве мрачно и пасмурно. Конечно надо кататься на лыжах, но тут одна проблема — снега пока тоже вроде почти нет. Курорты открыты только некоторые, да и в тех полторы трассы. В хочется-то кататься по пухлому свежему снегу, бескрайней нетронутой целине, нестись в даль… Да, буду ближе к делу — хитрый лыжник… Read more »
Тренируемся перед сезоном!
