Swiss Snow

Well it's finally stopped snowing in La Clusaz this morning after a solid 48 hours of snowfall. The snow report is for 110cm at the top of the mountain, but I can't remember seeing more snow than this here in the past 5 years. Some of the Swiss resorts are reporting 270cm at the top and the Italian resorts even more - safe to say it is an awesome start to the season all over the Alps!

Got to go and dig the car out now!

Just had a look on the Zermatt web cams and it looks fantastic....there on Sunday...I hope it stops like that....can't wait

http://gozermatt.com/zermatt_weather.php

I will try and post pics as the hotel has wifi

Pack it in, I'm green with envy

Just back from a morning earning my turns. 520 metres vertical in 1 hour 55 mins.
i still don't have any crampons for my skis either! The lengths I go to to get some fresh pow

I saw a couple on snowshoes, and the basher drivers, and no-one else....

It's actually stopped snowing at the moment and the sky is blue

bandit wrote:Just back from a morning earning my turns. 520 metres vertical in 1 hour 55 mins.
i still don't have any crampons for my skis either! The lengths I go to to get some fresh pow

I saw a couple on snowshoes, and the basher drivers, and no-one else....

It's actually stopped snowing at the moment and the sky is blue

Thanks bandit, I'm even greener with envy

bandit wrote:Just back from a morning earning my turns. 520 metres vertical in 1 hour 55 mins.

well done! 260m/hr is pretty good, around guidebook time

ise wrote:

bandit wrote:Just back from a morning earning my turns. 520 metres vertical in 1 hour 55 mins.

well done! 260m/hr is pretty good, around guidebook time

Thanks I was quite surprised and pleased at the progress I made. Not bad for an unfit fat old bird. The first climb up the main piste seems to be the toughest bit, though I did find one spot where ski crampons would have been quite useful to stop me sliding back down, and that was the very last bend on the route

Ian Wickham wrote:

Thanks bandit, I'm even greener with envy

You're welcome Ian, anytime