Situated at the bottom of the slide zone is the Avalanche Training Centre, with the sign centre right!
Part of the Freeride Area
Zinal Last Week
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Its for bashing the narrow areas of the piste )
Well quite, hardly any pistes, middle of nowhere, hardly any English spoken. It's not surprising the slopes are mostly empty :D
The back wheel had been replaced by a solid drum for sure, and there was a wire wrapped around it. Then again, the pisteurs seem to prefer lobbing dynamite by hand :shock:
Saw one pisteur ski past carrying a tube out in front of him about 2 feet long, wrapped in white paper or plastic, and his colleague followed about 50 metres behind with a box that had a handle. ....Hint...neither was smoking :mrgreen:
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Started by Bandit in Switzerland 29-Mar-2010 - 5 Replies
Bandit posted Mar-2010
A few photos from a day in Zinal last week. If anyone knows what purpose the scooter serves, please¬ let me know!
Situated at the bottom of the slide zone is the Avalanche Training Centre, with the sign centre right!
Part of the Freeride Area
Situated at the bottom of the slide zone is the Avalanche Training Centre, with the sign centre right!
Part of the Freeride Area
Brooksy
reply to 'Zinal Last Week' posted Mar-2010
Its for bashing the narrow areas of the piste )
Micric
reply to 'Zinal Last Week' posted Mar-2010
Interesting piece of kit,the scooter,the back "wheel" looks like a winch drum,do they use it like a cheese wire to create slab avvys on the slope?
Tony_H
reply to 'Zinal Last Week' posted Mar-2010
Looks rubbish Bandit, I dont know why you bother going there
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Bandit
reply to 'Zinal Last Week' posted Mar-2010
Tony_H wrote:Looks rubbish Bandit, I dont know why you bother going there
Well quite, hardly any pistes, middle of nowhere, hardly any English spoken. It's not surprising the slopes are mostly empty :D
Bandit
reply to 'Zinal Last Week' posted Mar-2010
micric wrote:Interesting piece of kit,the scooter,the back "wheel" looks like a winch drum,do they use it like a cheese wire to create slab avvys on the slope?
The back wheel had been replaced by a solid drum for sure, and there was a wire wrapped around it. Then again, the pisteurs seem to prefer lobbing dynamite by hand :shock:
Saw one pisteur ski past carrying a tube out in front of him about 2 feet long, wrapped in white paper or plastic, and his colleague followed about 50 metres behind with a box that had a handle. ....Hint...neither was smoking :mrgreen:
Topic last updated on 30-March-2010 at 08:09