http://swissmountainleader.com/wp A Mountain Leader in Switzerland Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:51:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2012/02/04/leysin-area-skiing-and-dogs/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2012/02/04/leysin-area-skiing-and-dogs/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:49:28 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/?p=2126 The predicted cold weather has arrived here in Leysin and we’ve had temperatures down to -21ºC in the village. There’s been a little wind as well so it’s moving the snow around that’s fallen during the week, that wasn’t a lot of snow but the wind is picking enough up to build some slabs on [...]]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2012/02/04/leysin-area-skiing-and-dogs/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2012/01/27/nighttime-snowshoeing-in-leysin/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2012/01/27/nighttime-snowshoeing-in-leysin/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:15:35 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/?p=2120 It’s possible to visit Les Fers restaurant at night and have a meal. It’s about 1hr 30min walk up at relaxed pace and around 1hr back down. It was a reasonable evening yesterday, the moon wasn’t full but the sky was clear and we could see a lot of stars. A layer of cloud and [...]]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2012/01/27/nighttime-snowshoeing-in-leysin/feed/ 1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2012/01/22/snowshoeing-in-leysin-in-the-swiss-alps/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2012/01/22/snowshoeing-in-leysin-in-the-swiss-alps/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 09:32:29 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/?p=2104 We’re a good way into the 2011-2012 winter season now and although the snow came slightly late it came in large quantities and we’ve been enjoying some great conditions for snowshoeing and skiing around the region. The small bridge that Julie is stood on is actually just in the forest near the ice rink here [...]]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2012/01/22/snowshoeing-in-leysin-in-the-swiss-alps/feed/ 1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2012/01/10/col-des-mosses-nordic-skiing/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2012/01/10/col-des-mosses-nordic-skiing/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:26:48 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/?p=2097 Something of a day off after a busy Christmas and New Year, we did have guests in the B&B and arrivals tonight but we had time to get over to the Col des Mosses and do some nordic skiing in perfect conditions. We parked at the far end of the loops in La Lécherette and [...]]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2012/01/10/col-des-mosses-nordic-skiing/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/12/23/leysin-skiing/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/12/23/leysin-skiing/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:05:57 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/?p=2049 This is the first nice day after quite a run of snow and bad weather. It’s turned a bare mountainside into a ski station though. Earlier in the week the visibility was a bit poor at times but there was some amazing powder skiing in the trees here in Leysin. The station is pretty much [...]]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/12/23/leysin-skiing/feed/ 3 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/12/10/snowshoe-day-at-champoussin-10-11-march-2012-repost/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/12/10/snowshoe-day-at-champoussin-10-11-march-2012-repost/#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2011 21:36:23 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/?p=2045 http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/12/10/snowshoe-day-at-champoussin-10-11-march-2012-repost/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/12/09/after-the-snow/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/12/09/after-the-snow/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:15:50 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/?p=2038 The lift for Glacier 3000 has been closed on and off all week with a combination of weather and technical issues but it was back in action today. They’d said there was a couple of t-bars open for skiing but the wind (I assume) stopped one of them. But, the short pitches off the chair [...]]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/12/09/after-the-snow/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/12/06/ermine-mustela-erminea/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/12/06/ermine-mustela-erminea/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:39:25 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/?p=2033 This stoat suddenly appeared in front of us near the chalet a couple days ago, fortunately I’d got my camera with me but not with the best lens and it the lens I did have was a little steamed up. Normally brown in the summer the stoat changed his colour to nearly completely white in [...]]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/12/06/ermine-mustela-erminea/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/12/02/aldi-raquettes-snowshoes/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/12/02/aldi-raquettes-snowshoes/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:51:58 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/?p=2025 While I’m sat here waiting for the snow to arrive the brochure for the Aldi Suisse offers next week arrived. It’s got the raquettes in that they sold last year. I wrote some stuff about them, here ALDI (Switzerland) snowshoes and we thought they were very good. If you’re in Switzerland and looking for cheap [...]]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/12/02/aldi-raquettes-snowshoes/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/11/29/glacier-3000-3/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/11/29/glacier-3000-3/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:01:42 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/?p=2021 There’s still good skiing up on the glacier, it’s very limited but the preparation is very good so it’s worth a few hours. There’s a dog handler and his team up on the glacier and it’s great to see the dogs having a run. We’re hoping to run trips combining snowshoeing and dog sledge rides [...]]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2011/11/29/glacier-3000-3/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/