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/2006/12/16/zinal-3/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2006/12/16/zinal-3/#comments Sat, 16 Dec 2006 16:53:33 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://snowslider.net/2006/12/16/zinal-3/ click on photograph for larger version And so to Zinal, to drop off some stuff at the chalet, pick up the season passes and a little skiing. It’s reasonably cold and they’re running some of their new snow cannons. click on photograph for larger version click on photograph for larger version The chalet’s looking great [...]

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]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2006/11/11/zinal-chalet-5/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2006/10/23/zinal-chalet-build/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2006/10/23/zinal-chalet-build/#comments Mon, 23 Oct 2006 14:40:41 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://snowslider.net/2006/10/23/zinal-chalet-build/ click on photo’ for full size version Another quick trip to Zinal to see progress on the chalet. Since the last visit the most noticeable progress has been the floor tiles which unfortunately are covered with cardboard to protect them so you can’t get the full effect right now. click on photo’ for full size [...]

]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2006/10/23/zinal-chalet-build/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2006/10/08/zinal/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2006/10/08/zinal/#comments Sun, 08 Oct 2006 11:29:03 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://snowslider.net/2006/10/08/zinal/ click on photo’s for full-size version A day trip to Zinal to look at progress on the chalet. The inside and outside rendering is now done and painted and most of the window frames are in. It’s looking visibly close to completion now. click on photo’s for full-size version The chalet is on the right [...]

]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2006/10/08/zinal/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2006/09/24/zinal-chalet-4/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2006/09/24/zinal-chalet-4/#comments Sun, 24 Sep 2006 17:09:38 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://snowslider.net/2006/09/24/zinal-chalet-4/ We visited the chalet earlier in the week, it was a very wet day in Zinal with a severe weather warning throughout much of the Valais. Since the last time we there the scaffolding has been removed and the ground floor has been rendered externally.

]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2006/09/24/zinal-chalet-4/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2006/07/30/zinal-chalet-3/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2006/07/30/zinal-chalet-3/#comments Sun, 30 Jul 2006 14:44:44 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://snowslider.net/2006/07/30/zinal-chalet-3/ Taking another chance to escape the heat down here on the plateau we took a trip up to Zinal to see progress on the the chalet. In fact the architect keeps up informed so major stages aren’t really a surprise. The most recent stage has been to start the exterior wood which we were eager [...]

]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2006/07/30/zinal-chalet-3/feed/ 1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2006/07/10/zinal-chalet-2/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2006/07/10/zinal-chalet-2/#comments Mon, 10 Jul 2006 14:43:40 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://snowslider.net/2006/07/10/zinal-chalet-2/ Another trip to the Valais to make more arrangements for the chalet build in Zinal. We spent most of Friday in Sion and Sierre selecting fixtures and fittings like kitchens, bathrooms, tiles and a wood burner stove. It’s actually only been a week since we were last there so there’s not been a giant leap [...]

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]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2006/07/01/zinal-chalet/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2006/06/07/2006-06-07-zinal-ski-stations-in-summer-2/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2006/06/07/2006-06-07-zinal-ski-stations-in-summer-2/#comments Wed, 07 Jun 2006 16:18:00 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://snowslider.net/?p=98 Time for some walking in the mountains. It’s barely the start of the summer season for the mountain villages. In Zinal the lift wasn’t running and there were only a few people in the village. We’d gone for a couple of days with our parents to look at the progress on our new build chalet. [...]

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