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/2008/04/01/another-dam-way/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2008/04/01/another-dam-way/#comments Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:12:20 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://snowslider.net/2008/04/01/another-dam-way/ David and Chris had planned to do the Bishorn today/tomorrow but the forecast for tomorrow is poor so David suggested the Val Rechy instead, by the time we’d got to the top of the Lona lift I’d persuaded him to try the Lona instead. My plan was to ski into the plateau near the Lac [...]

]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2008/04/01/another-dam-way/feed/ 1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2008/03/10/blown-away-in-zinal/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2008/03/10/blown-away-in-zinal/#comments Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:14:01 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://snowslider.net/2008/03/10/blown-away-in-zinal/ Meeting up with David, Neil and Claire on the first lift this morning we’d plans to head over to Grimentz and climb into the Pas de Lona area from where we’d a couple of options. But, the top lift at Zinal wasn’t running due to high wind so we decided to head over near the [...]

]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2008/03/10/blown-away-in-zinal/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2008/02/18/bella-tolla-north-face-and-schwarzhorn/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2008/02/18/bella-tolla-north-face-and-schwarzhorn/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:09:37 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://snowslider.net/2008/02/18/bella-tolla-north-face-and-schwarzhorn/ It’s not snowed for a while now and it’s been peak holiday time so all the off-piste is totally tracked out, but it’s been cold and if you’re prepared to put some climbing in then there’s still some great snow to be found. I rode the lifts to the Bella Tolla and then climbed the [...]

]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2008/02/18/bella-tolla-north-face-and-schwarzhorn/feed/ 2 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2008/02/16/pas-de-lona/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2008/02/16/pas-de-lona/#comments Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:33:30 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://snowslider.net/2008/02/16/pas-de-lona/ I’ve stood on the other side of the valley a couple of times recently and wondered about doing this route, it’s pretty short but I’ve not been over the Basset de Lona before, I’ve been over by Lac Lona, the Diablon and Sassiniere etc and skied from those places to the Lac de Moiry Barrage. [...]

]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2008/02/16/pas-de-lona/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2008/02/13/forcletta-saint-luc/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2008/02/13/forcletta-saint-luc/#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:26:49 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://snowslider.net/2008/02/13/forcletta-saint-luc/ It’s a busy time in most ski stations, school holidays around Europe and in Switzerland always draw the crowds in of course. The good news is that the snow is still quite good in places even though it’s been some time since the last fall, but the better news is that the snow pack is [...]

]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2008/02/13/forcletta-saint-luc/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2008/02/09/cabane-du-petit-mountet/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2008/02/09/cabane-du-petit-mountet/#comments Sat, 09 Feb 2008 07:49:39 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://snowslider.net/2008/02/09/cabane-du-petit-mountet/ I was going to skin up to the Sorebois but when I got to the end of the village the signs reminded me that the Cabane du Petit Mountet was open so I decided to go there instead. It’s a gradual climb up to the cabane and first you need to cross the basically flat [...]

]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2008/02/09/cabane-du-petit-mountet/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2008/01/26/zinal-and-few-hundred-more-meters/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2008/01/26/zinal-and-few-hundred-more-meters/#comments Sat, 26 Jan 2008 16:11:28 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://snowslider.net/2008/01/26/zinal-and-few-hundred-more-meters/ After enjoying skinning up last week I did the same today, starting on the same position from the bottom of the piste Aigle but taking a different route through the trees rather than the piste. On the way up the snow varied a bit, icy at the bottom and a bit crusty but somewhere around [...]

]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2008/01/26/zinal-and-few-hundred-more-meters/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2008/01/20/cabane-des-becs-de-bosson/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2008/01/20/cabane-des-becs-de-bosson/#comments Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:10:25 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://snowslider.net/2008/01/20/cabane-des-becs-de-bosson/ Basically just a lunch trip up to the cabane des Becs des Bosson, it’s near Grimentz and reached by a short climb and traverse around the Becs des Bosson. The guardienne has a neat memory trick, not only recognising me but recalling where I’d sat last time I was there and what I’d ordered which [...]

]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2008/01/20/cabane-des-becs-de-bosson/feed/ 1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2008/01/19/zinal-the-slow-way/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2008/01/19/zinal-the-slow-way/#comments Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:35:37 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://snowslider.net/2008/01/19/zinal-the-slow-way/ It’s a regular pastime around here to skin up to the Sorebois but until today something I’d not done, I decided it might make a change to give it a try. In general I’m not a huge fan of people skinning up the piste as it can be a bit dangerous, downhill skiers don’t really [...]

]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2008/01/19/zinal-the-slow-way/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2007/12/28/val-drechy-la-brinta-orxival-st-jean/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2007/12/28/val-drechy-la-brinta-orxival-st-jean/#comments Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:02:32 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://snowslider.net/2007/12/28/val-drechy-la-brinta-orxival-st-jean/ There’s some good touring conditions currently, a stable snow pack and, if you can get away from the ski area, still some good snow to be found. So a group of four of us, David, Neil, Claire and myself set out for a ski tour from Grimentz. Our basic route was to take the lifts [...]

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