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 all open, there’s basically one lift not running today over at Solepraz and I expect that will open tomorrow. The pistes are pretty good, slightly hard-packed in the shaded areas this morning but otherwise pretty good.

The roads in Leysin are also now basically clear so you can’t ski all the way down the road to the chalet which is a shame! But, we’re full from tomorrow for a while at the B&B and the guests should have some great skiing & snowshoeing conditions.

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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 over the winter. When I get some more details I’ll add them to the website.

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A few snaps from Glacier 3000 this morning. It opened yesterday afternoon but we were out walking and I didn’t bother. There’s only one drag lift running for skiing right now and the main attraction really is the extensive snowpark although they were doing a good trade with tourists and dog rides etc

As the terrain is a bit limited I took my telemark skis up because the wide, easy angled slopes are ideal to practise a few telemark turns.

Tags: Glacier 3000 | Les Diablerets | Ski | Skiing