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/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 [...]

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]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2010/02/06/zinal-16/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2008/12/27/grimentz-7/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2008/12/27/grimentz-7/#comments Sat, 27 Dec 2008 16:17:23 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://snowslider.net/?p=495 Taking advantage of the extended peak season buses I went over to Grimentz for only the second time this season. The snow’s pretty good over there, the pistes are in great condition and there’s still the odd pocket of good snow off-piste although by and large it’s a bit lumpy. I spent most of the [...]

]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2008/12/27/grimentz-7/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2007/12/15/villars/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2007/12/15/villars/#comments Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:48:49 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://snowslider.net/2007/12/15/villars/ This was the second day of the advanced avalanche course and we headed to Villars, the nice surprise being as I was about to trade in one of discount lift tickets I found out they were only charging 20 chf anyway which is pretty good. The main objective of the day didn’t quite pan out [...]

]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2007/12/15/villars/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2007/11/24/a-quiet-day-in-zinal/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2007/11/24/a-quiet-day-in-zinal/#comments Sat, 24 Nov 2007 13:59:36 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://snowslider.net/2007/11/24/a-quiet-day-in-zinal/ In contrast to the excitement and crowds last weekend as the lifts opened for the first time of the season today was a more relaxed day. First thing this morning down in the village it was pretty overcast and damp so we were surprised to glance at the web cam and see it was sunny [...]

]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2007/11/24/a-quiet-day-in-zinal/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2007/11/16/earning-the-turns-in-grimentz/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2007/11/16/earning-the-turns-in-grimentz/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:34:56 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://snowslider.net/2007/11/16/earning-the-turns-in-grimentz/ I’ve been wanting to get out skis since the snow fell and today presented the best chance. There’s not so many places here in Zinal it’s safe to ascend solo, climbing into the ski area is awkward because some sections of the route are exposed to avalanche risk and looking over yesterday the cover’s not [...]

]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2007/11/16/earning-the-turns-in-grimentz/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2007/11/08/zinal-weekend-opening-postponed/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2007/11/08/zinal-weekend-opening-postponed/#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:12:04 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://snowslider.net/2007/11/08/zinal-weekend-opening-postponed/ It always looked optimistic to me for Zinal to open this weekend (10th Nov) and it’s now announced that it’s postponed until 17th Nov. Some more snow is forecast over the next week and snow making will continue. The plan is that Zinal will open weekends only for the general public until Dec 8th when [...]

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