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With the weather and the Foehn winds hanging around we decided to get some history. So Stina called Kate and Mary Louise and we hatched a plan to go check out where the puppies come from. It’s 2000′ of vertical gain and 3 miles one way. With a history dating back to 1000AD the Hospice [...]

After skiing in La Grave we headed down the valley towards Grenoble. The sights in the valley were very cool. The main highlight other than the massive mountains was an awesome 100 meter water fall to the north of the road. We headed to Albertville for some dinner then made our way to Argentiere for [...]

So after skiing La Rouya we had a nice picnic at the car and packed everything up. We “meandered” along the road, at like 150 kph and headed over towards Grenoble. The plan was to ski Chamonix and that route was way cheaper than taking the Sestriere tunnel. It would also allow us to have [...]

So things really started to get the warm the next day. We backed off an attempt on Mont Mirantin near Beaufort and just took a day off and traveled to Briancon. We figured that north facing would be the way to go so having done some research we decided to see what La Rouya and [...]

We set out early for Saas Grund with some options. The Hohsaas Lift offers high access to the peaks east of Saas Grund. Weissmies and Fletchorn offer good options for skiing but we weren’t sure how the snow over in this zone was. It’s about an hour and a half from Verbier. On arrival the [...]

So this day we got a line I’ve coveted since my last visit. I spent far too much time in the bar on my last visit. It was productive time as I got about 60 pages written for my book, but the weather just wasn’t cooperating last time. This visit we seem to have the [...]

For our first 2 days of our trip we were skiing around Verbier. Visiting a bunch of lines that I skied the last time I was here. We also skied a line that I had been eyeing the last time too. This was the steep face above Lac de Cleuson on Pointe Le Ferret. It’s [...]

My friend AnnChristina, whom I had met on my last visit, invited me back to Verbier for some more skiing. Weather was the only issue keeping me from returning and the window seemed to look like it was going to open for Saturday. I made a quick exit from Andorra after skiing and headed across [...]

The weather this trip has been pretty harsh. Things seem to be getting better now but most of my goals have been put to bed. I haven’t gotten what I wanted but I’ve gotten what I needed. Time to think while going point to point has helped put some things in perspective for me. I’ve [...]