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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538329637028201449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614893712979610407.post-60533895721687730862014-04-06T23:07:00.000+02:002014-04-06T23:28:50.959+02:00Furggeltihorn (3043m) - Läntahütte - FurggeltiTobias and I chased the weather window for a two-day trip all the way to the border between Graubünden and Ticino, to the picturesque Läntatal. The end of the valley is marked by the tallest peak of Ticino, Rheinwaldhorn. The rolling Läntagletscher provides the source of the Valser Rhein, one of the tributaries of the Vorderrhein, which eventually becomes the river Rhine, which does important things like demarcates the borders of France, Switzerland and Germany, and winds its way into the North Sea.<br />
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We skied in to Läntahütte (a great little hut with very friendly hut keepers) over a somewhat mediocre Furggeltihorn and hatched an awesome plan for the next day -- ski up to Rheinwaldhorn, over to Grauhorn, and ski the west-facing slopes into Ticino. Apparently, this descent can only be done during winters with a lot of snow in the south, which has certainly been the case this year. We set out well before sunrise toward the Läntagletscher to be ready to ski off Grauhorn at noon. After gaining the glacier proper the conditions quickly deteriorated and all of a sudden we were in a complete whiteout. We weren't expecting much crevasse hazard but since we couldn't see hardly at all, we roped up and continued upwards. Several times the visibility would improve enough to lift the morale, but eventually we realized that it's probably never going to clear. Going over Rheinwaldhorn and into unknown terrain on the other side was not an option in those conditions so we descended back to the hut, had some coffee, hung out with the dog, stared mournfully at the fog-wrapped glaciers and headed back up the way we came in the previous day. Turned out we made the right call, as the conditions didn't really improve for the rest of the day, it even rained down in Vals. Still, we were glad to have checked out a new area and will leave this itinerary for a future outing...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">on the summit of Furggeltihorn looking out toward Güferhorn and Grauhorn in the background</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steep drop-off from the summit</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">starting the descent off the summit toward Läntatal</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">our objectives for the second day in sight -- Rheinwaldhorn on the left and Grauhorn on the right</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">mountains are big, people are small. good thing to keep in mind. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">final steep slope down to Läntahütte (you can see it if you look very closely... second largest boulder in the photo)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">heading back up out of Läntatal</td></tr>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538329637028201449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614893712979610407.post-33186482151415322812014-04-01T23:45:00.002+02:002014-04-01T23:45:59.933+02:00Tourists in GrindelwaldRecently I got to experience what the future holds: taking lifts to playgrounds, drinking beer in the sun, staring longingly at big walls and big glaciers. Pretty fun actually.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">pretty good place for a beer I'd say</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rivella vs. gnarliness</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Molly loves the alcohol-free beer!</td></tr>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538329637028201449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614893712979610407.post-65276757400698339622014-04-01T23:34:00.000+02:002014-04-02T00:12:38.588+02:00Annibirthday 2014Much like we do every year, we celebrated annibirthdays (anniversary + birthdays) with good food some traveling and friends. Also this year, babies in bellies. You've been warned.<br />
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On my birthday we bbqed a bit until it got too cold...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">mmm delicious lamb kebabs in March!</td></tr>
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The next day (for Molly's birthday) we went hiking near Amden above the Walensee<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538329637028201449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614893712979610407.post-90796037008853545232014-03-30T23:15:00.000+02:002014-04-03T09:33:02.731+02:00Böshorn (3269m) - Fletschhornhütte - Sengchuppa (3607m)I met Yves two years ago during the Davos conference, where we did <a href="http://rokstarringit.blogspot.ch/2012/02/week-in-davos-and-only-thing-better.html" target="_blank">a couple of tours together</a>. Over the past two seasons, we've been trying to come up with a weekend when we were both free for a tour somewhere in Wallis since Yves is from those parts. Last year we were foiled by weather, but this year the plan worked out and we had a great two-day tour near Simplon pass.<br />
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We headed to the <a href="http://www.fletschhornhuette.ch/" target="_blank">Fletschhornhütte</a>, an awesome little hut positioned at just over 3000m on a dramatic ridge line looking out toward some of the the eastern Wallis 4000ers. It's an unmanned hut, meaning you have to bring your own food but everything else including blankets, a wood-burning stove, and cooking utensils, is there. A really awesome place: simple, clean, and away from the crowds. We were the only two people there.<br />
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On the first day, we approached from the Simplon pass road and headed over Böshorn, a classic peak of the area since it's relatively high (3269m) and apart from the airy summit scramble fairly easily accessible. The way up to the peak was a complete zoo, since part of the approach is shared with other popular peaks that are favorites with large groups on the weekends. We were happy to disappear over onto the other side into complete silence and isolation.<br />
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We miscalculated the elevation gain needed on the first day a bit and ended up doing slightly over 2000m of climbing -- which would have been fine except that we had to chop wood, melt water etc. as soon as we arrived, preferably before it got dark. Instant noodles never tasted better.<br />
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Next day we awoke to a glorious morning and headed over the Gamsagletcher towards Sengchuppa, which definitely takes the crown for the most amazing peak name of all time. We reached the top in 2 hours and descended back toward Sirvoltesattel over the glaciers. There were pockets of really amazing snow, which in parts had strangely not even been touched by wind. At the end of the glacier, we skinned back up and over Sirvoltesattel and descended back to the Simplon pass road. A really great weekend in a nice corner of the alps, which serves up with some spectacular solitude. Fletschhornhütte is highly recommeded!<br />
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Since I expected the scramble to require full attention, I left my camera in the pack where we left our skis... big mistake, as the views from the summit were amazing and the scramble really fun. I kept my phone in my pocket though, so the next few shots are taken with that.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Once on the summit, the clouds would magically part every few minutes and give us an amazing view of our surroundings -- here, Fletschhorn in the background and Sengchuppa (our sunday objective) in the foreground)</td></tr>
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Tom (of <a href="http://www.filme-von-draussen.ch/" target="_blank">Filme von Draussen</a>) somehow convinced Andreas and I to get up at 2am and go on a sunrise ski tour... two of them actually. In retrospect, getting up at 2am was worth the glorious sunrise views we got each time and after coming back into the city in the late morning, the rest of the work day was actually quite productive. Each time we had nice fluffy powder to ski on, which made the early morning much more bearable. So not such a bad idea at all... plus, now we know Hüenerchopf, the area's preferred ski touring mountain for everyone over 65, like the backs of our hands.</div>
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The first time we went I left my camera behind (idiot) but managed to snap a few pics of the process during our second outing. Tom's video will tell the rest of the story...<br />
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<br /><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538329637028201449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614893712979610407.post-87834017730412411522014-03-17T23:06:00.000+01:002014-03-22T00:28:21.861+01:00Bannalp spring touringKeith and Meggie were in town and dragged their (borrowed) splitboards all the way from Jackson, WY to do some epic tours in the Swiss Alps. Of course, the two weeks they were here there was no snow to speak of and the t-shirt weather melted (and hardened) whatever happened to be there before. Nevertheless, we dragged ourselves out of bed early one morning and headed for Bannalp -- a sweet little area, relatively high with quick gondola access. The icy, lumpy snow sucked for the first-time splitboarders and reminded me why I ditched the snowboard in favor of skis for touring many years ago. We had a leisurely lunch and waited for the snow to soften up -- the sun-drenched slopes served up surprisingly good skiing despite our fears for the worst. Good times were made better with beers and epic views at the end of the ride of course.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538329637028201449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614893712979610407.post-53215742491581227552014-03-01T15:00:00.000+01:002014-03-02T23:55:26.463+01:00Diethelm-Fluebrig (2092m)With some new snow finally reaching the north side of the Alps, Tobias and I went to sample the conditions in nearby Wägital. Only 45 minutes by car from Zürich it's quite a little gem of a place. I've been there twice before on <a href="http://rokstarringit.blogspot.ch/2013/12/redertengrat.html" target="_blank">Redertengrat</a> and both times I was eyeing the obvious serious-looking massif across the valley -- Fluebrig and it's peak <a href="http://map.geo.admin.ch/?X=213299.00&Y=709750.22&zoom=8&lang=en&topic=ech&bgLayer=ch.swisstopo.pixelkarte-farbe&catalogNodes=457,508&layers=ch.swisstopo.hangneigung-ueber_30&layers_opacity=0.3" target="_blank">Diethelm</a>. It looks intimidating, but the ski route is quite benign in good conditions. Down low the temperatures have been quite high recently so there was a lot of refrozen snow, but up high the powder was wonderful. Although there were tons of tracks on the lower slopes, it turned out to our surprise that no one had actually gone to the summit in recent days, leaving us with a perfectly blank canvas on the upper part of the mountain. The final bit to the summit is a nicely exposed ridge with sweeping views... very nice little peak!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tobias finding the powder on the upper slope of Fluebrig -- Zürichsee in the background</td></tr>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538329637028201449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614893712979610407.post-14098268555802904462014-02-24T14:30:00.000+01:002014-03-01T14:34:04.808+01:00FontainebleauMy christmas present from Molly this year was a trip to Fontainebleau -- how cool is that?? To my surprise, she chose late February as the time to go, which made me skeptical at first but as it turns out it was the perfect time to visit. The temperatures were very nice around 10 degrees and apart from the occasional rain (which you can't avoid at any time of year really) it was great climbing weather. We climbed 5 out of the 7 days, which was quite productive and had an amazing time discovering the secrets of the forest. It was Molly's first time there and she fell in love with it immediately so it's safe to say we'll return soon...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">it was wet, I didn't have pof... best consolation is that even <a href="http://vimeo.com/35171521" target="_blank">Adam Ondra fell off it</a>...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">really cool sloper problem Cortomaltese (Fb6c+) in Bas Cuvier... unfortunately the upper bit was wet...</td></tr>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538329637028201449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614893712979610407.post-59861574447902162322014-02-15T12:42:00.000+01:002014-02-22T12:42:54.478+01:00Poncione di TremorgioIt seems that every time Nick comes to visit in the winter we go to Ticino. Last time two years ago the avy situation was horrible and we went <a href="http://rokstarringit.blogspot.fr/2011/06/bouldering-in-chironico.html" target="_blank">bouldering in Chironico</a>. This year, the weekend in the north was marked by yet another Föhn storm with temperatures in some valleys approaching 20-degrees... luckily, there are insane amounts of snow in Ticino so the choice was obvious. We headed up <a href="http://map.geo.admin.ch/?X=148707.00&Y=696880.00&zoom=8&lang=en&topic=ech&bgLayer=ch.swisstopo.pixelkarte-farbe" target="_blank">Poncione di Tremorgio</a> above Ambri -- didn't quite make it to the summit, the snow started to get slabby and there seemed to be a storm moving in so we turned around just below Lago di Cara. On the map, we saw what appeared to be a beautiful glade running most of the way down to the steep forest trail, and apparently the ridge that separated it from the rest of the route was enough for most people to not bother. The five minutes of extra skinning paid off and we had beautiful open trees most of the way down with untouched powder -- awesome! We finished the day off in classic Nick and Rok fashion by missing the trail out slightly and getting stuck in a gully filled with half-melted concrete snow. Brought back fond memories of the Cascades...<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538329637028201449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614893712979610407.post-48990692259834231352014-02-01T23:48:00.000+01:002014-02-01T23:49:58.855+01:00Hüenri The winter has been crap in the north so it wasn't until now (late January) that Romain and I finally got to take advantage of some mid-week pre-work powder... Axel celebrated his first day of joblessness by joining us as well. We headed to Hüenerchopf, an easy mountain that <a href="http://rokstarringit.blogspot.com/2013/04/pre-work-ski-tour-for-last-outing-of.html" target="_blank">we skied last year as the final outing of the season.</a> Quite different conditions now with 10-20cm or so of nice powder all the way from top to bottom. The snow exceeded expectations and we were glad to have gotten up early because on the way down we passed at least 20 other people...<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538329637028201449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614893712979610407.post-80368516036844138662014-01-25T00:52:00.000+01:002014-01-31T10:12:42.324+01:00Mittaghorn ski tourMittaghorn is not a particularly creative mountain name... there are no less than 9 peaks named Mittaghorn in Switzerland. You can almost see one Mittaghorn from the Mittaghorn that we climbed (the one to the east of Splügen). Crazy snow conditions (i.e. lots of snow with strong wind) led us to explore the area near San Bernardino, hoping that the wind had been less severe and the snow still fluffy. Getting there was a new experience in public transport-assisted skiing, with the double-decker highway bus (reservations mandatory!) taking us pretty quickly from Chur to Splügen, a pretty popular ski area in these parts and a picturesque village. On the way up, the skin track through the forest was icy, and above treeline there didn't seem to be any snow left so our spirits were not particularly high. We didn't really bother tagging the peak. We approached the ski down with low expectations, but found that the wind had blown all the snow off the mountain into the forest... and skied 45-degree steeps in 50cm of powder in nicely spaced trees! I was pretty busy surfing the snow on my fatties so I don't actually have any photos of this part, but it really happened.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538329637028201449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614893712979610407.post-83599951277954887132014-01-13T09:28:00.001+01:002014-01-15T00:31:52.704+01:00Searching for snow in Ticino -- Cap. CristallinaSabine, Tobias and I attempted to defy the freaky snow-less winter in the north part of the Swiss alps and headed south of the crest, where they are having something like once-in-a-hundred-years quantity of snow. They don't usually get a ton of snow down there so this isn't saying too much, but it's plenty for good touring with minimal chances of wrecking your skis!<br />
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We got going at an amazingly early time of 10 am from the Zürich main station and made it up to the beautiful new Cristallina hut by 4 pm. High freezing levels meant that the snow below 2000m was pleasant wet concrete, but up higher it gradually turned into fluffy powder. The Cristallina hut is very new because the old one was destroyed in an avalanche -- luckily they decided on a new location when they built this one so no need to be afraid for your life if you stay there. The hut caretaker cooked up an awesome 4 course meal of minestrone, risotto, pizza, salad and panettone (well the last one was probably store-bought)... quite the feast!<br />
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Next morning the clouds gradually gave way to the sun and we did some peak-hopping -- first we climbed Cristallina (2912), then headed across the way to Cima di Lago (2833m) and finally on our way toward our exit route via Val Piana, we stopped on top of Poncione di Val Piana (2660m). The skiing off the peaks was great, although the descent through Val Piana was already almost fully tracked out in the narrow spots, which came as a bit of a surprise. Once we hit the fog layer the snow turned to the awesomest kind of mushy and breakable crust which made the last 400m of our descent a good survival-turn character-building exercise... but we made it down unscathed and even had time to grab bratwurst and beer before catching the bus back to Airolo.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tobias descending the steep upper NW face of Cristallina</td></tr>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538329637028201449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614893712979610407.post-66381165009156111052013-12-26T18:21:00.000+01:002014-01-09T15:40:51.879+01:00Glory Christmas PowderLast time Molly and I came to Jackson for Christmas, there was zero snow. None. Nada. This year is thankfully much different -- when we arrived, a nice string of snowy days followed by a little storm brought 30 inches of new snow...<br />
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Keith, Meagan and I headed up to the Teton Pass on Christmas morning at a leisurely 10:30am. The nice thing about living in a mountain town is that you can head up to the hills at any time of day... We hiked up the worn bootpack on Mt. Glory and enjoyed the amazing views over Idaho and Wyoming. We played it very safe on the way down, sticking to low angle slopes and trees along the west ridge. The powder was incredible, especially on the Voile V8 skis I was demoing... :) they're 112 underfoot! Very fun. Keith and I followed the Glory run with a descent down to the old Wilson road with some really fun turns in the trees.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538329637028201449noreply@blogger.comJackson, WY, USA43.4799291 -110.7624281999999943.4338376 -110.84310919999999 43.5260206 -110.68174719999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614893712979610407.post-65239168558414006342013-12-01T01:04:00.000+01:002013-12-22T01:04:48.832+01:00Redertengrat Ah, it was a glorious season opener... at the beginning of December, Axel, Tom and I went to the end of the Wägital to do the popular Redertengrat tour. We expected fairly thin conditions but instead found really nice powder and were able to ski all the way to the car! Only scraped the boards a few times, but no real damage was done...<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538329637028201449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614893712979610407.post-53619250126227522352013-09-22T22:33:00.000+02:002013-12-15T22:39:00.797+01:00Etzlihütte - Chrüzlipass - Sedrun<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Axel, Molly and I played support team for Dani's master's thesis research and went up to Etzlihütte where she could interview the hut keepers... On the second day, we headed up and over Chrüzlipass where we found more amazing scenery and lots of wild blueberries which Dani and Axel later made into a delicious pie. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538329637028201449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614893712979610407.post-6452384603367659962013-08-31T17:49:00.000+02:002013-12-15T18:39:17.406+01:00Val Susauna - Val Funtauna - Val da Ravais-ch - Val TuorsA many-valley mountain bike tour -- crossing from the Engadin to Graubünden linking together four splendid valleys. Amazing scenery, difficult trails, flat tires, broken shocks, it was all there. Started in the beautiful village of Susauna with a home made pie and coffee -- finished in Bergün with pizza and beer like every good tour should.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538329637028201449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614893712979610407.post-16596051051904120992013-08-05T06:12:00.000+02:002013-08-05T06:18:35.148+02:00Aspen to Snowmass and back on mountain bikesI've been thinking about this ride for over a year now. During my last year's visit to Aspen I had grand aspirations of epic mountain bike rides, but in the end I <a href="http://rokstarringit.blogspot.com/2012/06/independence-pass-bouldering.html" target="_blank">ended up bouldering every chance I got</a>. Our plans this year have been partially foiled by incredibly foul weather, but this past saturday we finally managed to rent some sweet bikes and head out of town. The ride took us out of Aspen up the aptly named Radar Road above the airport, to an amazing little ridge trail on Skyline ridge. The perfectly smooth singletrack was made a little spicier with some steep climbs, but the descent down the awesome switchbacks on the Viewline trail was amazing: dusty, twisty, fast, singletrack bliss!<br />
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We had grand ambitions of squeezing in another trail, the Rim trail, before heading to the main event -- the unfortunately-named Government trail that connects Snowmass to Aspen. As soon as we started dropping down toward Snowmass however, the skies darkened and we could see numerous thunderstorms in the distance. The Rim trail would have had us riding on a ridge for 8 miles, so we decided against it... instead we hoped to evade a downpour in Snowmass village proper and dropped down to the road. A lunch, a rainshower, and some navigational issues later, we were heading up the Wood road on the edge of the Snowmass ski area, through some ridiculous holiday home neighborhoods and finally, up to the beginning of the famed Government trail.<br />
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The first sections were a little rocky, but we found them just hard enough to be fun. The trail really deserves its classic status, taking you through lush aspen groves, creeks, fields of wildflowers and beautiful forests on perfect singletrack almost the entire way. The final descent through the Buttermilk is incredible! Fast, steep, windy and rooty it keeps you behind your saddle surrounded by tall grass and trees that sometimes come very close to the handlebars... An awesome day in the hills!<br />
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As an aside: I've gotta say that the new <a href="http://www.mtbproject.com/" target="_blank">MTBProject</a> site (an offshoot of <a href="http://mountainproject.com/">mountainproject.com</a>) is awesome! Best of all, you can download the free maps to your phone and use them offline... very very cool. Go check it out.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538329637028201449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614893712979610407.post-29242234752556341152013-04-24T01:46:00.000+02:002013-05-20T00:38:24.937+02:00pre-work ski tour for the last outing of the season (Hüenerchopf 2172m)Late-season snow fall and bad weekend conditions left us contemplating a weekday option for a "pre-work" ski outing. Following a tip from <a href="http://www.skitouren.ch/" target="_blank">www.skitouren.ch</a> Andreas had a good idea to head to <a href="http://map.geo.admin.ch/?crosshair=bowl&Y=743585&X=209860&zoom=7&bgLayer=ch.swisstopo.pixelkarte-farbe&time_current=latest&lang=en" target="_blank">Hüenerchopf</a>, a relatively small mountain near the border of the cantons of St. Gallen, Glarus, and Graubünden. We were hoping that the night would be clear so the freezing levels would dip low enough to freeze the surface for easy skinning but thaw enough in the morning for a nice forgiving ski down. We were shocked, however, to discover a "dry" parking area, especially since the trip report from just a few days prior stated that they skied almost all the way back to the car... The snow up was soft already and the short sleeve weather provided for some interesting glop on the way down. But the views were incredible and the top 500m or so were really fun on nearly perfect corn snow (a first for Romain). The "snow" down low was so wet that we had to just fully straightline in order to keep up any sort of speed (a first for me).... good times, a nice way to finish off the season and a really nice, safe peak near the city to keep in mind for next year... we finished the morning off with a lunch stop at Burger King (haven't eaten there in probably 10 years) and then it was off to work!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538329637028201449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614893712979610407.post-86971322465666366922013-04-14T10:35:00.000+02:002013-05-16T00:06:07.006+02:00Three day ski tour in the heart of the Alps (April 12-14, 2013)This year's spring ski tour with the ZSS took us once again to the Wallis, just around the corner from <a href="http://rokstarringit.blogspot.ch/2012/03/touring-above-turtmanntal.html" target="_blank">our last year's tour to the Turtmanntal</a>. This time our base was at <a href="http://map.geo.admin.ch/?crosshair=bowl&Y=616653.5&X=100958.5&zoom=6&bgLayer=ch.swisstopo.pixelkarte-farbe&time_current=latest&lang=en" target="_blank">Cabana du Mountet</a> (2886m), surrounded by some of the most spectacular peaks of the alps. The terrain is wild and unforgiving and the summits difficult and technical. We didn't try for any of the high peaks (though we did make it partway up Zinalrothorn), but we climbed a slightly lesser Mont Durand (3713m) on the final day. It's quite the "little" peak, offering sweeping views of the giants like the Matterhorn, Weisshorn, Obergabelhorn etc. Our descent into Zermatt was spectacular bordering on kitsch and we all got a little sick of staring at the imposing north face of the Matterhorn all day... Ralf and Guido made the right call once again and the snow for much of the south-facing descent starting from the Arbengletscher was perfect corn... unfortunately both of my camera lenses completely fogged up on the final ascent to the col and there is no photographic evidence (at least not from me) of it... <br />
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unfortunately no photos of the long descent to Zermatt due to equipment failure... but it was glorious indeed.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538329637028201449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614893712979610407.post-76326383342816673332013-03-17T00:21:00.000+01:002013-04-26T13:35:11.460+02:00Jenatschhütte, Piz Surgonda (3196m), Piz Calderas (3397m), Tschima da Flix (3316m)Spent a nice weekend in the mountains with fellow <a href="http://skitouring.ch/" target="_blank">ZSS</a> members the weekend just after I turned a whopping 32 years old. Timo, Nicole, Saskia, Markus and I headed up to Chamanna Jenatsch apparently the highest hut in the canton of Graubünden. We reached the hut starting from the Julierpass road and over Piz Surgonda in surreal weather and lighting conditions. The snow left a lot to be desired but it was nice to be surrounded by some large peaks -- I had been wanting to come to the Jenatsch hut for some time since Molly and I <a href="http://rokstarringit.blogspot.ch/2011/07/mountainbiking-in-engadine.html" target="_blank">did a bike tour</a> a few years ago over Suvrettapass that came out a bit further down in the Val Bever. The hut is highly recommended -- the hut keepers are incredibly friendly people, their food is amazing, and if you're into it they even have a sauna (to me it seems crazy to fly wood up by helicopter for a sauna, but who am I to say what is sane). They have a nice little booklet about Jürg Jenatsch who was apparently quite a guy and freed the canton of Graubünden from foreign control. It involves stories of high intrigue from the 17th century... Markus studied it diligently and delivered a history mini-lecture to the rest of us over dinner...<br />
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The second day was pure kitsch -- cloudless skies, perfect temperatures, though the snow had a bit of a sneaky crust that made for less than pleasant skiing here and there. We made it to two summits (Piz Calderas and Tschima da Flix) and enjoyed ridiculous views all day. Unfortunately, the weather moved in shortly after we arrived at the hut and we could hear the howling winds all night -- the final day was a bit miserable with terrible visibility, low temperatures, and a sketchy avalanche situation due to the wind-transported snow.... but we all made it across Fuorcla Laviner out to Tinizong unscathed.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nicole skiing off Piz Surgonda ridge</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">perfect morning in the mountains...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">final climb to the summit of Piz Calderas</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">hand shakes all around on Piz Calderas (3397m)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking northwest off the summit of Piz Calderas</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">climbers on the summit of Piz Calderas with the Bernina group in the background</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Timo, Saskia, Nicole and Markus on the summit</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nicole skiing off Piz Calderas with our next objective, Tschima da Flix in the background</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">final approach to Tschima da Flix (3316m)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Piz Calderas from Tschima da Flix -- you can see the approach/descent tracks including some crazy cliff schenanigans</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Timo skiing down Vadret Calderas below Tschima da Flix</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">nice traverse... but don't slip</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538329637028201449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614893712979610407.post-25190311872195079572013-03-01T21:20:00.000+01:002013-03-20T00:15:21.315+01:00Brisen 2404mTobias and I went up to <a href="http://map.geo.admin.ch/?crosshair=bowl&Y=677702.5&X=194690&zoom=8&bgLayer=ch.swisstopo.pixelkarte-farbe&lang=en" target="_blank">Brisen</a>, a moderately famous mountain in central Switzerland. The nice and steep NW face is sheltered by the Haldigrat ridge so it preserves powder pretty well... We had lots of sun, some great powder, some crust, and some amazingly terrible snow in fog down low, but we skied all the way to the parking lot!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538329637028201449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614893712979610407.post-51513078247831761382013-02-09T20:58:00.000+01:002013-02-10T21:15:28.526+01:00Climbing in Peillondespite the sub-zero morning temperature molly and i optimistically headed out toward Peillon near Nice hoping that the sun would be strong enough to make climbing possible... and the climbing was fantastic for a few hours with not a cloud in the sky! We climbed some quality routes until it suddenly started SNOWING on me while I was fighting with a crux section... not liking the prospect of climbing in a blizzard we switched to tourist mode and visited the amazing village of Peillon, perched on a cliff overlooking the valley... this crag is perfect for the 6b-7a range, but around the corner there is a huge cave with some harder tufa-wrestling routes and around another corner there are some easier slabs.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538329637028201449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614893712979610407.post-67212473756330740272013-01-26T23:22:00.000+01:002013-03-06T23:24:58.688+01:00Seestock (2429m) ski tourLate January outing with the <a href="http://www.skitouring.ch/" target="_blank">ZSS</a> in perfect weather (zero wind) and only slightly less perfect snow. Nice leisurely tour aided by some lifts to get us up high above the treeline early in the morning. Varied terrain and amazing views all day long complete with a slightly adventurous summit scramble. We had a huge descent (1800m) into Muotathal (albeit some of it on the road) with really nice powder down low that made for some fun tree skiing, but my camera died before I could snap any action shots... next time. :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All business</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice ridge walking after dropping off our skis</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">beginning of the scramble to the summit</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">this is the most ornate cross i've seen so far... </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the summit was just large enough for us all to fit...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">looking back on our route</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the descent begins...</td></tr>
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