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Skiing - Winter / Spring 2010
Skiing and Snow Boarding
Skier or snowboarder, off-piste
virgin or confirmed powder expert, new to ski touring (back country) or a veteran.
Whatever your level there is something for you here.
News:
November
2009
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It feels like
the
winter season has arrived!. The snow is in the garden this
morning in Les Houches. The Grands Montets ski area is going to
open on the weekend of the 21st November.
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Snow
conditions: I did a ski tour around Le Tour in the Chamonix valley
this week 10th November and found enough snow at 1600m and more
than 30cm of skiable powder above 1800m.
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The next
Winter/Spring is already booking up so don't leave it too late,
particularly if you have limited flexibility with dates.
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Dates are
still available in January and February along with the odd week in
March.
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The
WEST OBERLAND tour in March is sure to run and has four places
left.
I travel
all over the Alps during the winter but the areas listed below
will give you some ideas of what I can do for you.
Chamonix
This
buzzing French town is the capital of off-piste skiing in Europe. "Cham" and its neighbouring valleys offer superb skiing in stunning
surroundings.
Combine
this with a lift system, which can fire you up to 3800m, accessing the
magnificent glacial terrain of the valley blanche, and you have the
ingredients for the ultimate winter adventures.
[
Click for ideas for Chamonix based
off-piste/touring]
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Les Portes du Soleil
This famous ski area is the
closest major resort to Geneva. It straddles the Franco-Swiss frontier
and boasts over 600kms of piste. The charming French town of Morzine
is a great base for making the most of the massive lift system to
explore the many off-piste runs which, unlike some of its more famous
neighbours, allow fresh tracks to be had even days after the last dump
of snow. It's other great secret is the number of opportunities for
ski touring in beautiful surroundings, often from remote valleys.
[
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Portes du Soleil based off-piste/touring ideas ] |
Zermatt
In the shadow of the famous
Matterhorn and other Swiss
giants, this alpine town has masses of alpine charm and incredible
potential for off-piste runs and ski touring trips. The height of the
lifts and huge glaciers mean that snow is guaranteed and vertical
descents are big enough to rival any other ski resort in the world.
[ Click for Zermatt
based off-piste/touring ]
Ski
Tours
Join me for a classic hut to hut
tour.
[
Click for
multi day ski tours ]
Private Guiding
I can provide a guided
programme to suit your personal aspirations. Joining a group works for many people, but if you have a group of friends that you enjoy skiing with, or prefer to have a day totally pitched at your level, hiring a private guide will suit you better.
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Definitions:-
Off-Piste skiing
can be done by skiing between the
pistes within a ski resort or by using the uplift to access more
remote valleys and runs, to minimize walking up hill and to maximize the
vertical descent done in a day.
Ski touring involves the use
of "skins" attached to the base of our skis and special bindings,
which allow the heel to lift for climbing uphill. These are clamped
down for skiing. This enables us to reach untracked snow and remote
locations away from the lift system.
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