Just sick!

A week after missing out on some fresh in Zermatt last weekend I decided (with a little help from a friend) that I was going skiing even if it was horrible. I was watching the weather to see what would be worth checking out and with marginal options (Verbier, G3000, Tignes, Saas Fe) I decided that Zermatt had the most terrain and looked to be the best option on the weather front.

I left early Saturday morning to get my ass up on the glacier by mid morning. On my drive the dreaded Foehn was in full effect. In Geneva it was 6c when I left and in Sion it was 22c with a 50km wind. (I think this wind skunked Ripz and Al at G3000 on Saturday). The wind didn't deter and I got up to Zermatt by late morning....but just like at G3000 the wind shutdown everything, so I just chilled with J and ate some raclette, drank beers, and enjoyed a nice warm day in the village.

The next AM I awoke to this:

Everything looked to be shaping up for a good day. J and I were in line for the gondola at 8 and caught the 2nd box up to the glacier. Once we were on top the weather was just starting to become the blue bird day you dream about. A few runs down the piste and then we headed over to Fuggsattel. Off each side there was some untouched wind blown that looked fun, so after a few tourist pics we gave it a run.

This place is just sick!

Coming back after a few turns in the somewhat "soft" deposits:

This is where the goods were on Sunday:

The snow ended up being really good considering how windy and boney it has been.

After a little cheese and bread on the Plateau Rosa we noticed that the tram was open into Cervinia, so we asked around and found that the trail was closed (but that meant open I guess) but you could ski down into Italy...so we did. The conditions were pretty good and groomed out all the way to the station....but with a view like this who cares:

By the end of the day I looked back and thought...this was unbelievable for November 26th. If my ass was still on the EC I would be skiing K-mart with a 1000K gapers on two trails! I just got to ski, see, and do things that I have only seen on postcard.....this day was "Top 10".

Thanks J for the motivation and drive to get my ass out of Geneva and go to Z. Hopefully there are many more of these to come this season.