After a nice Friday dinner with Alan and KK it was off with J to the Annivier valley to see what we could scrap out of last weeks snow. After a short nights sleep I met J at Lavaux and then up the Valais. We arrived to find about 10 cars and a great sunny day.
Once on the lift we looked around and noticed there was probably some soft spots and there were chutes/couliors!!!
After a warm up lap it was on to get some of the softer snow. It was wind-blown and some pockets of pow.
J on the traverse...be careful!
..and then he ripped it!
...and then ripped the piste!
Jay should the way on the scrapped pow so I thought I would jump in a few chutes....steep!
...dropping #1:
#2:
The chutes were great and then we found some more!
The day was perfect and so was the leftovers (thanks Jen!...the view wasn't bad either):
After 6000+M we called it a day and had a beer:
Considering the skiing wasn't bad in Chandolin we decided to saty in the valley and ski Grimentz in the AM. We posted up at the hotel Cristal. Grimentz is a cool little town that is right on the ski slope.
After a nice steak and some beers we called it a night.
The next AM we woke to this:
...and more of this!
J:
...cool lift but J had a little issue with it!
After about 3000M we decided there was some good snow up a little higher so we did a little bootpacking:
Once on top it was a perfect view into the valley:
..and then some good skiing:
The day ended with our
legs burning and a smile...but time for a walk and crepe!
Overall a sick weekend. Next weekend will be the first I have not skied since November (off to Madrid)....more to come from Spain!!
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