Sunday, February 14, 2010

...it was fun again :-) Encore G3

So Saturday appeared again like it does every week and KK and I were off to meet the crew plus Matt (a guy from Belchertown living in Prague). We got to G3 to find it being VERY cold (-15) and a little windripped snow..but we found our spots on the frontside:
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then over the "knuckle"....
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..and then Frontside Couloir with KK, Marco, and Matt:
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..and then frontside Martis (nice work KK over the "grass" traverse)..no pics knee deep 1st track...to another frontside and beer30 Rooster..WOW!...and to add to the great day a nice surprise fondue party at J+Js for Jen's B-day.

As always more to come!

G3: +2 powdays. Lovin CH!

After another hectic week of work I headed to Lausanne and Fribourg to see a concert with the boys on Friday night and KK hooked up with Mette for a little dinner The next AM KK caught up on personal work and I headed with Tom, Marco, and Jay to G3. The day was a mix of sun and clouds...and pow.
Arrival:
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Where we ski :-)
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The skiers:
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...and great day..but cut short do to vis...but we were back with my wonderful wife on Sunday..and she killed it! First time frontside for KK and she did a great job.
The fence and start:
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The traverse..
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..the pow!
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...the boys:
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Another great day with friends skiing in the Alps. The ride home just capped it off:
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Jura Plus G3 Minus Work= Fun Time!

So KK was in Cinci and I was here working 12 hour days and trying to get DOWN moving. Saturday struck and I picked up KK at the airport and we had a very nice breakfast in Carouge. After I met up with Marco at La Dole (Jura) to make some tracks in the new snow that fell. Marco enjoying CH!
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..end of day sun!
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That night KK and I caught up on the events of the week and like a trooper got up at 6:45 Sunday AM to hit up G3 for some Pow! It was super cold (-20C) with a mix of weather but the whole crew enjoyed the day..capacity crowd on hand!
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...we were about half population of G3 that day:
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KK:
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Ripz:
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Marco:
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..and one broken FKS (I had to ride 1000M on one ski):
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...as always more to come!