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The ski season is over.... the skis need to be waxed and the edges need to be sharp again... hopefully the skis will be used soon again.
waxing the skis in the garden, summer is coming...
Now the snow is melted in the alps, I will focus myself on sailing..... more in next blogs
Last week I made a tour in the Grand Paradiso area in Italy area. This national park was originally the private hunting reserve of the ruling "House of Savoy". In 1856 King Vittorio Emmanuel 2 declared part of the hunting grounds as a protected area, so helping to save the ibex which is such an important animal for the park. About 3,000 of these powerful mountain goats now live in the Park.
itinerary:
Saterday March 25: Start at Cogne; skinning to "Rifugio Vitorio Sella"
Sunday: Vittorio Sella - to - Gran Serra 3550m - descent to Eaux Rousses, Valsavarenche, through the woods, 11 hours of climbing and skiing
Monday: taxi to Pont; skinning to "Rifugio Vittorio Emanuele"
Tuesday: Skinning to the top of Gran Paradis 4060 m (4,5 hours of snowstorm). Brighten up before the descent. Wonderful descent from 4015m, return to "Rifugio Vittorio Emanuele"
Who thinks that the season is at its end in April is definitely not right. In April it is still snowing.
Look at this outstanding snowconditions in Verbier.
Picture is taken on the unmarked skiroute "Stairway to Heaven", one of the legendary descents of Verbier (Switserland).
Lots of snow is still falling out of the sky. Is it ever going to stop? The answer is: NO. Until next friday it will keep going on.
Last night it snowed among 70 to 100 cm of fresh snow. The avalanche danger is up to 4 today (scale 1 to 5). All the lifts were closed and the roads to st Anton are closed.
Quiz: Can you find my car?
The snow conditions are amazing. The last week it snowed continuously. The tremendous snowfall caused a lot of inconvenience on the roads in Germany and France and a lot of tourist had trouble coming to their vacation destination. The winterstorms will keep on going until comming wednesday. Then it will brighten up, and we will have the advantage of all the heavy snowfall. The lifts will open again. The avalanche risk will drop.....I am looking forward! powder heaven!
Here the view from my appartment this morning
Twice a week we have ski instructor training to improve the art of teaching and our personal abilities. With a group of about 7 instructors we take the last lift up together with a trainer to make the last descents of the day. We do exercises like: muggles skiing, off-piste skiing and schule-fahren skiing. (click on the links to see movies)
Since the ski training is at the end of the day most instructors are very energetic and lively and everybody is trying new tricks and is experimenting.
