April Powder!

Thursday, 11th April 2013 by
Chris hiking through the deep snow back up to the track between the Retour Pendant and Plan Roujon chair liftsA fresh dump of deep powder at this time of year is welcome for resort skiing, but not so welcome for ski touring!

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Matienzo epilogue

Tuesday, 9th April 2013 by
A memorable end...

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Contamine – Cloudy Skiing

Monday, 8th April 2013 by
The clouds never really did clear, but at the very top station we were just above them and caught a few glimpses of Mont BlancAs a warm up for what should be a week of ski touring Ian, Chris, and I headed up on to the pistes at Les Contamine. Ian and Chris had already had a day skiing, but I needed a few runs to help remind the legs what do with skis attached!

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Sunny on Scafell Pike

Saturday, 6th April 2013 by
Scafell Pike.I was supposed to be in Les Contamines today, enjoying some ski touring, but work commitments meant I had to postpone my departure. As consolation I went for a bit of a walk in the hills, this time without the heavy bag.

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The Dam Water

Thursday, 4th April 2013 by
Jim fording the riverOn Tuesday evening we attended the expedition dinner which, being held in a Spanish bar, started quite late.

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Return to the Dam Bypass

Wednesday, 3rd April 2013 by
Jim outside the Wild Mare with low water levelsAfter several months away from Spain Jim and I could take the suspense no longer. We returned to Matienzo, our goal being to find where the water flows into lake Buttermere in the Toca la Vaca system.

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Skiing in Mayrhofen

Tuesday, 2nd April 2013 by
Richard telemarking in the powder snowRichard and I are skiing in Mayrhofen this week. The snow on our first ski day was really good (particularly for Easter), but we were in the cloud all day and so the visibility was not great. It was tricky to see the piste-markers and at times we had to wait for skiers to come [...]

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Pete on the approach up Observatory GullyWe’ve just had three fantastic winter days in Scotland. Blue sky, hardly any wind, and lots and lots of ice.

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