Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Cries


Not too far away from Verbier is a gully with one of the few aspen forests of the Valais. Beautifully accessible on snowshoes at the moment.

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

La Dranse




The bottom of the valley is magical with hoar frost & animal tracks all over the place. A peaceful refuge from the porsche cayenne's of Verbier!

Monday, January 5, 2009

Chamois


And just around the corner, between the larches in the hoar frost....chamois!

Snowshoeing Col de Chemin


Only in Switzerland in the middle of nowhere will you see a sign like this!

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Happy New Year!


First outing of the year in the +35cm of fresh snow that dumped on New Year's Eve! How wonderful to share this day with a long lost friend snowshoeing up to St. Christophe.

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Snowshoeing in a new place!


Yippeeee! A beautiful morning in superb conditions, I hope everyone is out playing in all this snow & discovering new areas!

Sunday, December 21, 2008

Cabane Brunet


Sunshine & fresh snow before the Christmas & New Year's mayhem. A fabulous skin accross the valley from Verbier!

Monday, December 15, 2008

Les Paccots


Sooooooo much snow this is ridiculous! How anyone can keep from hopping around in it on snowshoes is beyond me!?!

Monday, December 8, 2008

Beautiful Powder


Ski touring in the 4-vallées, hidden spots & high avalanche danger makes for a well deserved beer at the end of it!

Sunday, December 7, 2008

Sunday snowshoe


A beautiful tour in the fields between Verbier & Le Châble.

Sunday, November 30, 2008

MOVIE Skiing Verbier in November

*PLAY MOVIE!
Watch the flick: Hans Solmssen, Stephen Hadik, Winslow von Maur, Bob Mazerei & little old me having fun before the tourist season starts.
*PLAY MOVIE!
Filmed by UIAGM Guide Hans Solmssen www.swissguides.com

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Skin Mt.Fort Verbier


Skinned up to the top of Mt.Fort to glide down the back in fresh powder (ooohhhh first ones there)! Somehow we got all the way to Fionnay!
Yipppeee! Hope you are ready because the mountain sure is!

Monday, November 24, 2008

Verbier Powder


A first for me in November - put the skins on my skis right outside my front door! Broke trail up to Verbier in fresh powder, and cruised down to Le Châble with skiers/tellemarkers supreme Hans Solmssen, Stephen Hadik & Bob Mazzeri. Keep your eyes open for our U-Tube flik comming soon!

Monday, November 17, 2008

Skinning in Verbier


This is a trip we won't forget! To begin with I took the wrong skins & had to use the emergency medical tape to hold them on for the 900m hike. Then the snow machine tried to run us over during our pic-nic. We made a quick get away without spilling the tea, only to discover at the summit that A-V had dropped her camera! On the ski down we stopped at our disrupted pic-nic spot and found it!!

Thank you Anne-Valérie for pushing my head up above & out of the clouds & damp weather to the sun shine at 2700m! Yipppeeee!

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Snowshoeing in Verbier


Such a gorjus day! The snow is powdery and the views are to die for! Even I, who live here, can't choose the best photo!!!

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Winter is comming to Val de Bagnes!



Verbier is getting its first BIG snowfalls & CherriesWalks is getting ready for winter dustying off snowshoes! Yikes, the flowers are retreating!
Hope you are all ready!

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Morroco

It is very weird to visit 3rd world countries. All I can say is I am not comfortable being a tourist in places where every day life is so tough. I went there thinking I may one day offer tours to clients there, but what I return with is the desire to help them build functioning sceptic systems. Inshalah!

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Sahara Flora

Palm trees that produce yummy dates, Tamaris trees or bushes that create shade, a lady bug, something fragile w/ flowers, poisonous & ingenious plants!