Telemark in Bruson

Every now and then I manage to convince my space buddies to come for a telemark day of lunacy! They were on time once again for Spring maddness!
Some are more traditional...

Skinning Bruson

Another gorjus day in the Val de Bagnes!

Skinning Grand St. Bernard

Just a short skin over the top to have lunch in Italia! Ahhh, was definitely worth the pasta della mama, coffee & grappa!

Chutte du Bisse on snowshoes

Still so much sun & snow to play in!

Loosing heads in Verbier snowshoeing!

Yikes!!

Happy spring snowshoeing in Verbier

What a day! We made it up through the forest before the sun turned up the heat to melt all the fresh snow off the norwegian spruces. Absolutely lovely way to spend the morning!

Bruson Top Secret Run

Wow! Just a little windy at the top of Everest today...

Chinese Downhill in Bruson

Yahoooo! Fabulous day, after non-stop hiking up, and up, and up and up and up and up, we finally let loose and came back down!

Up to Verbier

In tropical heat we managed to find enough snow to snowshoe from Le Châble up to Verbier! Not only a major work-out, but a great day to work on our tans!
Fabulous fun in the sun.

Sunny Verbier

What a view! An easy stroll up from the center of Verbier to the majestic views of the Val de Bagnes.

Les Combins

Verbier's pride and joy - the Massif des Combins which culminates at the giddy glacial height of 4314 meters.
This is our equivalent of Chamonix's Mont Blanc & Zermatt's Matterhorn.

Snowshoeing in Kandersteg

Gorjus day! Gorjus powder! Gorjus pic-nic! Gorjus company! Gorjus mountains! Ahhhh, just gorjus!!!!
Hope you are playing too!

Premières traces en raquettes

La poudreuse était au rendez-vous! On était les seuls à s'aventurer à faire la trace dans les 40cm de neige fraiche tombée pendant la nuit! Youhouhou!
Une première pour moi avec mes raquettes aux pieds d'une fille de 12ans! Un succès!

Raquettes à neige sur Verbier

Une superbe matinée avec des traces d'écureuils, lièvres variables et chevreuils partout, combiné avec le chant d'une pie! Le paradis quoi!

Le Chable to Verbier

All the way up there??


Phew, made it!
Am amazed by the amount of snow, this is the first time in 10 years this has been possible!

Powderrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

This is THE BEST!
Just got new skis & it keeps dumping! Yeeehaw!
Verbier's South slopes have twice the amount of snow they normally have.

Mother Nature

Winter has been harsh this year for the wild animals. Remains of a chamois which probably fell from a cliff above and was then eaten by the famished critters around. What a sight!

Happy Winter!

Snowshoe Bourg St. Pierre

Right near Italia we had to go check if the snow was falling and the gale winds keeping it all out of Verbier. And it was!
How did Napoleon get through here back in 1800?!

Posing Above Verbier

Sometimes group photos are the hardest to take. hihihihi!
A short but super fun morning.
The sun was shining in Verbier, even though it was snowing everywhere else in Switzerland!