Powdersnow-Season - 2008-2009

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Post by Schneewurm » Friday 28 November 2008, 20:11

Nils, I'm totaly unsteadiness about Your nationalité "Français" !?

I try only sometimes to live like French people enjoy it, do You know the expression "savoir vivre?
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Post by nils » Saturday 29 November 2008, 0:28

Not sure about your message..Didn't you know i was French?
I live in Lyon.
Jacques and Patrice are the only swiss of the team :)

I sometimes enjoy your outdoors life... i have too much work these days at home and at office to be able to do as much mountain as i would like to....
that's life :) i'll do this when i am retired hehe

Nils

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Post by Schneewurm » Saturday 29 November 2008, 16:55

Today, 2 hours ago - a smooth surf on the marvellous and fabulous world of Bugs Bunny!

@Nils
"savoir vivre" is importend even when You have power, there are many people they have no more power, when they are retired.
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like Pogo, Kessler, Virus, Hot, Nidecker and others,
from 151 up to 183 cm and 14 to 27.4 cm width,
covering any kind of shapes with
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Post by Rob Stevens » Saturday 27 December 2008, 2:44

...that as soon as snow covers private property in the Alps (not sure which country) that you can slide on it without trespassing.

If that's true, it would be amazing to ride there, just cutting off switchbacks on the road, or hiking.

A NoBoard paradise.

Schneewurm: You should take your bindings off for that nice snow.

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Post by Schneewurm » Thursday 22 January 2009, 19:54

Powder-snow is back - the picture from today.
If You watch it accurate, You will find a snowboard on the picture!
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like Pogo, Kessler, Virus, Hot, Nidecker and others,
from 151 up to 183 cm and 14 to 27.4 cm width,
covering any kind of shapes with
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Post by kurtsk8 » Thursday 22 January 2009, 20:09

:)
nice picture :bravo:
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Post by benttech » Saturday 24 January 2009, 15:05

Hi everyone :D

Is there a thread or a post detailing what places in the Alps are the best to practice carving?

I want to go at the end of February to Austria but have no idea where, can someone recommend a great place with little people, good prices, good atmosphere and excellent pistes?

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Post by jeanma » Saturday 24 January 2009, 15:08

Schneewurm wrote:Powder-snow is back - the picture from today.
Wonderfull purity, I can feel the silence too

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Post by Schneewurm » Wednesday 4 February 2009, 21:14

The way to heaven today early morning, after some days of heavy snowfall!

The picture I take at about 1200 over see level - can You imagine how it was up on the mountain?
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Post by Schneewurm » Saturday 7 February 2009, 10:50

Well, how mountains looks from far away is one thing, but I almost like to feel the powderfields of mountains under my own feets (picture 1). Shure that can be sometime verry tricky, as I wade back to the my swallow on second picture (lower station of resort) I was surounded from snow up to my shoulders, but without the feeling of any hard ground under my feet (picture 2). Just have a look to the birdhouse (3. picture), usualy birdhouses are much higher then ground level - o.k. since then snowlevel encreased about + 120 cm, I don't know if this birdhouse is now still visible.
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Post by Schneewurm » Sunday 15 February 2009, 20:28

O.k. there was at Feb. 04 an enhancement of +50 cm of snowhigh and blue sky.
Same thing for Feb, 09, but with a plus of 100 cm of snowhigh.
So today in other parts of Switzerland it repeat this +100 cm of snowhigh with pure powdersnow and at a blue sky. (and Swallows below 200 cm length are running on their limits / normal snowboards have been only good to ride straight down, after taking speed from slopes)
So I'm waiting now what will be after this promise of another heavy snowfalls next week.

(Pictures are from today afternoon 2 p.m. - the second one some minutes later, about 200/300 meters beside a lift!)
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Post by Schneewurm » Thursday 19 February 2009, 21:44

After another plus of 50-70 cm of new snow and two sunny days, I need now a short powder-snow time-out!

Picture is from today about 1 p.m. on the bright midday-sun. After two more runs, I had to change again to new fresh fields, because of to many (9) of trenches on this hills.

1 = snowboarder on lift
2 = track from skier
3 = track from other snowboarder
4 = man on snowshoes
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any kind of boots and bindings.

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Post by ICERIPPER » Friday 20 February 2009, 18:52

Back from Val thorens (18-02-09)

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Just 3 people before me in skis

Next time this mountain 3534 m

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And the finish the best line is for what : a swallow ......... on the right side
Photo from the lift of Moraine

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Not deep powder but very light.
Sticks are for looser , born to be a snowboarder

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Best season in the Alps for 10-15 years!

Post by fivat » Sunday 22 February 2009, 15:32

Damn! What a great winter in the Alps! :silly:

The best season for 10 years, or even for 15 years in some areas of Europe.

The snow falls accumulation is already higher than what we usually get in an entire season!! :D

And it's not the end yet: the season will last for more than two months at least.
This morning I got 20 cm of fresh snow in front of the chalet for 4-5 hours and it's still snowing! 8O

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