Making the most of it..................................

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Sunday, 1 December 2013

Making the most of it..................................

It's snowed here so wanting to make the most of it,

 The boys doing 'Dulux'

  Pete 'Shreddin ' Verbier



I skied at Les Chaud in the Villars Resort yesterday with James and Pete we managed to have a great afternoon finding some powder and variable snow condition, ideal for an early season outing.

Today I was joined again by Pete and James we decided that Verbier would be a good bet, it was some great skiing in god conditions and great company, AND it wasn't that busy

 

 

Vorschau

Vorschau

Well almost.............................

Here are a few pictures from last weekend skiing and a nearly but not quiet attempt to climb a multi pitch rock route before I leave with Pete, Sarah & Tanya

James & Chappers in the bin on the way up Mont Forte

 Chappers 'shreddin it'

 Tanya looking good at the Pierre du Moelle after a little snowy walk in must have picked up the fashion from somewhere

 

 

Sarah and Pete just before we lost the sun and it got cold

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Thanks to Emma & James for a really fun evening. Skiing next ……

Iceman this is Goose, more top gun

Having had a great Via Ferrata with Tom (Gooseman) last weekend on Tour d'Ari we had spotted another Via Ferrata on the way up on the lift Tom had texted me last night and said I've got three hours so it was obvious what the choice would be.

I suspect that the via Ferrata on the Falaise has been developed by the Leysin Mountain Guides as it gives  great experience of ascent and decent traversing bench bridges, logs Plus its really quiet strenuous, we knocked it off in just under an hour.

Oh and a bit of snake action walking off from the ecrag

Famous Five get High

With a great forecast after a dismal day. Tanya, Sarah, Jim myself and uncle Pete hatched a plan so Uncle Pete could experience Switzerland.

We decided that Pierre Avoi (2472)m above Verbier with great access form the col Coer would be  a good objective for the day, and what a day it turned out to be. I have been up here a few time before to climb (the classic L'arete) and walk today we did both, there are some great buttress's so we climbed Felix 5c & La Rape 6a, it was tip top, (sorry to Tanya who I told that Felix was 4c)



 
It's over there

Sarah atop La rape

 

 A most excellent day where we never stopped laughing, Thanks guys

Great afternoon

This afternoon I was joined by Tanya for a quick trip up to Pierre du Moelle, to an area of Chienqui dort this is a great venue of slabbed of water fluted limestone, we have been working toward Tanya becoming an independent climber. We culminated today climbing single pitch routes as a leader and a second.

Tanya looking rightly please at the top

Gooseman & Iceman go to topGun

It's the October holidays so keen to make the most of the weather and the area, I teamed up with Tanya on Friday for a quick walk above Leysin, on the way Tom (aka Gooseman) called asking if I fancied the Via Ferrata up the front face of the tour d'Ai (2331m). A plan was hatched

Use up lift, mountain bike down to Lac d'Ali, hide bike walk up to the route, do route, quoting anything we could for the film Top Gun, the walk down, find the bike and then use the most excellent MTB trails back down to Leysin............................ Top Gun

It all looks a bit improbable from the ground but a great day with a great friend