Here in Switzerland winter has started with a vengeance. Many areas of the Swiss Alps have 200% of the average annual snowfall for the time of year and we’ve been out enjoying the great early season conditions. There are still some rocks hidden just under the snow surface in many Read more
Its been a long May. For a while I almost thought there was a conspiracy theory in operation to keep me off the trails. But, finally the month ended, June came the weather improved and I managed to get out on the bike again. After a month of almost no Read more
Just as there was another small snowfall in Zurich this morning I think its time to pack away the skis for the season. Its been a pretty epic one, 36 days on the snow, 20+ powder days, 17 different areas. The last day of the season was a trip to Read more
After the epic powder of last Sunday I wanted more this weekend. Unfortunately the new snow that fell in the lowlands during the week didn’t really seem to have led to much snow in the mountains. After checking the snow reports and avalanche risk on Friday it seemed like the Read more
Its been three weeks since I wrote anything here. The weather has been quite changeable and for a while I even though the best of ski season was over. Two weeks ago we planned a ski tour in Graubunden but the avalanche risk was too high for the tour planned Read more
This weekend showed exactly how much of a playground Switzerland is. I took a day off on Friday to go skiing, but plans fell through so I ended up sitting at home planning Saturdays adventures on Friday morning. Once I had a rough plan I decided I needed a dose Read more
There was a lot of snow promised for the end of last week which didn’t really seem to materialise. Friday evening was spend studying weather forecasts and radar images of precipitation to try to figure out where the best snow would be. I couldn’t figure out where to go so Read more
Its ON! An MTB Freeride race on Snow in Davos (Parsenn). It should be fun!
The idea to do the tour from Pischa to Klosters had been in my head for a few weeks. This particular tour is in the book “Die Schönsten Freeride-Touren den Schweizer Alpen” (The most beautiful freeride tours in the Swiss Alps) and had appealed to me since I bought the Read more
We had been waiting for a good dump of snow for this weekend which unfortunately didn’t arrive, instead we were due to have a cloudy weekend with not much in the way of sunshine. A trip to the mountains was still on the cards, after all cloudy weather means less Read more