We’ve just returned from the Bike Attack Freeride race in Lenzerheide. The event is run over two days with a qualification race on Saturday and the main race on Sunday. The qualification is an individual time trail covering a distance of approximately 9km with a descent of approximately 1400m over Read more…
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…
The 5th Grisha TrailRIDE took place between the resorts of Arosa, Lenzerheide and Davos last weekend. We have competed relatively seriously in this event for the last two years and managed to acchieve 5th and 6th places respectively. This year the plan was to take it a little easier and 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 last weekends ski tour in Lenzerheide I had pretty much resigend myself to the fact that the best of ski season was over. I figured from now on a few days here and there on the piste or maybe a tour or two just to get outside until bike 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…
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…