words and tales from out on the trails Words about nice trails being ridden, word on newly found trails ... oh and possibly some skiing if I can't see the trails for snow ! <br> <br> by Ash Smith tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24494090 2006-03-22T00:11:03Z Blogger
This is an Atom formatted XML site feed. It is intended to be viewed in a Newsreader or syndicated to another site. Please visit the Blogger Help for more info.
 true ash 2006-03-22T00:45:00+01:00 2006-03-22T00:11:02Z 2006-03-21T23:52:07Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24494090.post-114298512798588900 Haute Route 2
I just received an invite to join a group (which includes my Dad) to ski the famous high-level backcountry route from Chamonix to Zermatt at the beginning of May. Well chuffed!!! It's 6 days, overnights in mountain huts, and a fair bit of vertical up and down I suspect. Time to have a closer look at the route...

looks well easy to me !
false ash 2006-03-22T00:34:00+01:00 2006-03-22T00:00:43Z 2006-03-21T23:36:50Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24494090.post-114298421022311615 Lugano Sun 11th & 12th March<br /><br />Jon &amp; Cass booked a flight to Basel well in advance of what turned out to be yet another cold and miserable weekend in most of Switzerland. So we decided to make the most of an unlucky situation head to the south side of the Alps for some sun.<br /><br />Some better knowledge of the area and a bit less snow would have helped but we rode a few great trails and it was fantastic to be out on the bike again proper after a long, cold and snowy winter. We will be back soon for sure, after the lifts open in April.<br /><br /><img alt="Lake Lugano" src="images/Lugano11th-12thMarch2006/lugano041cc.jpg" /><br /><br /><img alt="the prawner in a corner" src="images/Lugano11th-12thMarch2006/lugano012cc.jpg" /> false ash 2006-03-21T23:28:00+01:00 2006-03-21T23:55:34Z 2006-03-21T22:30:02Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24494090.post-114298020247521810 Engelberg Powder
7th March

The first weekend of March saw record snowfalls on the Swiss midlands, and needless to say silly amounts of precipitation in the Alps. It would have been rude not to take a day off work to go play. I got an invite from mountain guide Martin Simioni at lunchtime on Monday and by 10:30 am on Tuesday we were at the top of Mt. Titlis (3028m) ready to ski Central Switzerland's "best off-piste" run amongst others

looking up from inside the main couloir

looking up the couloir from the bottom
false