Laura's Life: More Skiing

Skiing has been good lately. I've been able to make it to Portes du Soleil, Zermatt and Verbier so far this season. Hoping to be able to make a trip to Chamonix before the close of the season. Here are some pictures from my most recent adventures in the snow. I'm not sure what Leysin would be like if we couldn't ski here.

Cabane Mont Forte - Verbier
This past weekend, I went to Verbier for the first time....well, the first time to ski that is. The only other time I was there was for the Tour de France. It was nice to be going downhill and not uphill there. I went with three other teachers and seven students. We spent the night in a cabin on the side of the mountain.

Here's a good group shot...our kids wear the brightest colors...

View of the mountains...

Two of the kids enjoying the snow

The Cabin

Saturday was a beautiful day

We had a slight problem on Saturday....lost track of time and ended up at the bottom of the mountain after all the lifts had closed for the day. The problem...our cabin was at the top. We were able to convince the liftees to give us a lift to the top. We have the entire telepherique to ourselves...just four people plus the (unhappy) conductor inside. Plenty of space for all.

Cards in the cabin

And then on Sunday, the lift back up to the cabin area closed. All our bags and kids' bags were still in the hut. The four of us teachers hiked back up to the cabin, split the 11 backpacks between us and skied back down with all the gear.

Leysin

NEPAL - BERNUSE SNOWSHOE CHALLENGE
Here's the group I'll be traveling with to Nepal for spring break. Last week we trekked from Leysin town up to the summit of the Bernuse (Leysin). This was our biggest fundraising event and earned us nearly 4000CHF. Less than a month to go until we trek to Nepal to install stoves and lights in a rural Nepales village in the Himalyas