Riondaz Ski Tour

On the morning of March 14th, I did a ski tour in Leysin up to Riondaz. Skinned up to the summit of Riondaz and then did a number of runs on the backside of Bernuse.

Snack at the Solycyre hut mid-morning






Taking in the views


Skis off


Trekking up




Erin, Pezz and me breaking trail




Erin and the mountains


Shane and Ethan coming across the last ridge to the summit




The summit


Taking the skins off at the summit before the descent


Preparing for the descent






View of Leysin


Tour D'Ai and the Mayen




The Dents du Midi and, if you look real hard, a part of Mont Blanc just on the left side of Dents du Midi


Pezz checking out what's below


Shane shooting over the rocks


Me checking out Riondaz before the descent


Rippin' down Riondaz


Descending backside Bernuse




Ethan


Erin






Video of Shane's descent during one of the runs down backside Bernuse


...and some Croute de Mayen to end the amazing day of skiing


Shane, me, Erin and Ethan with our croutes


One last view of Riondaz from lower part of backside Bernuse before we headed home for the day.