A couple weeks back, I went to a neighboring town, Diablerets to ski on the glacier where there was some pow to be found. It was also a blue bird day. One could see both Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn.
Pictured, here are a couple shots of Mont Blanc, where I'd been the weekend before.
Here's a couple videos...one faceplant and one decent descent...
St. Bernard Ski Tour - Italian/Swiss frontier
Since it has not snowed since December, it's been hard to ski in Leysin. This past Saturday, I drove down the mountain, across the valley and up the Grand St. Bernard with two friends, Addie and Paul. We started our ski tour at the bottom of what used to be a piste. However, the chair life no longer runs. We toured up to the summit of on a ridge line that is on the Swiss Italian border. The tour to get up to the ridge was about two and a half hours up the north side. When we reached the top, we could see south into the Aosta Valley in Italy. We took a long lunch to soak up the warm sun rays and then descended the north west side back into Switzerland.
Making the ascent.
Paul checking out our descent route around the side.
Addie
Looking out the south west on the Italian side.
Stopping for lunch
I have reason to assume that this is the first ascent of this peak that Pirate's Booty has ever made...so I had to document it.
Addie enjoying the sun and her hard boiled egg
After lunch, we had to boot pack for a little to get to our descent route.
Addie checking out the map to make sure we're heading in the right direction. As much as we'd like to end up in Italy, that probably wouldn't be the quickest route home.
Our descent off the north west side
It's easier to see our tracks in black and white
Looking ahead
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