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Old February 17th 04, 07:31 PM
funkraum
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Default Things one would like to do in a good snow year

Jeremy Mortimer wrote:
funkraum wrote in



Verbier - Le Chable.


I like your thinking. Never tried this. Surely it would have to be
forty below after a three meter dump ?


[...]
Ski de fond across Geneva to get to work.


Almost as enjoyable as watching all the automobile smashes.


Actually most or all of these except the last are at least briefly possible
most seasons; it's more a matter of being there at the right time.


With a chain of web-cams situated down the valley, looking up at the
snow line, then it would be easy to tell when 'surf was up'. This
would not be as flattering to the resorts as their cameras which are
pointed at big patch of white.

Techno-economically speaking, we are not far away from a small band of
subversives being able to mount cameras on a telegraph pole or
apartment balcony and have the image fed to the web via GPRS. Voltage
would have to be supplied from a solar panel in the absence of supply
by friendly parties.



Also:


+ Jura - Alpine/ski-tour/ski du fond/anything. Great to be among the
trees.

Although I think the Transjurassienne was cancelled on recent year due
to lack of snow.

http://www.transjurassienne.com/

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