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Zermatt weekend report (by request)
Drove down to Zermatt Friday night, via Lotschberg tunnel. Snow as low
down as Frutigen on the Bern side was a good omen, although there was none on the South-facing side once through the tunnel. But once past Visp there was a lot again, and at Tasch there was 40cm of fresh stuff :-)) So Saturday augered well, but due to sorting a friend out for ski hire & ski school we didn't get off to an early start, which then got worse. In the queue for lift passes at 0930, finally git them by 1010. Then another 15 minutes queuing for the new 'Matterhorn Express' 8-man bubble. This was running only as far as Furi, where we then had to queue again for over an hour to get the next stage cable-car to Trockener Steg. So it was about midday before we even got our skis on, and we were not happy bunnies. But the sun was shining, the snow was excellent, and a couple of runs soon brightened our demeanour. Another new lift, a six-man chair to Furggsattel, combined with the existing one from Furgg, gave access to a reasonable amount of skiing around this area, with the added bonus of a couple of the red runs not having been opened (or pisted) yet, so some powder was found and duly skied. Heavy and chopped up in parts, but great fun nonetheless. Later on we went up to the top of Kl. Matterhorn and did a couple of runs up there before heading for home. The cable car queues looked bad again so we decided to ski down, thinking it ould be peaceful as the black run from Furgg was closed. Unfortunately it was a bit of a moving slalom most of the way down, as many people had got caught out by the Furgg chair closing so were doing the same as us. At Furi there seemed to be further queues so we went down the path/road all the way to resort. Sunday was a much better start, with the Matterhorn Express now running all the way up to Schwarzsee, so no quese today. Skied mainly over in Cervinia, which was a first time for me, and very pleasant indeed, although we pretty much stuck to cruisy reds (some soft-ish bumps and stuff, so not too boring), as we were both suffering a bit from first-day leg syndrome[1]. Great conditions though, and mo st upper runs open and well-prepared. Stopped for a very nice lunch over there too, then meandered home, this time taking the lift back, as a lot of rocks were now showing. [1] aka, in my case, old age :-{ -- Ace (bruce dot rogers at roche dot com) Ski Club of Great Britain - http://www.skiclub.co.uk All opinions expressed are personal and in no way represent those of the Ski Club. |
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Phew what a Scorcher
15C in Laax and getting warmer! Sandals definitely (been wearing them since
March) but at this rate it'll be T-shirt weather tomorrow :-) -- Simon Brown www.hb9drv.ch |
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Phew what a Scorcher
On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 11:12:07 +0100, "Simon Brown"
wrote: 15C in Laax and getting warmer! Sandals definitely (been wearing them since March) but at this rate it'll be T-shirt weather tomorrow :-) remarkable, it's 4.5c here (near Fribourg) -- Yeah, because you never know when the value of 2^15 will change and you have to go through all your code fixing it. -- Paul Tomblin |
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Phew what a Scorcher
On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 11:20:05 +0100, Ian Spare
wrote: On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 11:12:07 +0100, "Simon Brown" wrote: 15C in Laax and getting warmer! Sandals definitely (been wearing them since March) but at this rate it'll be T-shirt weather tomorrow :-) remarkable, it's 4.5c here (near Fribourg) And it was only about 3c here (Basel) on my way in this morning, although I heard foehn forecasted for further south. -- Ace (bruce dot rogers at roche dot com) Ski Club of Great Britain - http://www.skiclub.co.uk All opinions expressed are personal and in no way represent those of the Ski Club. |
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Phew what a Scorcher
Oh it's warm. FWIW none of the locals expect the wimmin's racing to go ahead
on December 20-21. And it will get even warmer tomorrow / Thursday. -- Simon Brown www.hb9drv.ch "Ace" wrote in message ... And it was only about 3c here (Basel) on my way in this morning, although I heard foehn forecasted for further south. |
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Phew what a Scorcher
Current weather is on http://www.alpenarena.ch/pages/wetter/meteo.asp
3C at 2,228m -- Simon Brown www.hb9drv.ch "Simon Brown" wrote in message ... Oh it's warm. FWIW none of the locals expect the wimmin's racing to go ahead on December 20-21. And it will get even warmer tomorrow / Thursday. -- Simon Brown www.hb9drv.ch "Ace" wrote in message ... And it was only about 3c here (Basel) on my way in this morning, although I heard foehn forecasted for further south. |
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Phew what a Scorcher
On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 12:37:49 +0100, "Simon Brown"
wrote: Current weather is on http://www.alpenarena.ch/pages/wetter/meteo.asp 3C at 2,228m Obviously just Eastern Switzerland, as Zermatt is still looking good for the next few days - sub-zero temperatures and some snow and wind. -- Ace (bruce dot rogers at roche dot com) Ski Club of Great Britain - http://www.skiclub.co.uk All opinions expressed are personal and in no way represent those of the Ski Club. |
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Phew what a Scorcher
In message , Ace
writes On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 12:37:49 +0100, "Simon Brown" wrote: Current weather is on http://www.alpenarena.ch/pages/wetter/meteo.asp 3C at 2,228m Obviously just Eastern Switzerland, as Zermatt is still looking good for the next few days - sub-zero temperatures and some snow and wind. Thanks, Bruce - I'll keep an eye open for lift problems and try to abandon anyone who isn't ready for a prompt start! As for the weather, it could do anything in two days, and it seems to be warmer in Laax than it is in Reading - it's well chilly here. -- Sue ];( Bounce, bounce |
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Phew what a Scorcher
Today was another lovely day, the next 5 or so will be clear blue skies but
a tad colder. Enjoy Reading :-) -- Simon Brown www.hb9drv.ch "Sue" wrote in message ... As for the weather, it could do anything in two days, and it seems to be warmer in Laax than it is in Reading - it's well chilly here. |
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Phew what a Scorcher
On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 20:20:28 +0000, Sue wrote:
In message , Ace writes On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 12:37:49 +0100, "Simon Brown" wrote: Current weather is on http://www.alpenarena.ch/pages/wetter/meteo.asp 3C at 2,228m Obviously just Eastern Switzerland, as Zermatt is still looking good for the next few days - sub-zero temperatures and some snow and wind. Thanks, Bruce - I'll keep an eye open for lift problems and try to abandon anyone who isn't ready for a prompt start! Presumably you're referring to my comments in another post? It's worth pointing out then that the problems we encountered were a result of a) only 2/4 lift pass windows being open (it being the first day of the season didn't help) and b) the new lift not running its full distance, leading to a bottleneck at the mid station as everyone was turfed off and had to wait for the cable car. SO I think it's unlikely that there will be similar problems again. -- Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom) Ski Club of Great Britain - http://www.skiclub.co.uk All opinions expressed are personal and in no way represent those of the Ski Club. |
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