Snow for the Euros.

**Meathelmet** · 12-19-2005, 03:26 PM

Awww... So can you say that in generalisation that:

Switzerland : Ok
Francia :Ok
Austria : Super Ok
Italy : Sucks

?

Eh?

Boys, so the base is supposedy quite/very good in souther switzerland now. Unless the pooh-pooh comes and fucks everything up.
Or?
No need to bring rocks skis there...

**verbier61** · 12-19-2005, 04:20 PM

Originally Posted by Meathelmet

Awww... So can you say that in generalisation that:

Italy : Sucks

not all italy. dolomiti have a perfect bottom, prolly better than switz. Appennini (ROCCARASO is the place) have been nuked like hell. Monterosa sucks.

**Lostinthetrees** · 12-20-2005, 06:33 PM

Originally Posted by Meathelmet

...
Boys, so the base is supposedy quite/very good in souther switzerland now. Unless the pooh-pooh comes and fucks everything up.
Or?
No need to bring rocks skis there...

Off the glacier the base is thin to non-existent in Saas-Fee, Haute Valais (or, Wallais).

Glacier pistes: some the best snow conditions I have experienced.

Pistes from Glacier & Mid-station into village: Sadly, only 1 red run is open. It is in excellent shape, though.
Saas-Fee needs at least 50cms of new snow to open up the additional pistes.

Off-Piste: All the scree & talus fields are very exposed right now. The glacier is too dangerous.
Needs 100+cms of new snow in at least 2 storms to open up the off-piste terrain.

Saas-Fee findings here:
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=42021

**Meathelmet** · 12-21-2005, 01:14 AM

Thanks LITT, go to know that no need to bother to go to that area!

12 hours and I´ll sitting in a car in Geneve..

Fkna!!!

**subtle plague** · 12-21-2005, 12:17 PM

Originally Posted by Franz Klammer

My brother just phoned me saying that the Krippenstein was closed today and probably will be closed tomorrow. You might ask why?

Here's the answer

Total Snow: 300cm (170cm in the last 4 days)

well... closed and yet not closed

ok sat was only one run until they got the order, that we were not allowed to ski anymore, but sunday was quite nice, although they were still "closed"

i'll post an audio file soon that will sum it up quite nicely. vid maybe, but i do not want to shatter all your ideas of an "opening weekend"

and since i got the order from my fellow german maggots: the krip does suck, and there is no powder to be had. (they'll torture me if i do not stop posting positive propaganda )

edit: i must edit out conditions( im scared

) . but I still resist a bit...... the terms "february" and "good year" should help building a sentence concerning the conditions........

**subtle plague** · 12-22-2005, 09:40 AM

pics for your viewing pleasure.
im too lazy for an TR right now

http://freeskiers.x-skier.com/index....0&topic=587.45

**gincognito** · 12-22-2005, 09:45 AM

Mit's reporting some nice conditions from the Interlaken area. Some of the best powder he's skied, he states. Couple shoulder deep turns, plenty of waist deep and consistently over the knees. Sounds alright...

Sick and ashamed and happy (and wish I could have stayed longer),
d.

**Franz Klammer** · 12-22-2005, 10:05 PM

It's 4am and I've got a massive jet lag. Snow in Sölden is good and even 4 days after the storm there were still some stashes left - nothing spectacular though.

My brother launching the famous "Gorilla Air" on 67mm waists (Scratch BC with Gwat's bindings to follow tomorrow)

Some more steeze from my brother

Looking forward to seeing you all soon in Chamonix, Verbier, Leysin, Krippenstein ...

**powslut** · 12-23-2005, 04:03 AM

Originally Posted by Franz Klammer

Looking forward to seeing you all soon in Chamonix, Verbier, Leysin, Krippenstein ...

Are you still going to come for a ski in St Anton as well?

**Franz Klammer** · 12-25-2005, 11:59 AM

Live Reporting from Sölden

December 23
Sölden got a big dump on December 23 - it was a fantastic day. Low visibility with face shots to be had on every single turn. Possibly my best day of skiing ever because my brother and I had a high-speed quad with a black run with free refills and full on face-shots COMPLETELY to ourselves from 8:30 until 12:30. Photos were impossible.

December 24
Blue-bird day so we brought out the cameras and took the lines we had scouted on December 22.

Me crossing my brother's line (damn poacher!!!)

Me dropping in (that line down there was also ours ...)

My brother getting some

Anticipating ...

Flying ...

Exploding ...

And once again

And finally me with some gorilla steeze ...

December 25
More good stuff. Just gotta love Sölden where everyone stays on the slopes and you can have the good stuff all to yourself. Oh, first slide of the season - bit of a scare but all's fine.

Off to Les Deux Alpes tomorrow until January 1st.

Powslut - sorry, have to stay with the folks, but there is a high chance that I'll show my face in St. Anton in early January.

Many thanks to all the maggots for hook-ups: I'm using the backpack that Meg Oster sold about a year ago in gear swap, my brother is using one that mntlion sent to me for a ridiculously cheap price. My brother is also rocking some awesome Look TT09 that gwat hooked me up with - they look so rad.

**KANUTTEN** · 12-25-2005, 12:05 PM

Sweeeeet!!

God, I envy you

**subtle plague** · 12-27-2005, 01:18 PM

im heading out for bovec tomorrow.
you'll get a decent TR, resort rating(to see if the rumors are true) and pics.
i promise.
and you'll get some teaser video from the best season opening i ever had.(at the secret location in eastern austria, of course

)

right now the first audio TR ever! it will have to suffice.

it's in german, but i guess you'll get the picture......

http://freeskiers.x-skier.com/index....fileinfo&id=19

**comish** · 12-27-2005, 01:26 PM

Nice work Franz.

Was in Solden for their first dump in '00 I think it was? Looked like it would be a good hill with more snow. Way to bring the Euro stoke

**Franz Klammer** · 12-28-2005, 08:46 AM

Currently in Les Deux Alpes. It's cold as hell and there's very little snow so I am working on those tricks with the French ghetto crew in the L2A 3600 snowpark.

Any news from Ripz, Verb61, powslut, bbirtle?

**vertigo** · 12-28-2005, 10:15 AM

Originally Posted by Franz Klammer

Currently in Les Deux Alpes. It's cold as hell and there's very little snow so I am working on those tricks with the French ghetto crew in the L2A 3600 snowpark.

Any news from Ripz, Verb61, powslut, bbirtle?

shame to hear there's so little snow there. have you got any plans to go over into la grave? any idea what the conditions are like over there?

**subtle plague** · 12-28-2005, 10:34 AM

just look at the webcam....

barely any snow at 2400m.
edit for a webspace plea:
does anyone have about 10mb webspace ? i can't reach my site from here and im leaving for bovec tonight, but i wanted to share some eastern austria secret area stoke

**vertigo** · 12-28-2005, 11:04 AM

Originally Posted by subtle plague

just look at the webcam....

barely any snow at 2400m.

yeah, i admit the webcam doesn't look good... but i think that cam's a bit misleading. it gets really windy up there, and those rocks can be scoured bare by the wind, even when there's ok snow coverage.

**TeleAl** · 12-28-2005, 05:27 PM

29 December 2005 00h24
Leysin, Suisse Altitude=1264m.

COLD! Very Cold. -18C at 2000m at 08h00 Wednesday.
Not much wind, but cold. Did I mention, it's cold???

Snowing the last couple days, lightly, but snowing.
Snow living in shelter from sun, still nice and soft.
Snow hit by sun crusty with new snow on top.
New snow as of Wednesday was about over the boot.

It ain't much, but hey, it's a snow report.

Edit=Av cracks developed on some SE facing slopes in Leysin.
This has taken place over a series of days; they kept gettin' bigger.
The bond with the earth ain't there in some(?) places.
Something about cold ground making hoar frost before the snowfall is what I hear.

AH · 12-28-2005, 05:30 PM

For the euro-snow conditions: check www.sionvalais.com, pretty much every webcam in the euro-zone, plus a shitload of weather-links. (I'm guessing: eastside of the alps are rocksolid right now, western-austria = got hammered last week, but little base, france very sketchy)

**TeleAl** · 12-28-2005, 05:37 PM

Originally Posted by AH

For the euro-snow conditions: check www.sionvalais.com, pretty much every webcam in the euro-zone, plus a shitload of weather-links. (I'm guessing: eastside of the alps are rocksolid right now, western-austria = got hammered last week, but little base, france very sketchy)

We have a huge base of snow here, all the way from the top to the village.
I'll speak for the Alpes Vaudoises, which includes Gstaad.
Not sure about the Valais, nor the Cham area.

AH · 12-28-2005, 05:45 PM

Cham is pretty okay, from what I've heard. Alpe D'Huez/L2 Alpes/La Grave are still pretty low on snow. I'm looking at hitting Les Contamines somewhere in January.. They've got hit by a storm last week, but that was just a base..

**powslut** · 12-28-2005, 05:48 PM

The Arlberg is doing OK. Had some good snow in the Langen trees and Backside as well as Schindler have filled in pretty well. Apparently Zurs is still pretty low on snow and the alpine in Sonnenkopf was hurting, but below tree line good snow was to be found. Rendl is rocky as always. Things are set up really well for when we get more snow.

**KANUTTEN** · 12-28-2005, 05:49 PM

does anyone know if the base in st. anton is ok?

**bbirtle** · 12-28-2005, 10:13 PM

Franz - Nice Christmas pics!

I'm home for Christmas and so can't tell you about the Chamonix conditions, unfortunately... but Ohio has been very warm and fairly sunny, so although the super amazing ohhmygod huge fantastic Mad River Ski Area (150ft vertical) is rumered to be open here, I predict sloppy manmade snow and don't recommend it.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, all you insane Maggots around the world...

**verbier61** · 12-29-2005, 04:10 AM

Originally Posted by Franz Klammer

Any news from Ripz, Verb61, powslut, bbirtle?

hi there florian, I just left verb this morning at 5AM (-13° C in the village) for two

days of work in milan. No doubt there's snow in Verb, but the turf it's certainly not at its best yet. We got 5-7 cm in the last 3 days that really added nothing to the bottom made mostly on december 14-16. Mt fort is nice to ski and there are still some good spots to ride, but jezus knows we need more... and looks like something might come from Friday onward.

On a general note, snowforecast.com people must be drunk. In my drive from Verb to milano I saw this morning decent snow in low valais, really nothing in all aosta valley (not to mention monterosa which is dry as hell) and 25 cm snow in Milan! but try to see it in the "last 3 days" section of snowforecast. They are simply not accurate

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