Snow for the Euros.

[Buster Highmen]

Sounds like a cool plan. So all those "freeride" routes shown on the map are avy controlled?

No. But no one will stop you from accessing them from their lifts.
Some get skied a lot, like the Giraffe and Felsental. Some are harder to access like the Blauberg.

[subtle plague]

Scroll down here and see "Freeride Routes":


I like to ski over to the Gemsstock tram from Rueras: walk up the hill to the train station, take the train West to the first stop at Dieni, get off, ride lifts and ski Westward until you get to Andermatt. Take skis off and walk across the street to the train station where you can pick up the jitney that take people over to the Gemsstock tram.

Don't do that on a powder day though. Take the train and get up the gemsstock early or you'll miss the warm up bowl runs and havevto get to the more interesting runs without warm up..

Usually gemsstock opens earlier on a big day than the fun top lift at disentis which tend to take a day of Sunshine. But that depends on ammounts and storm direction.

[Recreationpro]

Hello everyone,
I have booked 6 days of skiing at Andermatt-Sedrun-Disentis at Mt.lodge between the 27th of February and the 4th of March. As I will be alone and it will my first time there, I would like to ask for advice about where to ski or any lines. I will book a guide in a group for 1 or 2 days but not it will be on the first day. I also saw that there is a Freeride Days event at Andermatt during the time I will be there that also offers guiding at a slightly better price.
Any advice about where to ski, lines, guides or anything else is welcome!
( i will only do lift-served skiing or with a small hike)

Thank you all!!

Good choice with Mt Lodge. Michel, the owner, is a savvy skier that can give you very good pragmatic beta (if he is not swamped at the moment helping other guests..).

[Buster Highmen]

The sagacious subtle is correct: on pow days, beeline to the Gemsstock, the earliest train from the East side/Rueras leaves at 7:30 and gets to Andermatt at 8:20.

If one gets off the train at Natschen, one might beat the train to town.

[Rossymcg]

So all those "freeride" routes shown on the map are avy controlled?

This is Euro man nowts avi controlled outside the poles


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[jz3]

Hi TGR, wow, its been a decade since posting here - looking for some help though, I'm heading to St Anton next week, first time there - is there any reason (aka is it easier) to prebuy lift tickets online and pick them up, or can I just buy a 4-day pass at the ticket window the first morning?

Thanks much, doesn't seem like a banner snow year but looking forward to checking the place out

[subtle plague]

This is Euro man nowts avi controlled outside the poles


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Not entitely true. They bomb the "vorgipfelcouloir" in andermatt ( since We've been talking about it) because they don't want it to unload on the groomer, but no they never bomb anything to make freeriders happy.

[Buster Highmen]

Not entitely true. They bomb the "vorgipfelcouloir" in andermatt ( since We've been talking about it) because they don't want it to unload on the groomer, but no they never bomb anything to make freeriders happy.

Logically, "no" is the correct answer since not all freeride routes as referenced in the original query are bombed, only those above the groomers.

[subtle plague]

Logically, "no" is the correct answer since not all freeride routes as referenced in the original query are bombed, only those above the groomers.

As always. You are correct [emoji3]

[Buster Highmen]

As always. You are correct [emoji3]

You'll have to take that one up with my wife.

[subtle plague]

You'll have to take that one up with my wife.

Please refer to the appropriate thread for that [emoji6]

[Rossymcg]

Not entitely true. They bomb the "vorgipfelcouloir" in andermatt ( since We've been talking about it) because they don't want it to unload on the groomer, but no they never bomb anything to make freeriders happy.

maybe I didnt phrase that quite correctly, bombing only happens to protect inside the poles and even then don't trust it

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[bobinch]

They bomb the itineraries in Verbier. They fence them off until they have been secured and you can often see the bombholes. But in theory only 20m each side of the orange markers is secured. In the rest of the off piste terrain only the slopes threatening pistes or infrastructure are secured - mainly using Gazex machines

[geo039]

They bomb the itineraries in Verbier. They fence them off until they have been secured and you can often see the bombholes. But in theory only 20m each side of the orange markers is secured. In the rest of the off piste terrain only the slopes threatening pistes or infrastructure are secured - mainly using Gazex machines

…..so now back to the real question how is the snow in Verb?

[bobinch]

…..so now back to the real question how is the snow in Verb?

Unfortunately I chose the best week of the ski season to be in the US… Looks pretty good from the reports
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CniAM...d=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Heading to Cham on Friday hoping for a crack at the Rond/Cosmique. Looks like Chamonix got even more than Valais!
https://instagram.com/stories/glenpl...d=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Just hope the sun comes out - forecast is showing more cloud

[Straightline1]

Thank you all for the response, you’ve been very helpful
one last question…do you think it’s better to book a guide at the first days of the trip or the later on, I mean that regarding any new lines he might show that less tracked
thanks!

[beer30]

First days as from him you can get a lay of the land?

[obi wan kenobi]

Thank you all for the response, you’ve been very helpful
one last question…do you think it’s better to book a guide at the first days of the trip or the later on, I mean that regarding any new lines he might show that less tracked
thanks!

I would say it depends on how good you ski - do you need a day to get back into skiing or are you good for sketchy stuff right of the gates? I ski in Andermatt for the last 20 years and I prefer having one day to myself to get into steep skiing mode again and getting acclimatized. The Gemsstock offers plenty of terrain to be accessed just by yourself for the first day.

[TOLOCOMan]

Had some great days in Tignes/Val d'Isere to start our trip. Pretty deep day at Les Arcs today. Arrived in 3 Valles this evening for the next 5 days. If anyone is around and wants to link up for some turns, let me know.

[TOLOCOMan]

Meribel was pretty sweet today. The cold is keeping the snow soft, so even where it's tracked, it's still soft. Best part though is that everyone only seems to ski groomers here so the good stuff isn't even really tracked!

[subtle plague]

A new hope on the Horizon.
Next week could see some Northern Stau. Still not certain but ens start twitching too.not judt Single runs

[Rossymcg]

Had some great days in Tignes/Val d'Isere to start our trip. Pretty deep day at Les Arcs today. Arrived in 3 Valles this evening for the next 5 days. If anyone is around and wants to link up for some turns, let me know.

where did you ski there? stuck to stuff you could see or venture out a bit?

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[twat]

A new hope on the Horizon.
Next week could see some Northern Stau. Still not certain but ens start twitching too.not judt Single runs

You kidding me

[subtle plague]

Today was fun.
But ultra cold. My toes were just a little bit away from frostbite. Not cool.

[TOLOCOMan]

where did you ski there? stuck to stuff you could see or venture out a bit?

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Vetured out a decent amount did some laps where we totally left the resort even though we got to the lines straight from a lift and right back to a lift. Didn't even pull skins out of the bag once even though we had them. It was amazing what you could do from lift to lift. At least to a North American it was... Also did lots of cool lines in the resort too that weren't necessarily to obvious. Highlight of the lines there for me though was probably Banane couloir, it's pretty obvious from the chair. Not quite as obvious looking down from the top though🤣