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Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow… (artificially)

Monday, 12. 18. 2006  –  Category: Snowboarding

With the cold weather finally upon us, not much real snowfall to speak of and the busy Christmas holidays to deal with, isn’t it about time we saw the snow cannons in action?
Morzine today is starting to resemble the golf course it was looking like a couple of weeks back. The snowfall was short-lived [...]

Semtex, bulldozers and rock crushing machines

Sunday, 12. 17. 2006  –  Category: Snowboarding

… that’s what it takes to get the slopes ready for us to use when the winter comes round, acording to pistehors.com.
One of the consequences of climate change is that snow depths are thinner, particularly at the start of the season. Snow canons can be used to lay down base but they are costly to [...]

Morzine weather and webcams

Thursday, 12. 7. 2006  –  Category: Snowboarding

In three weeks time I’m off to Morzine for ten days, staying over New Year. Really looking forward to it. There’s a good group of us going, including my girlfriend who will be snowboarding for the first time. Good on her! The only thing we need now is some snow…
So, I’ve [...]

National Ski and Snowboard week

Monday, 11. 13. 2006  –  Category: Skiing, Snowboarding

It is National Ski and Snowboard week here in the UK. Going with the super lame slogan: Give snow a go!
Well, its cheesey, but lets give them the benefit of the doubt. It looks like there’s a load of offers and freebies up for grabs, which is what this is all about [...]

Zermatt weather and webcams

Tuesday, 11. 7. 2006  –  Category: Snowboarding

I’ve got a snowboarding weekend in Zermatt coming up in a couple of weeks. The season has barely started so I’ve been keeping a close watch on the snow forecasts and the web cams.
I thought I’d share these with you in case anyone else is heading over, and give me easy access to the [...]

Chalet food delivery service

Thursday, 10. 26. 2006  –  Category: Uncategorized

I tend to do a lot more self-catering snowboard holidays than catered. This obviously means spending time and money in the local supermarché and boulangerie etc…
Another new service I stumbled upon at the Ski and Snowboard Show was an English company that allow you to pre-order your food with them before you leave for [...]

Ski and board hire in the UK

Tuesday, 10. 24. 2006  –  Category: Skiing, Snowboarding

Do you often find the gear you hire at the resort is shite? Sweaty boots with dodgy laces and big heel lift? Crappy bindings that come loose? Board more flexible than a credit card and not in your preferred size?
I met a company at the Metro Ski & Snowboard Show on Sunday [...]

Chamonix back country video

Wednesday, 06. 28. 2006  –  Category: Video

Just watched this video on YouTube… bunch of guys hitting the Chamonix back country for a day.

Zauchensee

Thursday, 02. 9. 2006  –  Category: Snowboarding

Spent 4 days snowboarding in Austria last weekend and had an absolute blast. The first 2 days were spent at Zauchensee and the other 2 at Flachau. I’ll write up Flachau separately.
First, a bit of background on the trip:

Altenmarkt and Zauchensee next week

Wednesday, 01. 25. 2006  –  Category: Snowboarding

Off to Altenmarkt a week on Friday for snowboarding in nearby Zauchensee and a few other reports. Looking forward to giveing my new f2 Sonic board and spx 44 bindings a run out. Not used them yet.
Will report back.

Chamonix

Sunday, 01. 8. 2006  –  Category: Snowboarding

Just came back from a week snowboarding in Chamonix.
Conditions were generally great. There was a massive dump after about 3 days, leaving fantastic powder for the remainders of our time there.