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- Author: Ian Spare
- Listed in: Extreme Personal Sports
- Tags: ski switzerland zinal grimentz skiing freeride
- Added on: Jul 27th, 2006
- Country: Switzerland
- Language: English
Blog site for skiing and alpine activities in Switzerland, particularly around Zinal and the Val d'Anniviers. The author is an experienced skier and spends his time ski touring, ski mountaineering and exploring the backcountry around the Valais in Switzerland. The blog covers trips reports with photographs and periodic reviews of skiing and climbing equipment.
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Tour du Ciel, day 4, 4th May 2008
Here we are, day four at a fairly leisurely 0500 start and hitting the hill at 0615. The night was spent in the Tracuit Hut which at 3270m is fairly high, the hut was pretty busy probably due to such superb conditions. So far the tour has just been e...
Tour du Ciel, day 3, 3rd May 2008
This was going to be a long day, the aim was to travel to the Cabane de Tracuit which looks a pretty long way on the map. Another early start at 0400hr and we’re away from the the cabane du Mountet a little after 0430hrs lighting the way by hea...
Tour du Ciel, day 2, 2nd May 2008
Next morning saw us leaving the hut a little after 0500 hrs in the dark skiing down lighting the way with our head torches with the occasional sparks from the skier in front if they caught a rock with their edges. We skied back along a little way whe...
Tour du Ciel, day 1, 1st May 2008
This was the first day of the tour du Ciel a ski route from Zermatt. Even though it’s the 1st of May the night before it snowed and when I got up there was a few cm of snow on the ground in Zinal. The route for the day was pretty short so we me...
Twitter Updates for 2008-05-02
Climbing col Durand. Been climbing for 3 hours already, started in darkness, tricky but nice weather. # ...
