BALMY

43!

I don't see how it is going to getup to 43 degrees today, but lets hope it does.

A good powder day!

The Snow field with Freshies

The North Face of the Eiger. 1800m of mixed alpine climbing.

One other thing I forgot to mention. On one of my rest days, we went on a short hike in the woods, with a pack on for a little weight. The interesting part of the day was finding these rather nice sculptures in the woods.

Went to the Jungfrau reagion today for the last day of skiing. The website was reporting 25cm of new snow from the prior day. One of my dads friends, a Dutchman named Roger drove us down. He was familiar with the area, and helped us navigate the lifts. It was Super cold a the base, about 24 degrees. This is a good sign for light fluffy powder. My suspisions were confirmed as we rode about 4 lifts up to the top of the area. I spent the morning searching for the right place, and basicly thrashing my new skis on submerged rocks. For lunch we jamed out in sunchairs staring right into the face of Europes most notorious Norwalds. The EIGER. After a Veal sausage, and some beers, I hit a nice power area that still had a few fresh tracks. These were the best turns of the day. The snow was light, about at the top of the boot, and great for dialing in the powder tech. A fitting end for a good trip.

SKI FEST!

Yesterday I went to Andermatt, in the center of Swiss land. The off pist snow was increadable. This is defininatly an off the list type of place, with most of the people here for the back country offerings. We bumped around the different areas, but settled in on an area that was up high, and had some freshies to rip on. The last run of the day was the best, with an untouched section of snow that I traveresed to. It was under a rock band that had shed some snow. You know it is good when the snow hits you in the face. Totally shreader.

The day before, I skied Engleberg. This area was highly toughted by many, and held one of the ski jump world cups two weeks ago. I took the train to Engleberg via Lucern at 6:03am I was on the slopes by 9am. It was cold, and super windy. The snow sucked where there was snow. The rest was wind scoured glacier ice. Pretty tough to ski on in my opinion. I did not get to check out the highest area because of a tachtical mistake on my part that pust me pack at the bottom. After an hour of waiting in line, I decided to bail and drink a beer while walking across town to the other lift. This area had some fresh tracks to lay down, but the snow was a little heavy due to the afternoon sun. Still the terrain was steep enough to get hit by my own snow slough on the way down.

Rest day today, got a little bit of a cold going. Tomorrow, the last day, I head to Grindelwald. This area should be pretty special, as it is in the Jaungfrau region. The skiing will be at the base of the Eiger!