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Another day in Zinal although by lunchtime the self-service restaurant looked busy so we skied to Grimentz and had lunch over there.

I’d had a mail a few weeks back from George Nimeh who’s part of the Red Bull Hike and Ride setup, he’d mentioned getting over in this area before the event itself. I’d forgotten about this until lunch time when a couple of guys came into the restaurant with video gear and it jogged my memory. Anyway, it turned out to be George and some guys from the event.

There’s already some footage posted over on their site and it’s well worth looking at, here’s the link again : Red Bull Hike and Ride

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Originally we’d planned to go to Grimentz on the bus but today was the first day the black Chamois piste was open this season. The Chamois starts from the Corne de Sorebois at 2896m and drops to the village of Mottec at 1580m, it’s possible to turn off the piste towards the bottom and ski into Grimentz though. So we took this route instead of the bus as it’s just a lot more fun.

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A fine, sunny day in Zinal with pretty much all of the runs open including the return to the village.

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As it was a nice sunny day I decided to go and take a look at the Cabane des Becs de Bosson, it’s situated between the Val d’Hérens, Val d’Anniviers and the Vallon de Réchy. I nearly didn’t make it as I couldn’t find my climbing skins but they turned up in another rucksack.

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