Comments on: Zinal / Grimentz http://snowslider.net/2007/02/24/zinal-grimentz/ Blogging From the mountains by ise Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:42:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: SnowSlider - Blogging From the Snow by ise » Blog Archive » 2007 Red Bull Hike and Ride http://snowslider.net/2007/02/24/zinal-grimentz/#comment-3022 SnowSlider - Blogging From the Snow by ise » Blog Archive » 2007 Red Bull Hike and Ride Mon, 05 Nov 2007 18:09:07 +0000 http://snowslider.net/2007/02/24/zinal-grimentz/#comment-3022 [...] in an blog a while back that the Red Bull Hike and Ride had passed through Zinal and Grimentz (see here) and that the winning video was shot in the valley. As a taster for winter I thought I’d post [...] [...] in an blog a while back that the Red Bull Hike and Ride had passed through Zinal and Grimentz (see here) and that the winning video was shot in the valley. As a taster for winter I thought I’d post [...]

]]> By: George Nimeh http://snowslider.net/2007/02/24/zinal-grimentz/#comment-784 George Nimeh Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:20:00 +0000 http://snowslider.net/2007/02/24/zinal-grimentz/#comment-784 ps: I seem to have massacred the links above ... Red Bull Hike&Ride web site: http://www.redbullhikeandride.com/ ps: I seem to have massacred the links above …

Red Bull Hike&Ride web site:
http://www.redbullhikeandride.com/

]]> By: George Nimeh http://snowslider.net/2007/02/24/zinal-grimentz/#comment-783 George Nimeh Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:18:35 +0000 http://snowslider.net/2007/02/24/zinal-grimentz/#comment-783 Hi Ian, It was sooo cool to meet you in Grimentz. How random. Just FYI, the 2 guys who filmed in Zinal and Grimentz won the competition. They found some of the last remaininig powder in Switzerland and have an incredible story to tell. The dump we just got much appreciated, and I hope you had a couple good powder days on Monday and Tuesday. I'm in Gargellen and headed for St Christoph. The goods here the past 2 days were incredible. Grimentz and Zinal are on my "must return" list, and I hope we can hook up for a few fresh tracks the next time I'm there. Ciao! <a href="http://www.i-boy.com/weblog/" title="~G~" rel="nofollow"> PS: all the videos and clips from the event are on the </a><a href="http://www.redbullhikeandride.com/weblog/" title="Red Bull Hike&Ride" rel="nofollow"> site.</a> Hi Ian,

It was sooo cool to meet you in Grimentz. How random. Just FYI, the 2 guys who filmed in Zinal and Grimentz won the competition. They found some of the last remaininig powder in Switzerland and have an incredible story to tell.

The dump we just got much appreciated, and I hope you had a couple good powder days on Monday and Tuesday. I’m in Gargellen and headed for St Christoph. The goods here the past 2 days were incredible.

Grimentz and Zinal are on my “must return” list, and I hope we can hook up for a few fresh tracks the next time I’m there.

Ciao!

PS: all the videos and clips from the event are on the site.

]]> By: ise http://snowslider.net/2007/02/24/zinal-grimentz/#comment-741 ise Sun, 25 Feb 2007 21:22:59 +0000 http://snowslider.net/2007/02/24/zinal-grimentz/#comment-741 Visibility was slightly worse today, I'd gone up on the first lift and had some good skiing in the fresh snow that had fallen overnight but it was awkward in places due to the lack of light. What could have been the best run of the day turned into the worse, the Chamois descent into Mottec was 'problematic' as I couldn't see more than a metre or so, the snow was excellent but it was a bit one turn at a time although the middle section was nice as the light improved. The run drops over 4000 feet mostly in the first part, as you turn to Mottec it drops another 2 1/2 inches in about 10km with the gradient reaching 1 in 100,000 in places. In wet untracked snow on skis that were last waxed weeks ago it was painful and I missed the bus by 2 minutes at Mottec and had to wait another 20mins for the next. Oddly, no one else arrived in that time. Visibility was slightly worse today, I’d gone up on the first lift and had some good skiing in the fresh snow that had fallen overnight but it was awkward in places due to the lack of light.

What could have been the best run of the day turned into the worse, the Chamois descent into Mottec was ‘problematic’ as I couldn’t see more than a metre or so, the snow was excellent but it was a bit one turn at a time although the middle section was nice as the light improved. The run drops over 4000 feet mostly in the first part, as you turn to Mottec it drops another 2 1/2 inches in about 10km with the gradient reaching 1 in 100,000 in places. In wet untracked snow on skis that were last waxed weeks ago it was painful and I missed the bus by 2 minutes at Mottec and had to wait another 20mins for the next. Oddly, no one else arrived in that time.

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