Skiing

Thanks mate. Five hours into the helicopter queue and no weather windows.

Loads of avalanches coming down the mountain behind the train station so at least we have some entertainment!

Well, I'm back at work in London. Wishing I wasn't...

7 hours of queueing and have a place on a helicopter for midday tomorrow.

I'm taking my 7yo daughter on her first ski trip in two weeks. We are going with a friend of hers and her dad, catching the Eurostar and then sleeper train to Brian on for Serre Chevalier.

I can't wait to mess about on snow and skis with her. She has had one lesson here on snow in Hemel Hempstead and took to it really well.

I have been thinking about this since the day I found out that Tori was pregnant with her. Yay!

Oh yeah, does anyone have a ski bag I could borrow for the trip? We leave on Friday 9th Feb and come back in Wednesday 14th.

7? Bit late to be starting... Have fun!

Oh, and I do have many ski bags, but they're all in Switzerland.

7 late to be starting 😳
I'm 48 and going skiing for the first time in February! I'm going to Zakopane in Poland. I did go dry skiing once in the 80's on a school trip, obviously I'm going to have lessons as soon as I get out there.
What could go wrong 🤔

You British? You’ll be on the Winter Olympics team in no time

7 late to be starting 😳

So I'm told. Mind you, I never skied until my early 30s, after I decided I was too old for snowboarding. Which I was rubbish at anyway.

I started skiing at 5, never did much though and am still reasonably bad at it.

Going up Glencoe tomorrow hopefully you can see a bit more than last week.

Depends how long your skis are...

I have one but maxes out at 175cm i think

Off to Georgia tomorrow, much excitement. Will post a review when I'm back if anyone is interested. Hopefully part ski holiday part adventure.

Oh, thanks, I went ahead and ordered one, on sale so not too spenny.

yes please to the review

Yes I am, but don't think I can get the time off work this time around😄

Ah hahaha....just back from la plagne. Superb conditions, with powder every day if you looked properly. On saturday the glacier opened, as it had been shut since the big dump the weekend before. Bluebird all day. When the glacier opens, you get all of the faces and bowls off the side of the bellecote, the rochu sector I suppose you might call it, with the faces under the chalet de bellecote chair, so you can just lap that chair if you like.

Don't really get it from this video but it's nice and steep.

https://vimeo.com/253228415

Lush

Ticked off a very big bucket list item today. Dog leg couloir on the Bec des Rosses! Dropped in just off the shoulder rather than from the top, skied not that well but so happy to have done it. Makes the shit they do in the FWT even more incredible seeing the cliffs up close. Fuck it's steep.

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And here's me getting excited about ticking off another item on my todo list for skiing today. Sadly it was "Book airport parking".

Can't wait...

Good effort. That is properly hardcore stuff. Sooner you than me, etc. etc...

Just back from a week in Mayrhofen with the wife. Had a blast. Great snow, everything open, glacier was unreal. Back in work now.. gutted!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va6i-44hMIQ

Hell yeah, Rad Dad. Must be the best feeling ever to be passing it on, enjoy!

Nicely done

How was it? Not made it up yet this year. Hoping for a good day at the back corries, but always tempting to just stop at glencoe and lap the spring run and the fly.

Can't believe that's my week abroad done for the year, but then I do have a baby on the way, due to arrive mid april...