Gressoney Back Country Ski Course with Snoworks – Day 2 The day started with another porridge catastrophe – I found a piece of semi-cooked blue dishcloth in me breakfast. Blearghhh! The dogs KNOW. They have got upset about us leaving them and although we are tight on time, having to walk them and get ourselvesContinue reading “Tales from the Back Country. “Don’t miss the turn or you’ll go over a cliff.””
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Gressoney Back Country Ski Course with Snoworks
Tales from the Back Country – Day 1 “You will need skis at least 100mm underfoot” said Snoworks’ chief instructor Nick Quinn at our welcome meeting. We must be the jammiest off piste skiers in the world. A week ago, thin lines of white piste wound through grass and the black run needed a bitContinue reading “Gressoney Back Country Ski Course with Snoworks”
That Monday Morning Feeling…
If you read my last post, you will know that we are suffering a few issues with a full scale Viking invasion. Last night, The Vikings went a’Viking once again. Yes –you might not know that Viking, or more correctly, Vikingr, is actually a verb used to describe men behaving badly with beards, backpacksContinue reading “That Monday Morning Feeling…”
How to Improve Your Skiing IMMEASURABLY!
Previously, we discussed why it is that “With Great Powder Comes Great Responsibility.” I also mentioned that the prospect of skiing down seven Chilean volcanoes was how we discovered our tried-and-trusted way to get into the back country safely. A side-effect of all this was that our skiing improved IMMEASURABLY! So pull up a pew and IContinue reading “How to Improve Your Skiing IMMEASURABLY!”
World Wide Walkies 