jnelly
Member
Today was a day removed after downpours and 8-10 inches of terribly wet and heavy snow. I was wondering how that combined with elevation and aspect would play a role in the conditions as is talked about here so often. I was not expecting it to be great. That said I am not a snow purist either so YMMV. Truth be told for all things considered. The day was beautiful. ~34 degrees, mostly sunny.
Started at Valiseria lifts and did some warm up runs and then moved on to the upper sections of Valiseria and Rinderhutte. As with any new place it takes some time to figure out the topography lifts and take in the sights. Today was no different except this sector finally gave SCALE so much more so than even the Hochjoch section. And for being a “medium” sized place the size pretty cool to see in person what I’ve seen in pics on the forums for many years. I intended on ending the day checking out the Nova section but apparently cut too far below the access and ended up down a great long blue that was really in my wheelhouse but ended up at bottom of Vermiel / Garfrescha. Currently not super interesting due to zero snow toward the valley. There is definitely potential in the treed area for pow days. It had a N. Rockies feel to it with the conifers.. I never did make it to Nova, the clock ran out.
Lines short to nonexistent. Snow was largely hard pack, scratchy in places, warmed up and velvety in places but to my surprise nothing too terrible. The off piste was shredded from the day before so it was obviously skiable…then…but the tiniest bit I dabbled in was pretty heavy and truly not fun or worth the fight. Proof of this was pretty much zero people were in it today save a few that were obviously flawless all condition skiers.
Here I thought toting these on planes was ambitious. Strollers seemingly everywhere on the terraces.
Started at Valiseria lifts and did some warm up runs and then moved on to the upper sections of Valiseria and Rinderhutte. As with any new place it takes some time to figure out the topography lifts and take in the sights. Today was no different except this sector finally gave SCALE so much more so than even the Hochjoch section. And for being a “medium” sized place the size pretty cool to see in person what I’ve seen in pics on the forums for many years. I intended on ending the day checking out the Nova section but apparently cut too far below the access and ended up down a great long blue that was really in my wheelhouse but ended up at bottom of Vermiel / Garfrescha. Currently not super interesting due to zero snow toward the valley. There is definitely potential in the treed area for pow days. It had a N. Rockies feel to it with the conifers.. I never did make it to Nova, the clock ran out.
Lines short to nonexistent. Snow was largely hard pack, scratchy in places, warmed up and velvety in places but to my surprise nothing too terrible. The off piste was shredded from the day before so it was obviously skiable…then…but the tiniest bit I dabbled in was pretty heavy and truly not fun or worth the fight. Proof of this was pretty much zero people were in it today save a few that were obviously flawless all condition skiers.
Here I thought toting these on planes was ambitious. Strollers seemingly everywhere on the terraces.
