Alpine Guide Verbier

A mountain guide’s perspective on current ski and climbing conditions in and around Verbier, Switzerland.

Pure Rock, Via Ferrata, Mountain Biking and Sailing Week

Posted on | August 11, 2006 | No Comments

We set out to climb high, but pulled off quite a
variant- climbing, sailing and free-ride mountain biking appears to have quite a
future in Verbier.

The snows of Thursday, August 3rd, put a damper
on many of the high, alpine peaks. We improvised with some href="http://www.swissguides.com/trips/060813SeasonsOfChange/index.html">downhill
biking, via ferrata, sailing, and multi-pitch climbing- all within 5
days. The surrounding hills and lakes of Verbier offer some pretty fun
activities if one is willing to improvise! A short href="http://www.swissguides.com/trips/Video/Sail_Lake_Geneva.mov">video
of the sail showed the mellow winds we had before it really started to blow on
Lake Geneva.

The forecast is pretty
dismal. It’s snowing at around 2600m now. Expect it to warm a bit and blow hard
from the South as the Foehn kicks in.

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