Greenland Heliskiing 2009
I am back from the tiny village of Kangaamiut, Greenland, just north of Maniitsoq. It was colder than I have seen it in the 9 years I have been visiting, which made for really fine skiing conditions. We had soft powder on the North aspects and nice, squishy corn on the South. The trip was [...]
Seasons Change
That’s it! The snow around my house melted last week, the southern slopes have avalanched and melted away, leaving supreme skiing at altitude. We were hoping to get on a few fine steep descents, but the weather has not cooperated completely. The Foehn here is blowing hard up high, and the south side has seen [...]
Greenland Heliskiing
I have returned again to Greenland and realize, this time through the eyes of my clients, what wonders these Fjords have to offer. From the whale sightings they did today in the Fjord of Kangaamiut, to the steep skiing of the past 2 blue bird days, Kangaamiut Greenland is such a wonderfull place to come [...]
Doug Coombs Steep Camp is back in Verbier!
Miles and Liz Smart are running these steep camps, and have asked me to help this year. We have ideal conditions, with lots of fresh snow and very few skiers in town. The avalanche situation is relatively low at level 2. This is allowing us to get on some steep terrain and talk about ski [...]
Heliskiing/Alpine Climb
And so it did: It snowed again, but 40cm+ outside my chalet this time. From 7AM to midnight, we had a good little winter storm- to welcome in the first day of Spring! We skied in Bruson, where the visibility of the woods helped us navigate the fresh powder. Winter is indeed upon us. Yesterday [...]
February’s Spring Weather- March’s WIntery Start
It has been absolutely gorgeous this whole past month of February. The corn snow of early February evolved from early winter, SE only aspects, to full-on, Spring-Time corn during the last 2 weeks of Feb. We skied real long runs into this lovely Val du Bagnes, off the Trient Glacier, and several trips onto Italian [...]
