Alpine Guide Verbier

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

Early winter roundup

Oh my! How time flies! December and January have flown by. It’s time again for Kashmir Curry Powder- and I have not even written about the 40 days skiing I have done since my last update. The 3 rain events we had early winter have played a major role in route decision this early winter. [...]

Avalanche Course

We had a fun day in the snow Saturday. A snow pit analysis on the slopes of Mt.Gele revealed lots of facets under the Sahara sand from the foehn event before this last snow fall. We skied some powder lines on soft grass, and even dipped into the lovely Vallon D’Arbi. As the sun set, [...]

Powder Time

The Foehn stopped and it dumped. How lucky we were. The winds turn out of the North West and gave us a good dose of the White Gold. It snowed 35 then 20 overnight. The north slopes in Lac des Vaux ski real nice with little damage to the p-tex. Skied down the initial wall [...]