The snowiest winter on record

This winter just does not want to stop. Another 40cm fell yesterday, adding to the 2 meter base around my chalet. The skiing has been phenomenal.  Each day has provided us with so much fun, and it just keeps going. One needs not think too much before heading out the door, which seems tough to some. Powder everywhere! (Who needs a guide right?)

We had such fine adventure last week, using the heli to ski the wild West Face of the Wildhorn. Though the north winds have been blowing, we found nice powder on this steep and exposed slope. We rode it all the way to Gstaad, sliding through the fabulous gorges of Gelten. The next 5 days found us wrapping around these Bernese Alps and back into the Pennine.

The forecast is calling for more snow! How about that?

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About Hans Solmssen

I am a professional mountain guide living in Verbier, Switzerland. I grew up on the Big Island of Hawaii after my father moved to Hawaii to teach at Hawaii Preparatory Academy. He created a horse program at this high school, located in the middle of the largest, privately owned cattle ranch in the US. Horses were a major part of my life, even playing polo for a few years. I moved to northern Vermont to go to school, and discovered skiing. Little did I know, this would become my life's passion: guiding friends and clients over the mountains around the world on skis and foot. I moved to Verbier, Switzerland in 1982, and entered the Swiss guide's program in '88. I received my UIAGM "pin" 3 years later in 1991. I have two kids, Anya and Kevin.

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