Third week-end of February if I am right... I'm a bit lost in the calendar at the moment... As it is the week end of the traditional carnival in Fribourg (as in many cities in the German part of Switzerland), Donn& Jen stayed at my place for the week end. We didn't go in town Friday cos they arrived late, and we had to wake up reasonably early the next day, for a ski tour near the lovely town of Grandvillard. The original idea was to go up Tsermon, but we changed our plans due to the high avalanche hasard (500metres of slopes at 35degres is not very safe when there are tons of fresh snow...). So we went up Vanil de Van eventually, which is a really objective as well, with an attractive slope to ski.
Unfortunately, the snow was super deep, and starting to melt a bit. It was quite difficult to ski, especially for Jen, who was having her first ski tour and was not used to this sort of snow... After a few turns, and almost an equivalent number of falls, she almost lost of ski in the snow. I don't know why the place where she rented her skis didn't provide leashes, which are mandatory in deep snow as the breaks are pretty much useless. Anyhow, she managed to find back the ski, which was good. I don't know what we would have done if not, it would have been impossible to walk down...
Unfortunately, the snow was super deep, and starting to melt a bit. It was quite difficult to ski, especially for Jen, who was having her first ski tour and was not used to this sort of snow... After a few turns, and almost an equivalent number of falls, she almost lost of ski in the snow. I don't know why the place where she rented her skis didn't provide leashes, which are mandatory in deep snow as the breaks are pretty much useless. Anyhow, she managed to find back the ski, which was good. I don't know what we would have done if not, it would have been impossible to walk down...
