Verbier Off-Piste Report

Things just keep getting funkier. Heavy snow, heavy rain, even heavier winds have combined for some great skiing up high, some treacherous mid-mountain carton, and fast low-level concrete.

Yesterday morning, the hordes broke through to the backside where conditions seemed most likely to be favorable, and sure enough the high alpine delivered some very rewarding compressed pow turns. Once we made it off the first pitch the conditions gradually got worse until we made it to the traverse around the lake which was very hard and quick.

Our second run was off the east aspect of the Greppon Blanc towards Leteygeon. The snow wasn't perfect, but for the most part it was load bearing and kind of soft on top.

On our way back around coming up the chair towards Tortin, 2 Air-Glaciers helis flew over head up towards the dam. Rumour has it 3 people got caught in a slide on the backside in the afternoon as the day got warmer. Apparently there were no injuries.

That's all for now. Forecast for the rest week is a bit mixed with snow and sun making appearances. Temperatures are dropping.