Archive for January, 2007

2007.01.27: CAS ski tour to Mont Telliers

Saturday, January 27th, 2007

+1000m, 11km
Bourg St. Bernard (1927m, -13 deg C) to Mont Telliers (2951m, -?? deg C)

Avalanche danger: 2 of 5, limité,  Les endroits dangereux se situent surtout sur pentes couvertes de neige soufflée à toutes les expositions, au-dessus de 2000 m environ
 http://www.tourcard.ch/

Teste “boule d’Engler” a 2480m (578144, 81788) S, a l’ombre: aucun surface de glissement.
Teste “boule d’Engler” a 2750m (577497, 82802) S, au soleil: aucun surface de glissement.

Track GPS descente, SwissMap 25 – Valais necessaire:  telliers.xol

Today’s global warming comment:
CO2 emissions ski Mt. Tellier: 18kg CO2/personne (360km * 250g/km = 90 kg CO2 / 5 persons p. auto)
CO2 emissions Switzerland: 6200kg CO2/personne par annee (2002)
CO2 emissions stable climate objectif: 300-2000kg C02/personne par annee

 

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2007.01.13-14: Ski weekend Valbella

Sunday, January 14th, 2007

After enough ski exercises, ski tuning, boot tuning, new ski purchases, ski reports, ski talk, snow talk, it is time to go and see what is up with the snow in the mountains.

The unimportant global warming question of the day:  Will we need to replace our skis more often?

A preview of what will be expanded in the future?

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2007.01.07: All-terrain XC skiing to la Ronde Noire

Sunday, January 7th, 2007

Quite unmotivated to insist on skate skiing in poor conditions, I was quite motivated to use my seldom used off-XC-piste touring skis.

A little bit of rain at the end turns on the turbo: 

Friendly dog always wants to play – no matter sun, snow or rain. 

This was the turn around point for many people on true skating skis.  The poles hitting pavement through slushy ice probably contributed… 

Glide was fine on the snow/grass mixture – no rocks.  We’ll have to see if they’ll be some ski wax soon made to give extra glide on grass.

The global warming question of the day:  will these ‘exceptional’ ski conditions become the norm?

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