Half term week in Zermatt

Another half term over, the season is just flying by. We had a great week here in Zermatt with great conditions all over the mountain.

Although we haven’t had any fresh snow in a while the pistes are fantastic in the morning and by the afternoon are a little hard but still really skiable.

Also we have all of our yellow itinerary runs open which give some great skiing opportunities for those wanting something a bit steeper and bumpier!

Jenna's kids club black group on one of the itineraries.

We had 3 of our Kids Club and 2 New Schoolers groups running, as well as lots of adult groups and private lessons. All in all a great week.

Given it was such a busy week the pistes were surprisingly quiet most of the time and I managed to avoid any lift queues all week.

 

Dan explains the finer points of fore/aft balance to his New Schoolers group

 

The week started really cold but warmed up to some much balmier temperatures, only -4 in town and -12 at the top.

The forecast for now looks like more sun and getting warmer….spring is on the way.

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Picking up skis…

Seems to be a bit of a feature outside restaurants these days, I wonder when people forgot how to pick up their skis!

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Zermatt snow conditions 15th-22nd January

Here is this weeks video update on how the conditions have been in Zermatt over the last 7 days. Another epic week, sunny to start and some great powder days to finish off, more of that please!

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Snow conditions for the week January 8th – 15th

Here is a little video to show you what we were skiing last week. The conditions really have been fantastic. We are going to publish something like this each week so you can see what the conditions are really like.

If there is anything more you want to know then just ask us…

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Training day on the yellow runs

The conditions here are awesome at the moment. We currently have every single run open, including all of the itineraries which is the first time in a few years. Some of the team had a great afternoon training with Sam Gibson up at Rothorn last friday.

Here are the highlights

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Massive storm in the Alps

The forecast was for a lot of snow and it has come! There was a bit of snow on thursday and then friday morning the heavens opened and it hasn’t really stopped since! It is still snowing in town now but pretty lightly. The mountain was closed completely yesterday which hasn’t happened for a long time and today it has been opening up slowly. Now there are a couple of runs open on Sunnegga and Gornergrat, but it is still pretty windy up there though.

The forecast for this week is for a bit of sun over the next couple of days and then more snow. So contrary to the doom and gloom of the UK press we are shaping up for a great season, lets hope it keeps on coming!

Here are some pic from around town the last couple of days…

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Snow conditions are great

There is not much sign of precipitation yet but we just wanted to keep everyone’s hopes up – we have some fantastic piste skiing at the moment!

The glacier is in great condition, skiing to Trockener Steg is all open, both the routes over to Italy are open and conditions down to Plan Maison are fantastic. Looks like they are working hard preparing snow down to Furgg and the chair on Gornergrat is open too.

Here are some pictures from this morning of a Summit Professional Development group who are up there training for the Eurotest

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New uniform arrives

We are really excited – our new uniform has arrived, and at the beginning of November. I am pretty sure it is a first for us to have it all here so early.

We are back in Halti, obviously it is still blue with a little white thrown in for good measure, and a blue down jacket for those really cold days. We think it is really smart and are looking forward to seeing the whole team out on the hill with it.

Here are some pictures:

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Autumn in Zermatt

After our snowfall on the 8th October we have had amazing weather here. It is cold and crisp in the mornings and then really warm in the heat of the day. We have been up walking and biking loads recently, here are some pictures from the last few days…

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First snow in town!

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We woke up this morning to a few snow flakes in the air, and they just kept coming all day long. It is still pretty warm so snow has only settled in places. There was a real buzz in town … Continue reading

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