The last two weeks have flown by. There have been lots of guests and a wide range of activities undertaken. Firstly though, we have had some snow! February has seen a break in the spring like weather of January. Pretty much every three days for the last week and a half has brought snow. The snowline is high meaning that the ski outs from the resorts have been closed, which more than anything has meant we have had no toboganning since the second week in January.
Up high on the pistes and passes the snow has been great. Each time the clouds have rolled in there has been between 10 and 30cm of new snow. The free riding paradise of Rothwald has finally delivered some great conditions. When the sun has shone the wind has also been good. We have taught some first timers to snow kite and guided some advanced riders high up the mountains over looking Simplon. There have also been some non-skiers who we have taken snow shoeing through the forest. A couple of the guests did a tandem paraglide, check out the videos below. You can’t beat that for diversity.
This week we also met the Bridges. www.edgewatersports.com Steph and Eric brought the Bridglets (3 little rippers) for a no holds barred adventure to Switzerland. The weather was perfect with a bit of everything, snow, sun and wind. The whole family are great skiers, snowboarders and kiters, in fact there does nt seem to be much they can’t do. It was really impressive to see the Bridglets kiting. There were 30ft jumps and unhooked flat 3s off a kicker (from the youngest!) along with fearless free riding in fresh snow through the forests. They have certainly got a promising future ahead of them. Check this out!
Finally, the Hotel has dropped it’s prices for March so there is a good deal to be had.
Single Room £220 (7 nights not including breakfast)
Double Room £460 (7 nights incl breakfast)
4 person Apartment (7 nights not incl Breakfast)
Plus £150 for daily transfers and guiding. Snowkite tuition and hire is extra based on requirements.
All you have to do is arrange flights to Geneva/Milan and a train to Brig then we will do the rest. The conditions are great at the moment.
col you crazy bearded wierdo!
By: bert on March 3, 2011
at 12:59 pm