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It’s been a slow season for English Skiing, at least in the Shropshire area. Christmas day saw a dusting of wet snow on the local hills but nothing much since. Mid February I managed a short ski tour up on … Continue reading
Category Archives: Skiing
I came across a blog post from Bruce Tremper regarding Avalanche Airbags & Avalanche Survival Rates. Lots of discussion on the statistics but the key lesson is choosing your terrain. To quote Bruce: “So at least for me, unless I’m … Continue reading
(or how take a chunk off your Eurotest time with out changing your skiing). Over the years I’ve done my share of race training and watched friends prepare for the infamous “Eurotest” timed GS race test. I’ve also trained for … Continue reading
A few weeks ago I recounted how I coached a skier who was spending the ski season in Chamonix. As I was based in the UK we used the power of the internet & email to facilitate the coaching process. … Continue reading
ACL recovery and rehab. 1 year Diary. Below are the diary entries I made while documenting my recovery and return to skiing after my ACL operation 1 year ago. Immediately after the accident I struggled to find accurate information on … Continue reading
Chamonix Coaching. Winter 2013. This ski season has seen me helping a skier spending the season in Chamonix. As I’ve been based in the UK this year we used the power of the Internet to facilitate the process, communicating by … Continue reading
A quick edit of the footage shot during my walk up The Caradoc during February 2013’s snowfall in Shropshire. … Continue reading
Caer Caradoc \ The Lawley nr Church Stretton. The overnight forecast had hinted that there would be more snow towards South Shropshire so I decided to hear over to Church Stretton in the hope that some of the gullies on … Continue reading
After the recent snow fall I couldn’t resist hiking up our local ‘Hill’. As luck would have it snow had fallen overnight to give a couple of inches of powder to ski in. Unusually condition allowed skiing to the bottom … Continue reading
I came across this really useful site (via Uncle Dave’s Sk Tours on Facebook) which gives on-line access to Swiss topographical maps. Good from planning routes or deciding which map you need to buy. The site includes some useful tools … Continue reading