The sun continues to shine in Verbier during the day and blue skies are everywhere. The pistes are almost empty but snow conditions are still good. Snow cannons are working hard in the below zero [...]
The great thing about Verbier is that it’s a resort where you get extremes – from people out here battling with their first snowplough to the experts off hammering through the off [...]
Sunshine and blue skies welcomed crowds to Verbier this weekend. With temperatures remaining below zero the snow quality is still very good – packed powder on the pistes and chopped up soft [...]
It’s party time in Verbier again with the Dominique Perret 24Hr Freeride contest hitting town. Over 130 teams of 4 skiers and riders competed day and night in a grueling 24hr race down the main [...]
Dawn has broken over Verbier and the news is not brilliant…but not bad. Louis is pretty sure that Team ES are still behind the lightening quick Team 101 (who are rumoured to be a team of [...]
DSC_2567 Originally uploaded by European Snowsport. After some stunningly quick laps from Anders and Louis, mystery Team 101’s lead is now reduced to 5 mins. Anders said “we’ve [...]
At 3 am Andreas had just taken over from Louis on the decents and things were very close. Estimates are that the mysterious Team 101 are a daytime lap ahead of Team ES (about 11km) but a night [...]
As the moon is high over Verbier and most people are either asleep or revelling away in a cosy night club, up on the mountain Team ES charges in to the night. 12 min laps were maintained past [...]
Team ES charged in to the night with Anders putting in some 12 min laps from Ruinnette to Medran. Taking a hard and direct lines all four team members clawed their way back in to the front of the [...]
ES team Members Louis Hall (GBR), Olivier Sonsonons (SUI) Andreas Brihem & Anders Nystrom (both SWE) have begun the Verbier 24hr Freeride competition. Olivier skied first taking a slight lead [...]