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 midnight, and a 12 min Lap involves almost straight lining the whole mountain at night over-taking other racers and dicing with various dangers on the descent…
Louis, Anders, Olivier and Andreas all put in fast laps before midnight, and while one skis the others try to catch up on much needed sleep.
However, the hardest hours are still to come…