Having fun with the cool & crazy mountain guide Heidi

During the first week in Davos, we skied a lot in the groomed tracks, walked a little bit and found some fresh snow if we really wanted too. Then, last monday, the whole of group 2 was gathered and we met up with Heidi, our avalanche teacher for the week. We got a reality check on how hard it can be to find someone quickly with beacons all ready the first day. Then the rest of the week has been spent with a mixture of teory and skiing on various snow. We have gotten a really good base of how to evaluate the avalanche danger. I have also learned that I have A LOT to work on when it comes to my ski technic (its not fun being the worst in the class!). But luckily I still have a few month to practise. We are currently stuck at Frankfurt Flughaufen (airport) and in only 12 hours! our flight leaves for Calgary where some fresh canadian powder awaits us.

Warm up in Bad Gastein. Progress in Davos.

After spending New Years in Eresfjorden and some days in Oppdal, it was time to head to the Alps. The 10th of January, I met up with Helge at Gardermoen, ready to begin the ski and avalanche course ( Ski og Skred verden rundt). We spent 6 days in Bad Gastein with the rest of group 2. The weather was mostly sunny, but unfortunately is was extremely little snow. We did manage to find some untouched snow every day, but to groomed trackes were horrible...really like Hell frozen over. The after ski on the other hand was lively and fun. 

Saturday we mooved on to Davos. We took a sorely needed rest day on Sunday, and Monday was a completely different skiing experience, with perfectly groomed slopes and very few people. We also had new sharp steel edges, so quoting Sigbjørn: "Hey, I'm really good. I feel like I've finished the learning prosess and become a pro!". So even though there is no that much new snow, a little walking gives us untouched snow still, and the the slopes are perfect for practising our technic.

South side in Sportsgastein

Lasse showing of

Sigbjørn is digging and doing a compression test. 

Sigbjørn the pro

From left: Sigbjørn, Vibeke, Lasse and Steinar.

Making pretty lines in Davos.