2017/18 Gaat niet de geschiedenis in als een van de best sneeuw jaren. Het begon met de viering van het jubileum van Snowmass. Voor $ 6,50 kon je kaartjes kopen, dezelfde prijs als in 1968, het enige verschil is dat we maar 150 acres open houden. Er waren 14.000 kaartjes […]
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Today is January 11, we finally opened Sandy park today. It is really something to celebrate! This view in the feature image is the start of my day at the bottom of lift 10 on the on the Elk Camp side, scraping rigs. Reeled in some twiner, harvest closed signs, […]
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Harlow wants to go fast
“Shut it” And “go home.” Two syllable words, two word sentences. If I disappointed you as a friend, I’m sorry, heartfelt sorry. If I didn’t care about our friendship my reply would be a two sentence comment with punctuation. But I do care about our friendship. So I’ve devoted this blog to you.But coming back […]
It’s been so long, a year and a half to be exact since the last time. Today we were in the ship’s prow glades and the Upper ladder.The steep north facing pockets skiers right of, as well as the upper ladder itself all slid on October facets upon approach or […]
This is a short video I made about my Ski Patrol Exchange. Here is a link to the Chamonix Skiing Co Many times there is need for a helicopter, so… That’s what we do also. Oh many times I feel homesick for that little nook of the Alps.
Rachel heeft een verjaardag feestje. Iedere 2 februarie is het weer raak, Rachel is jarig en dan probeer ik haar dan wat te verrassen. Vanuit Chamonix is het makkelijk om door de tunnel effe naar Italie te gaan. Nou zeg ik je eerlijk dat ik het me erg op mijn […]
In French the word “Pisteur Secouriste” is not justly translated into “Ski Patrol” The Pisteur is he or she who sets out a trail in mainly above tree-line terrain.Also demonstrated the proper application of the winch cable of a snowcat. EnjoyDirected and written by the maker of “quarenta”.
Ok, let’s get pumped for the season! Dispatch ski patrol exchange… La Flegere, Chamonix. Opening up in a series of three, plus the directors cut!!! Christmas came early with the five parallel episodes: Gliderman and Gliderwoman. Enjoy the next couple of days.Loosely scripted, no budget to speak of or stunt doubles […]
We had a little time before work got too crazy but also as the season progressed, European labor laws protect against the race to the bottom. We traveled to the south of France and shared some Travel, Paragliding and Friendship with our friends Martin and Coralie Johansen and their family. Enjoy some impressions of […]
By far, this has been my favorite project to date, ever! It pretty much embodies Mariposa Adventures. It is exactly what we do: “We travel through life and fly over UNESCO World Heritage places, to go see people and things. It is healthy to smile a lot and scare yourself […]
We visited Karl Welter from the Telluride Ski Patrol on Exchange in Tignes for the 2015/16 winter. Thank you Karlito for the warm welcome and showing us around. Karl lives in Tignes du Lac and is on exchange from Telluride, ColoradoTignes (French pronunciation: [tiɲ]) is a commune in the Tarentaise […]
In the morning 2/5/16 across the street Danno found a coffee shop and brought back cappuccinos and pastries! Then we both went back to have “another” coffee and use the toilet which just happened to be a true “squatty potty”! The kind with the porcelain foot placements and small hole […]
(The Three Valleys) is a ski region in the Tarentaise Valley, Savoie département of France, to the south of the town of Moûtiers, partly in the Vanoise National Park.Since 1973, it has been possible to ski the interlinked valleys using a single ski pass. Thus, Les Trois Vallées is one […]
This weekend we have to take care of some administrative affairs which leads us to Geneva, well not a lot of smiling going on here. Downtown Geneva from Mariposa Productions on Vimeo.
January 4 PIDA – loading Avalauncher from Mariposa Productions on Vimeo. Today we peppered some of the higher terrain which is of direct threat to some of the pistes with some “fleches” which are Avalauncher darts. It’s a pretty clever system powered by about 50 bars of high pressure to […]
Heli Pick up from Mariposa Productions on Vimeo. Today there was an avalanche just off-piste at the Grand Montets. It involved 3 climbers from Lithuania. We had 30cm of fresh snow after over six weeks of static weather. Everyone rallied in the rescue efforts, including 3 patrollers from La Flégère. […]
Fashionably late. Winter arrives! Au contraire what one may think, Rachel and I have not minded the late arrival of snow. We have had such a dynamic past 3 years, a little “bon vivant” has been a welcome tempo change. For it, the drought, I have gotten to know my co-workers […]
Aiguilles Rouges from Mariposa Productions on Vimeo. Today was a good day. Boxing Day it is called by some. I went to La Flégère while Danno was working and I took off on a solo hike! No snowshoes needed due to the lack of snow. Beautiful blue sky day. My […]
Upperbody Bootpacking from Mariposa Productions on Vimeo. Finally a mini “perturbation” (= front) moved through with not much more than some rain below 2500m. However building character with mon frere Cedric is priceless, boot packing for the upperbody
Beautiful hike with minimal visibility! Ibex in the misty distance Balcony of Chalet des Pyramides 1895M Same Beautiful Hike with improved visibility!!! the circle of life: tree growing from tree:) Ibex in camouflage “Danger” The Chamonix Valley from balcony of Chalet des Pyramides 1895M and l’Aiguille du Midi 3842M is […]
Untitled from Danno Lahr on Vimeo. Pascal from the local helicopter service came by to brief us on the do’s and don’ts when working with the helicopter. The service is called in for evac and avy work Pascal had some other stops to make and left the daisy bell behind […]
A GREAT day for hike in the woods behind Caroline Simond’s house with Misty who smiled every minute. She played fetch the whole hike with sticks up and down the snowy hills! Not once did she ever look tired or did she ever stop SMILING! Such a fun day!
Yesterday was probably one of the bigger days in a string of big days… As Rachel and I were waiting on the parking lot at La Flégère, minutes after 11 am, there was movement in the cable car. We about choked when a spitting image of Craig, my boss in […]
Thanks for checking in at our digital portal. We are on the road quite a bit and try to keep updating our posts as good as we can. Sometimes it just takes a while until we are in wi-fi-land to upload and write about our goings. This blog is dedicated […]