It's been 3 weeks since I've been working like a dog and haven't been in the hills...I finally finished my last major projects for the term, so it's time to study for exams...actually, forget exams, I'm off to the Alps!

Friday Tim (scotsman buddy) and I decided to hit the slopes of Nendaz and Verbier, since it was a sunny day and some snow actually fell in the last few days.  During dinner the night before we conviced Manu (my roommate) to skip work and come with us.  The day was gorgeous, but definately too warm for February!  We did quite a bit of hiking since the slopes were pretty skied out, and had a bit of lunch on a peak and did some suntanning.... SEE THE PICS

The next day Tim. Markus (austrian dude) and Krister (yank dude) went for a nice little ski tour, since the snow just wasn't good enough to justify buying a lift pass.  We did a nice 1000m climb from La Gouille to the Cabane des Aiguilles Rouges.  At the cabin we met some belgians who didn't know how to open the flue, so the entire cabin was filled with smoke...damn belgians.  On the way down we did a nice 50m descent through a steep deep-powder chute...and then were stuck with 950m of bad descent through hard sun-crusted snow!  SEE THE PICS

Two weeks ago I went skiing with my ol' buddy Karsten, who now lives in Zurich and dropped by for the weekend.  We originally went to Verbier, but since all the fresh snow was already skiied out we made our way over to the next valley, and spent most of the day in Nendaz.  It took us two hours, but we found powder!  All it takes is a bit of motivation....

In other news, it's the e nd of my first semester of my Masters, and that means i've been bustin my butt to finish all my projects, and therefore no skiing .  On a bright note, as of Thursday I'm (mostly) a free man, so let it snow!

Skiing pics from Nendaz:  In the gallery!