http://www.blog.mountain-guide.co.uk/blog en-us Tue, 13 May 2008 17:42:01 +0100 Main Page Blogware Terry Ralphs http://www.blog.mountain-guide.co.uk/blog/_archives/2007/11/27/3377979.html http://www.blog.mountain-guide.co.uk/blog/_archives/2007/11/27/3377979.html Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:44:00 +0000 <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The first snowfall of the winter has just fallen 9th to 12th November. In Leysin 1m fell over the weekend. Being in the northwest Leysin does catch more than it's fare share of snow.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p>Many locals were caught out and still had their summer tyres on as the autumn had been such a settled season. A few cars were seen in the fields to the side of the road.<o:p><br></o:p></span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">This is a great start to the ice climbing and ski conditions as we now have a reasonable base to ski on and enough snow to feed the icefalls.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> Main Page Terry Ralphs http://www.blog.mountain-guide.co.uk/blog/_archives/2007/5/9/2937595.html http://www.blog.mountain-guide.co.uk/blog/_archives/2007/5/9/2937595.html Wed, 09 May 2007 19:28:00 +0100 Welcome to Mountain Guide Blog. <br>Please feel free to post comments and questions.<br>I will be trying to keep up to date and give feedback on conditions in the Swiss Alps.<br>Thanks for looking.<br>Terry<br> Main Page