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Our usual free-form mix of backcountry ski mountaineering tours, groomed
cross-country trails, with occasionally days of lift-served downhill skiing
(also sometimes inline-skating, bicycling, city-walking tourism). No itinerary -- each day
we drive to the kind of skiing that fits the current weather + avalanche
conditions, and us and our travel partners' current goals and desires.
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13-16 February: Ken likely more west, like around Val
d'Aosta, Ticino -- or perhaps west Switzerland (e.g. Val Ferret,
Wildstrubel).
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18-24 February: Sharon + Ken around Südtirol
in northeast Italy, based in Brixen (Bressanone) at the west end of Hoch
Pustertal - (also driving to tours in nearby Tirol + Veneto + Trentino)
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25 February + ??: Ken first perhaps more around Val
d'Aosta, Ticino, Simplon -- then focus on ...
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thru 6 March: Ken in western Austria, especially Tirol,
perhaps also more in Südtirol or
Salzburgerland, or maybe eastern Switzerland.
style + strategy
Rely on quick information and flexibility to decrease risk and
increase fun:
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Web access to get info to plan next day.
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Car to drive to the best skiing (or non-skiing) each day.
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Sleep in valley most nights -- for quick access to Web +
Car.
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Not go out for ski touring at all on days which don't look
safe or fun. Do something else instead (e.g. skating on groomed ski
trails).
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Sleep in huts only in weather + conditions favorable for
specific skiing objectives.
key requirements
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Responsibility: you take full responsibility for
managing your risks + dangers + health, for your ski tour planning +
navigation + decisions, for your equipment + clothing + skiing capabilities
-- and for your own fun.
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Car: you have your own car, if we're going to try to
do tours together for several days. (For a single day, might be able to
share my car.)
pace + skill
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Sharon + Ken ski tours: Climbing rate 225 meters (700
ft) per hour including rests. Total climbing usually around 600-1000
meters (2000-3300 ft). Steepness usually around 20-30 degrees.
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Ken ski tours: Climbing rate 300 meters (1000 ft) per hour
(sometimes could be 350 m/hr). Total climbing usually around 1000-1800
vertical meters (3300-6000 ft), but sometimes 2400m or more. Steepness
usually around 25-35 degrees, occasionally 40 degrees.
previous trips around this region
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