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VIDEO: Jérémie Heitz skis vertically in “Le Liste”

Jérémie Heitz, the 26-year-old Swiss freerider has selected 15 of the most beautiful peaks of the Alps that he’ll re-ski to illustrate the evolution of steep skiing. Planned for release in 2016, “Le Liste” will show the skier descending 15 Swiss peaks over 4,000 metres in his home canton of Valais. The film trailer below shows the incredible steepness and speed of his descents. […]
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Matias Ricci |
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Splitboarding in Kaunertal, Austria: High Alpine Big Mountain Riding in the Alps

Generally there is very little snow in the Alps at the moment. There was some early season snow especially in the Arlberg region a couple of weeks ago but most of that has been melted and rained away.

So if you want to find some interesting skiing and touring – go up high! the Kaunertal is a glacier ski area opened most of the year. It’s located in south/west Austria right on the Italien boarder. Ski touring to the Weissseespitze you actually skin partly through Italy before reaching the Peak. The Gepatscherferner glacier is humongous and the biggest in the eastern Alps.
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Eike Poeppelmeier |
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Stubai Glacier: Huge Booters and Crevasse Exploring

The Stubaier Glacier is just a 30 min drive south from Innsbruck. It boasts the best pro Park in the Word at this time of year. It’s south facing and located at around 3000m elevation. The world elite riders and skiers have flocked to Stubaital to hit the huge jumps and rails in Stubai Zoo terrain park. Weather has been perfect this week sun and blue skies with some gusty wind at times. The Stubai Glacier offers a huge amount of terrain and slopes. At the moment 900m vertical runs are possible.
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Eike Poeppelmeier |
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Winter 2015/16 Outlook for Europe | Frequent Snowfalls Forecast for Alps

According to Accuweather, dominant storm tracks are forecast to prevail, moving west to east across Europe leading to a major contrast between cold air building across Scandinavia and mild air bellowed in the Mediterranean area. In contrary, areas from central France and northern Spain to the Alps are forecast to experience numerous powerful winter storms, while northern France and the majority […]
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Chris Wallner |
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