Aron and I arrived in Engelberg as the sun set last night – dropped our gear and cruised the town to try and stay awake as long as we could. We found a great little bar with live music to hang in, and chat with some ski bums living here for the winter only to learn that we 'missed it by a day.' Proof was in the shots – they shared pictures of chest deep, super light, blower, storm pow. Sad we were, but we knew there had to be more out there.
We awoke this morning to find clear skies, and the larger mountain opened up to us. Yesterday was sick but today was a full on POW DAY as well. It got skied fast, but there were some very step, rad snowfields to be had. Engelberg is like no other ski resort I've been to. The terrain is as serious as you want to make it, exposure it no joke, and you better know your shit or the mountain will teach you who's boss.
We were lucky enough to ride the first of four cable car rides up to 10,000' with two local Swiss rippers, Thomas & Phillip, and even luckier that they accepted our request to at least follow them for a lap. Seven hours later we were cheersing beers and high-fiving at the base bar chalet, for what we all considered just an epic day at Engelberg. Punctuated by 6,500' descents and both fast and deep turns all day long.
Aron & I can't thanks Thomas & Phillip enough for what will surely be remembered as an amazing day in Switzerland. We owe them, and can't wait to host them in Cali.
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| The Alps start to show themselves to us – AM view from our hotel window |
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| Boz & I at the top of Titlis – 10,000' |
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| Views here are pretty unimaginable |
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| The Alps are just huge |
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| Oh, yeah Boz, lets go ski it again |
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| Engelberg town down below |
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| Boz getting in deep |
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| Boz getting some good snow towards the end of the 6,500' run off the back side run, Galtberg |
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| Aron looking pretty stoked |
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| Some pretty happy guys after a 6,000' descent down Galtiberg, off the back side of Engelberg |
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| Thomas & Phillip silhouetted after many runs off Titlis |
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Phillip, Thomas & Aron – all big smiles on our last run on Laub
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| View of town coming off the mountain |
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| Nail in the coffin – Kirsch with an epic Fondu dinner |
Those are some big smiles!!! Looks and sounds amazing! And that's only an account of your first 48 hours in Switzerland... have fun boys and be safe! :)
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