Verbier, 4 Vallées, & Zermatt

[AtomicSkier]

Some more photos that were missed in yesterday's excitement

 

[Shadows]

jeff, whats it like being the best skier on the mountain in another country?

[toast21602]

18 minutes ago, Shadows said:

jeff, whats it like being the best skier on the mountain in another country?

I'll tell him all about it. 

[enjoralas]

Not gonna lie, I was sure this was gonna say Salty

[Johnny Law]

First of all with the 106's you look Euro as fuck !

This was a sicccccckkkkkk fucking trip, just the view of the mountains alone, let alone the good snow, excellent food and drinks and they gave you a reason to come back !

[AtomicSkier]

https://unofficialnetworks.com/2020/03/13/all-lift-served-skiing-halted-in-switzerland-for-the-remainder-of-the-ski-season/

[eaf]

One would think that it should be safer to ski outside than besiege stores in search of bottled water and toilet paper, but I guess not.

[eaf]

I feel like these closures (and especially school closures) end up just hurting businesses. If Twitter is of any indication, freed up kids in Portugal pile up on the beaches instead of staying home, and I keep on hearing how people around me are re-scheduling their spring breaks to happen within the following few weeks while the airfair appears cheap and schools are closed. So yeah, thanks for closing the slopes, I don't think it's gonna help though.

[toast21602]

29 minutes ago, eaf said:

One would think that it should be safer to ski outside than besiege stores in search of bottled water and toilet paper, but I guess not.

What is your expertise on the topic other than twitter? I don’t think cramming 150 people into a tram is the best idea during a pandemic. 

[eaf]

What's yours? You conveniently ignored my other post. Plus, everybody knows that the threshold is 250 people. 249 would be OK, just listen to the real experts.

[toast21602]

10 minutes ago, eaf said:

What's yours? You conveniently ignored my other post. Plus, everybody knows that the threshold is 250 people. 249 would be OK, just listen to the real experts.

10+ years of nursing with time spent leading an infectious disease task force. Masters of Nursing in administration with a focus on disaster management. And I will be wrapping up my PhD in the next year. 

But do go on and enlighten me...

[eaf]

With credentials like this one may wonder why you're sitting out the crisis at home.

But regardless, you still didn't understand my other post. It's about what people do when you close schools, lifts, mountains. They just congregate in other places, not necessarily better, and I guess you haven't seen what chaos is currently unwrapping in stores. Do go out.

[toast21602]

18 minutes ago, eaf said:

With credentials like this one may wonder why you're sitting out the crisis at home.

Well since you are PASR's resident epidemiologist, you would know that individuals returning from a country designated as a level-3 risk you have to self-quarantine for 14 days. Me working in an environment with immunocompromised people would be ridiculous. 

[Shadows]

I dissected a worm once.

[eaf]

Oh wow, I figure Atomic's gonna be skipping the party as well then.

[toast21602]

Just now, eaf said:

Oh wow, I figure Atomic's gonna be skipping the party as well then.

He should, but I can only control myself and try to give enough information to others to make the best decisions.

[PSUFrankenstein]

1 hour ago, toast21602 said:

Well since you are PASR's resident epidemiologist, you would know that individuals returning from a country designated as a level-3 risk you have to self-quarantine for 14 days. Me working in an environment with immunocompromised people would be ridiculous. 

So what are your thoughts on this whole thing toast? Is it as bad as the news makes it seem?  I'm wondering if they're going to close the day care 

[Justo8484]

So what are your thoughts on this whole thing toast? Is it as bad as the news makes it seem?  I'm wondering if they're going to close the day care 

Kids are germ magnets. I have one too. It seems like this virus does not have quite the same adverse effects as something like the regular seasonal flu might, for whatever reason, but that doesn’t mean they can’t carry it and spread it to other people. If my daughter were in daycare or preschool right now, I would not be sending her.

Bring this thread back to ski stoke. More pow, European beer, and wine; less corona!


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[AtomicSkier]

1 minute ago, Justo8484 said:

Kids are germ magnets. I have one too. It seems like this virus does not have quite the same adverse effects as something like the regular seasonal flu might, for whatever reason, but that doesn’t mean they can’t carry it and spread it to other people. If my daughter were in daycare or preschool right now, I would not be sending her.

Bring this thread back to ski stoke. More pow, European beer, and wine; less corona!


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[toast21602]

15 minutes ago, PSUFly said:

So what are your thoughts on this whole thing toast? Is it as bad as the news makes it seem?  I'm wondering if they're going to close the day care 

yes, it is bad and it will get worse. Italy had 250 deaths in the last 24 hours. That is incredibly significant and they ARE testing and screening people. I got back to the states last night. Nobody screened me. I called the PA DOH and told them that I came back from Switzerland (level 3 alert country). I asked what precautions I should take regarding self-quarantine for myself and family. They said they were not aware of any precautions that should be taken for returning from that country and will have to check with the epidemiologist and get back to me. WTF. Eventually called back and told me to self-quarantine.

I think it is actually worse than is being reported because of the lack of testing that is occurring. It is absurd that countries are testing thousands of people a day and we have barely tested 10,000 in the last two months. South Korea has been testing that many EACH DAY. 

 

 

Edited March 13, 2020 by toast21602

[saltyant]

1 hour ago, eaf said:

Oh wow, I figure Atomic's gonna be skipping the party as well then.

Here's my communication apparatus for this weekend. Paper Cup Phone. @AtomicSkier

Edited March 13, 2020 by saltyant

[toast21602]

10 minutes ago, Justo8484 said:

Kids are germ magnets. I have one too. It seems like this virus does not have quite the same adverse effects as something like the regular seasonal flu might, for whatever reason, but that doesn’t mean they can’t carry it and spread it to other people. If my daughter were in daycare or preschool right now, I would not be sending her.

Bring this thread back to ski stoke. More pow, European beer, and wine; less corona!


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I’ll post something tonight. 

[PSUFrankenstein]

50 minutes ago, toast21602 said:

yes, it is bad and it will get worse. Italy had 250 deaths in the last 24 hours. That is incredibly significant and they ARE testing and screening people. I got back to the states last night. Nobody screened me. I called the PA DOH and told them that I came back from Switzerland (level 3 alert country). I asked what precautions I should take regarding self-quarantine for myself and family. They said they were not aware of any precautions that should be taken for returning from that country and will have to check with the epidemiologist and get back to me. WTF. Eventually called back and told me to self-quarantine.

I think it is actually worse than is being reported because of the lack of testing that is occurring. It is absurd that countries are testing thousands of people a day and we have barely tested 10,000 in the last two months. South Korea has been testing that many EACH DAY. 

 

 

Thanks for the info.  Some people are saying it's terrible, others say it's overhyped, so it's good to hear your perspective.  A few people at work were told to stay home...one person who works on my floor came back from a cruise, worked all week, then was told to start the 14 day quarantine today.  I may request to work from home for a bit and keep my daughter home if I can.

Anyway, your trip looked awesome.  Looks like you got some great conditions

[toast21602]

Well, the 6 days of skiing turned into 4 days of skiing. The first day offered plenty of sun, days two and three were filled with deep snow and good turns, and the final day was sun filled and full of miles upon miles of exploration. It was an incredible experience to ski in the Alps and travel through Switzerland by train. The ease of travel was mind-blowing compared the infrastructure here in the states. The mountains were incredible, the skiing was fantastic, the breads, cheeses, and meats were delicious, and I don't think I've ever drank so much wine during après festivities. Having a guide rip around and show us the mountains and stashes was worth it and definitely a confidence booster. Despite the abrupt end to the trip, it was still a fantastic experience. I'm glad that I got to share the experience with @KevinThomas and @AtomicSkier

Some of these photos were posted before, but these are some of my favorite memories:

Old-school tin can gondola:

Roller road crossing:

Lunch in Tortin:

Powder turns:

Sunny exploration of Lac des Voux, Combatseline, and Six Blanc:

500m surface lift to the top of Greppon Blanc

Mountaintop lunch above Thyon:

Top of Mont-Fort:

Après and Cheese Cave:

Hope you all enjoyed the reports and photos over the last week. What a great end to the season. Thanks for following along! 

 

 

 

[indiggio]

11 hours ago, Justo8484 said:

Kids are germ magnets. I have one too. It seems like this virus does not have quite the same adverse effects as something like the regular seasonal flu might, for whatever reason, but that doesn’t mean they can’t carry it and spread it to other people. If my daughter were in daycare or preschool right now, I would not be sending her.
 

Oh yeah, every time my son came home from school with some sort of ailment, it was inevitable that I contracted the same think within about 3 days, even after taking every precaution I could to not acquire whatever the hell it was.   What didn't kill me I suppose...

Fuck this coronavirus shit!!

Edited March 14, 2020 by indiggio