On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:45:47 +0000 (UTC), wessie
<putmynamehere@tesco.net> wrote:

>Ace <b.rogers@ifrance.com> wrote in news:dtlcb4loa5q5dkg7fi74eemn4bqb9dnub1
>@4ax.com:

>>>http://www.newsnow.co.uk/
>>
>> Damn, I thought that was something to do with skiing.
>>
>
>I saw plenty of new snow last week on the Hintertux glacier.

I'm sure there was. There was a reasonable amount down to about 200m
last weekend in Engelberg. Not skiable amounts, except on the glacier
itself, but a fair bit.

>Took the
>gondolas up to 3250m to find nothing but white snow and cloud. Visibility
>was about 20m, and the skiers looked a bit miffed.

Ha. Serves 'em right. Summer skiing's rarely aorth the effort at the
best of times anyway.

>Apparently, it sometimes looks like this
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:H...w_from_top.jpg

Here's one I took from the top of Titlis in March, plus a few piccies
of me skiing the Laub
http://acenet.ifrance.com/Engelberg%...mall/index.htm

(x-posted to rsre)
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