Day 3 in Nendaz, Verbier and beyond

My first tram of the day, with the swiss wine country below in the valley 

Trams aren't they fun !, 
 
Top of the Mount Fort Tram, 
My view in front of me
My view behind me, So much skiing to be had, what will I do? 
Future of Swiss ski racing/freeride, learning the art of straightlining at a young age 
This image never gets old to me, 

Today I skied around verbier, one of the other four valley resorts, I was searching for powder and cliffs to drop. With the soundtrack of MGMT, Zion I, and the Arctic Monkeys, playing on my Ipod, as I tried to work the tram lines. If you think the bird has some lines come over to Verbier, it's full of Italian Tourists, boozed up Brits, and dorky horned hat wear Austrians, oh and the worst of all, a shastafarian hippy kid from the northern most part of California, trying to scam his way through the line. 

Then Alps are like no place else, I'm able to ride trams for like a hour before putting on my skis and dropping into 5,000 feet of north facing powder. Often away from the crowds, also a short ten minute hike will get you such rewards you will have to come over here and experience yourself, but I promise it's good.  Often without battling for lines like in the states, on the tram I was often the only one with big mountain skis, carving skis are the ticket over here. 

But as I sit on my balcony sipping my second Carlsberg tall boy, flipping through the pages of the latest Surfer Journal, (thinking of the Ocean, baja and the spring) with my shirt off and in my flip flops trying to get a little of the spring sun  and MGMT's Time to Pretend plays on my computer in the room, I have to think to myself that this isn't that bad, life is good.  With a lifetime of lines to ski in front of me across the valley in alpine glow, Europe is the place to be, I think. Where else can you ski thousands of feet of skiing from a tram still find north facing powder days after the storm, with the Matterhorn and Mont Blanc keeping eye off in the distance, and sip beers in alpin glow. 

WIth the first day of the comp. tomorrow it's time, to get serious and click in and give'r as Deaner would say from one of my favorite filmer Fubar. So until then cheers, I hope you all are having a great day where ever you are in this world.