Location Report - Verbier, CH

13th January, 2022 - Verbier ski resort, Switzerland

Pete Coombs, from the Backdrop Crew, spent a few nights in a couple of Verbier huts, with a long tour and some slackcountry boot-packs.

Conditions

It dumped the weekend before we arrived so conditions were a fresh covering on a rain crust, deep enough to ride free but watch out for those rocks as the base could be deeper.

What went down

One night in Cabane Brunet (2103 metres). After a moonlit skin, a foundue, and too many glasses of red, we toured to Le Rogneux the following morning. Followed by a night in the lift accessed Cabane Mont Fort, and a bootpack into the Rock Garden.

Checked out the excellent climbing wall, and spent a few hours with Xavier De La Rue for an FSS Podcast . We also interviewed Verbier’s Head Guide for a subsequent pod on the resort’s attitude to avalanche safety.