[4K] Skiing Avoriaz, The Stash and Crossing into Switzerland, Portes du Soleil France, GoPro HERO11

[@billclarke5109]

Great graphics for speed & gradient. Well done for including the crash; spring snow is hard work.

[@ChasingSnow]

Thanks for the feedback! :-)

[@martinfey578]

That tumble reminded me of when I was following some good distance behind a piste basher going down a long wide blue in Les Arcs the day after a couple of days of fresh snowfall. It was a piste that was ungroomed apart from the fresh trail being left by the basher which I was using I was just gliding along enjoying the view suddenly both tips dug in and boom straight over the front onto my back lol. I wasn't hurt or winded, but my pride was dented when a generous skier helped recover my skis and suggested I take the sticky sales label off the base of my new skis hahaa. DOH!

[@ChasingSnow]

Haha, now that's funny... though I would say it's a similar experience... normally when I hit a patch of slow slow snow... both skis suddenly stop and I tend to go head first... in this case, the left one did and I went into a spin...

[@bartmulder6995]

😂

[@bartmulder6995]

11th of April, slow snow can really throw you off your game! You have to take it a bit slower sometimes to avoid getting launched. The new Léchère/Cases connection can be a life saver. I used to start in Les Crosets, because of its accessibility by car and parking underneath the lifts. But the Mossettes lift back, being much more exposed, often shuts down in high-wind situations and then you'd have really long detour on your hands getting back to CH! Twice, I almost got stuck in F. Fortunately, that has been fixed now.

[@ChasingSnow]

Thanks for that Bart... I'm heading your way and should be there in a couple of days... I'll send you a message on WhatsApp...

[@Puzzoozoo]

As I won't be going to Switzerland in the season after this one, all-being-well I'll stick to Austria and France resorts before I go further afield, and going by the pieste map Avoriaz has a bit of everything from beginners and up.

[@ChasingSnow]

I think you'll enjoy Avoriaz...you could even ski into Switzerland from there...

[@andrewreid200]

I know this is from April last year, but wondered if you’d (or anyone else) has had any experience in Avoriaz/surrounding areas at the back end of March? I should be going from the 22nd and wondered what the snow might be like!

[@ChasingSnow]

It really depends on the season, but as it's a low-lying resort, you can expect soft spring snow...

[@andrewreid200]

@ fair enough! It’s 1800m so it’s not that low! Not as high as ones like ValT of course but not too low so hopefully it’s okay 🤞

[@Thetrainexpertyouknow]

U ever planning to go to val Cenis? It’s pretty underrated tbf. Especially the part above termignon. It feels like ur the only one on the world so calm is it there

[@ChasingSnow]

I'm not really familiar with this resort... I'd have to look into it...

[@Thetrainexpertyouknow]

no worries, only do it if u want to :)

[@Plantagenaut]

Wow, maybe it will get better as it gets colder bringing more snow..?

[@ChasingSnow]

This was from the end of last season... so snow was soft...

[@Kingduckshorts]

I went this at the start of this year in February and I’m going again in 2 weeks so 15 December

[@ChasingSnow]

Sounds great! I'm spending a lot of time there this season...

[@vitaliy1515]

По звуку лыж похоже что снег немного мокрый

[@ChasingSnow]

It was, soft spring snow...

[@pramvinnyyt]

May I ask how you added speed and gradient on the video? Thanks a lot!

[@ChasingSnow]

I use Virb Edit....

[@savon99-pb4gq]

You have already crossed the border into Switzerland on the Cases chairlift at minute 6:20. The top station of the Cases chairlift is on Swiss soil. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5CplH6peJmpfcUsi=sXA5ry195F1OK8KF&t=382

[@ChasingSnow]

Yes, I realised this in the next video... after closer inspection of the piste map... the border normally followed the mountain peak except for this section, where the top part of the lift crosses into Switzerland. In this video I was going by the welcome signs at 7:30 so they are placed a little too late... The next video is here kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZm3pauFf79_g68

[@Pascal-u3j]

is this from today or last season?

[@ChasingSnow]

End of last season, the date is in the description...