Hike & Ride 2006
Preparations are almost complete for the 2006 event in February, and I'll be blogging and heli-reporting again this year. Poor me. ;-)
In case you missed it: The winners of the 2005 Red Bull Hike&Ride, Chris Davenport & Shane McConkey mixed humor and the extreme to produce a fantastic ski adventure which includes steep skiing, hard hiking, BASE jumping and – are you ready for this – DEATH. Enjoy USA vs France in "Dick Et Alphonse Trouve Hiver."
Below is part of an email describing the places we're considering for the days leading up to this year's event.
More to come ...
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klosters is part of the davos ski region, by the way. massive location. tons of terrain. the hike & ride (the red bull even that i help organize) was in davos 2 years ago. very nice place. not the greatest apres-ski/night life, but still a very nice place.
davos links:
http://www.bergfex.ch/graubuenden/
http://www.davosklosters.ch/
http://www.ifyouski.com/switzerland/jungfrau2/
i'm still keen on waiting on a decision until we know where we can find the best powder. if we have davos in our pocket and given the right conditions, i think it would be fun. if the weather is clearly going to be better somewhere else, i'd rather not.
a few other places i'd like to consider are:
1) the jungfrau region: (map)
http://www.bergfex.ch/schilthorn/
http://www.bergfex.ch/maennlichen/
shilthorn (murren) is an excellent spot. you have to take a cablecar up to get there, and the village sits on the side of a cliff with ski-in-ski-out hotels and excellent views. skiing is awesome. maennlichen (wengen) is the larger resort, also part of the jungfrau region, and also has some great spots. reviews/links to most of the hotels in murren and wengen are here.
official sites are:
JungfrauWinter.ch
MySwitzerland.com
a funny option: stayed at the "funny farm" in interlaken on the way to the jungfrau region when we did the hike&ride last year. if we wanted to crash/party on friday night, we could stay there and be in the mountains on saturday morning. i know the owner, and he's a great guy. great place to relax ... just like in amsterdam. ahem.
2) engelberg (awesome skiing. was there last year.)
http://www.engelberg.ch/Winter/index.php
http://www.bergfex.ch/engelberg/
http://www.ifyouski.com/
3) andermatt (never been. supposed to be very good.)
http://www.andermatt.ch/
http://www.skiswitzerland.com/andermat
http://www.bergfex.ch/naetschen/
http://www.skiswitzerland.com/andermat
4) laax (never been. looks awesome. will ask red bull folks about it.)
http://www.laax.com/
http://www.bergfex.ch/laax/
5) gargellen (x-factor. austria. small, secluded, fantastic. close to silvretta nova)
http://www.gargellen.at/
http://www.bergfex.at/gargellen/
http://www.bergfex.at/nova/
Monday, January 23, 2006
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