Cascade de Lay Zinal

Camping at Glacier 3000 Diablerets Updated: 29 December 2011

An impressive 2m of snowfall has given an umpressidented start to the winter 2011/2012. The Swiss Avalanche website is already documenting that we already have almost twice the annual average snowfall in Leysin. Christmas day gave excellent deep powder conditions in Leysin and with more snow forecast it we look to be in for a proper winter.
The ice is taking a little longer to form as we have had a very dry autumn. This was great for rock climbing in the mountains but hasn't left a strong feed of water to freeze.
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Thanks to all who climbed and skied with me this winter I hope that we can do it again soon.

The snow has now almost disappeared from the Alps so we look to rock climbing in the UK and further afield until the Alps have lost enough snow to allow summer alpine climbing.

Some of the big North Faces have been reported to have excellent conditions and with the lack of snow and relatively warm conditions it could be time for a big alpine adventure.