Friday, December 27, 2013

BLAST FROM THE PAST ... skiing Monte Rosa

I must have 6-8 pairs of old, but quite useable skis with three-pin bindings. Given that I have burned through all my old touring boots, Selden has gotten sick of me whining about needing some vintage leather boots. So, she scored a terrific pair of Asolo Snowfield boots for a song on eBay. Today I teamed up my Christmas present with my oldest pair of tele-skis, and toured up the Whiteface Toll Road. 


Cruising down the 10% gradient I was amazed that this was the exact setup that I skied Monte Rosa with. It is almost impossible for me to imagine skiing the 15,203' Dufourspitze in this rig