Diarmuid Collins

Spent 10 days working in Belgrade. Took a few pics while I was there

Looks like the season in Isola2000 is starting !! Snowboarded both Saturday and Sunday and it snowed both days with 15cm on Saturday night.

Roll on next weekend when more is forecast !!

Gallery of the two day hike up to Cime De Roccassiera uploaded

I added a few more picture galleries especially to 2006:

After St Patrick’s Day disappointment of losing out on the Six Nation Championship Yvonne and I went for a walk along the coast from Nice to the Palais Materlinck. Caitriona will be having her wedding reception here so it was a good opportunity to check it out

Also uploaded my Bolivia pictures to the new gallery

I added a few new galleries tonight. The first was from a long weekend in Chamonix. The weather was quite warm resulting in rain to 2200m on two days but still one great day skiing in Grand Montets

Last weekend a few of us did a short walk around Cap Ferrat. Great day out for mid March

Spent a week in Ischgl in Austria snowboarding. Stopped in Como on the way.

It was Russell’s 30th birthday at the weekend so we decided to head to Chamonix to meet with Cathal and Ciaran. The weather was great but it hadn’t snowed in ages, in fact it rained. So first day out we went to Grand Montets to see what was happening. Good conditions for skiing but not so hot for snowboarding. Got a few pics in though

Sunday was a day off for me due to a bloody cold I picked up on Friday. So hung around Chamonix, took a few pics and watched to Munster v Bourgoin rugby game

Another week without snow, so Helmut and I decided to start out snowshoeing careers. We drove to Isola2000 and after renting shoes we start on out hike to Tete Merciere. It took about 2.5 hours to reach the peak and back down in less than 2. A great day out and despite packing way too much clothes it wasn’t too strenuous. The summit was at 2493m

Pictures Here

To get the New Year off to a good start Yvonne and I went for a hike from Boreon. We were hoping to do some snowshoeing but there was not enough snow at 1500m so settled for a small hike

Pictures Here

Well after Isola2000 posted on their website that they would open today, Paul, Russ and I decided to take the day off work and head up there for the day. We arrived in Isola2000 a bit late because of traffic on the 202 and were on the slopes for 10:15. It had snowed here last weekend and the piste machines must have been working overtime as the pistes were very well prepared. Quite firm but not icy. Off piste was very crusty (1-2cm thick) but soffened up around midday.

Got some good runs in and all in all a good first day to the 2006/2007 season

A video from Isola2000 from last year.