Verbier Xtreme 2011
The conditions at the Verbier Xtreme last weekend were more than demanding. It has not been snowing for a long time in Verbier until the Bec des Rosses approximately got 30-40 cm of fresh snow on top of a bad layer two days prior to the event. The face looked really beautiful in the morning, but we also knew that the fresh snow would just cover some dangerous sharks underneath.
© FWT11_Verbier_CMargot
© Christian Petit
I was trying to be faster, stronger and higher...it didn´t work out 100%, but I am happy that at least I have tried..
Also the avalanche risk rised after the dump and we realized in how dangerous conditions the face really was after my friend Maria Kuzma got caught in an avalanche on her last cliff jump. After the avalanche had released, we could not see her anymore from the bottom. We thought that she got burried by the snow. Anne-Flore, Janina, Jackie and I were trying to run up to her, but it was just impossible for us to reach the point where the avalanche had stoped. We felt so useless and strong emotions were coming up. Luckily she managed to shovel herself out of it. We are more than happy that she is fine and as Anne Flore already said: " Snowboarding, freeriding, winning or loosing....at the end there is nothing more important than you and your friends arriving safe at the bottom."
