17/Sep/21
Finally the time had come. We were allowed to go back to the mountains for a ski adventure. Booked with Epique this year, from November 14 to November 18, 2018. At the end of Wednesday we arrived at our Hotel Lanersbacherhof in Tux. Upon entering, there were already previously arrived guests at the bar and […]
Read moreIt has been nearly 4 years and I still find this the most peculiar and exceptional set of sentences to ever come out of my mouth: We went back country skiing in Antarctica. We sailed 5 days from Ushuaia, the most southern city in the world, to the Antarctic Peninsula and then spent 20 days […]
Read moreA fantastic off-piste training (Nov 2017) in Hintertux left us wanting more! This time I wanted to get away with Epique a little longer, to a new destination. It became a freeride trip to Portes du Soleil (Jan 2018). With a fully loaded car (a small C1 is quickly full) I set out with my […]
Read moreThe options for next year were already discussed during our trip in Cosmo station in Kazakhstan. Explore Georgia with this group. So when we received the proposal for Georgia in the summer, it didn’t take long before the trip was full. Cozy, another top group and a new location to discover. We flew with a […]
Read moreA few years ago when I saw a video of my brother skiing through the deep snow, I was bouncing behind my computer. I thought that was cool!! He was heli-skiing in Canada. A wish was born with me. How wonderful it would be to experience that once in a lifetime. At the beginning of […]
Read moreHeli skiing in Kamchatka, May 2018 After a long journey of more than 18 hours (including a 10 hour time difference, that’s 28 hours) we arrive at our hotel. We are received very friendly and immediately have to sit down for lunch. Very sweet, but I’m so tired… After lunch an extensive briefing about helicopter […]
Read moreHey, heli-skiing in Turkey? Can you ski there then? I had never heard of it and I am no exception. It is a well kept secret and not only for that reason very special. Location, the Kaçkar Mountains. 3900M high, in eastern Turkey, near Georgia, overlooking the Black Sea. A huge unexplored mountain range without […]
Read moreFriday March 8 Finally the time has come with Epique to Kazakhstan. Skies waxed, bags packed and waiting for the taxi. The taxi drives in front, “but we still asked at a station “we say to each other well that’s going to be a puzzle with the ski bags. At Schiphol we meet part of […]
Read moreCan I ski well enough? I have been listening to the enthusiastic stories of my husband and son about heli-skiing for a few years now. Fantastic views, fabulous powder snow, the most beautiful thing there is to experience. I think it would be fun too, but I keep wondering if I could do that too? […]
Read morePiste to Powder After years of mostly skiing on the slopes, something has changed in recent years: I prefer to ski outside the slopes as much as possible! Initially this often went by skiing just ‘next to’ the slopes, but now I know that with the right guidance, the off-piste world is much bigger and […]
Read moreWhat a great experience with Epique (Michiel & Rik) in Hokkaido. Skiing on a completely different continent, landscape and culture. After a positive experience with Epique guide Sale, in 2017, it was clear, I want such an experience again. When Michiel invited me to the Epique office, we looked together at which trips match my […]
Read moreSwimming in icy water after a day of ski touring. Fresh fish for dinner, straight from the fjord. The sailing & touring ski trip to Sunnmøre, Norway really had everything I like in one program. The combination of (tour) skiing in an incredibly beautiful Norwegian mountain landscape with views over the fjords and sailing on […]
Read moreAfter the necessary touring in the Alps, it was finally time, Norway! Far from all lifts and surrounded by fjords. This one has been high on the list for a long time. Preparation is half the battle A few weeks before departure, the ‘meet & greet’ was at the office at Epique. Great to meet […]
Read moreEvery year I ski my last week of the season in Val Thorens. In the May holiday. Most people think I’m crazy that there is still skiing even then. Always those fanatics with that ski thing while you can also sit on the beach and, enjoying a cocktail, work on your summer complexion. On the […]
Read moreThe downside of the internet…every secret is soon no longer a secret. Your secret spot will be eaten by a bunch of grasshoppers in no time, or in this case will be destroyed. The advantage of the internet is that your to do list keeps getting longer. Something always comes along that you think can […]
Read moreAfter a very careful decision-making process, in season 17/18 my ‘tour ski group of friends’ chose the Sellrain group. Some slogans from the plan specially forged by Gijs-Jan: local Innsbruckers, rugged mountains, beautiful terrain, many alternative descents. Just like every year, there has been a shift in arrival and departure dates, logistics and materials. Fortunately, […]
Read moreIncome first The first day we meet our guide Gijs-Jan and we pack our bags with all the stuff for the coming days. We will first spend a day on the slopes and then go to a hut with splitboards and descend there and spend the night. Gijs-Jan shows us the most beautiful off-piste spots […]
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