High Winds and Rio Nero - first trip to Sauze Doulx this season via link lifts

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6 inches of fresh snow between Tuesday night and Thursday
2 inches more overnight Friday
Friday storm force winds in Turin
Forecast was for Strong wind Saturday, Very strong wind Sunday and calm Monday
expecting the worst - Saturday variable cloud and strong winds
Rio Baucet under the 8 man gondola - peach off-piste bowl
unexpectedly Rio Nero draglift opens - first time this season
get stopped by the police - told not to go off piste
head back to San Sicario - great powder to be had in the trees
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Sunday - stronger winds - doubts about lifts opening
La Sellette is open - and Roccia Rotonda - and then Fraiteve opens aswell
Sestriere link gondola was open but Rio Nero is closed
there are trials of Venue, Protein and Phiokka snowboards - c/o La Glisse
too busy shredding pistes and powder in the trees to test anything
Winterstick All Mountain 162 - still going strong
from the top of piste 21
last run of the day hit rocks under windswept powder - well damaged
straight to the repair shop - overnight repairs to be ready for Monday morning
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Monday morning - clear blue skies and freezing cold - no wind !!!
straight to the top of 21 - all on our own - what a dream
Rio Nero is open - twice round it on the way to Sauze D'Oulx
2nd time across the funnel into the powder in avalanche territory
then on down to the long link draglift up to the top of Triplex
lovely long piste under the new Triplex 4 man chairlift to the top of piste 29
piste 29 is a freecarve dream - so soft - all of the way down to clotes
back up Pian della Rocca 4 man chairlift and the New Triplex
back into the Col Basset valley and up the 4 man chair to the Rio Nero draglift
round Roccia Rotonda, Fraiteve and another loop of rio Nero
one more long top half of piste 21 and upto La capanina for lunch
2 hours later after 1 hour of which in the sun at 7500'
a few more runs til 5pm when its time to call it a day
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