So I read in The Age that the ski season has already started in late April in Aus due to a cold snap... well in Zermatt it can continues on till about May which means that an Easter trip to the alps is a possibility... so we went! 
Zermatt town lies at about 1600m above sea level, but the slopes go up to 3883m: that's a vertical drop of more than 2km! This part of the alps is basically a bowl with 29 mountains taller than 4000m surrounding it, which on the sunny days we had up there makes for some stunning scenery.
Note that in Aus, the longest ski run we have is the Superrun which from memory is 2.7km and drops 600m or so. Ander's GPS measured that for every 1m drop we skiied about 10m horizontally, so the run we did was probably about 20+km long! It doesnt really compare.
At 3883m. I must admit to feeling a bit light headed up there. Bravo to Christina for being a non-skier and coming on a ski trip, for at least half of it! 
Anders from Sweden was one of the gang who joined, and after spending ages trying to get action shots on my slow pocket camera and with Anders actually in the action, not post action falling over, finally got this one.
A multicoloured brew from the Häxens Bar (Witches Bar) 
Hah!
The Gang: Andrew, Me, Winnie and Anders
We had a full day's snowfall on the 2nd last day, which meant brilliant fresh snow for our final day over the border into Italy
Still learning how to cope with it though!
These as well as some more shots can be found at:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=107249&id=731953277&l=d9d79fa2c6
which should be a hyperlink to my public photo album on facebook... enjoy!
