I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I *really* don't want European Hyperscalers to be a thing. Hyperscalers are at best a market/regulation failure and at worst a huge risk to create another one of these "too big to fail" scenarios.
I want a sane and healthy landscape of small- to midsize competitors in the hosting landscape.
It makes everything more robust and reliable.
Not sure why this is not a shared understanding anymore.
@stefanlindbohm So I usually book both trips (because seat reservations are cheap and refundable) and refund the scenario that doesn't work.
If the night train is on time I refund the later ticket, and if the night train is late I refund the earlier ticket.
I would love to find a platform that allows me to book everything in one go, but I reckon it's a bit of a peculiar use case. :D
Anyhow, god jul!
@stefanlindbohm Yo!
One feature request for railfinder, it's probably a very odd one and more of a "nice to have" than a "must have" but anyway.
In my usual trip (Stockholm - Southern France), I usually book it with Interrail (the only reason I'm not using railfinder yet) and double book the mandatory reservation tickets DE-FR.
The reason being that if the Sthlm-Hamburg night train is on time, I can get in Lyon around 17. But the safe way arrives at 20.
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15/01/2025
Last day, tiredness etc. We went for a shorter tour in the same direction as usual towards Le Grand Fourchon. Southern approach to avoid long exposure in avalanche terrain. Then descent via the northern slope, it had some recent tracks and seemed relatively safe.
Excellent snow above ~2000m, then we were back on the slopes anyway.
10.5km
800m ascent
We were bored so our little drink got a photoshoot somehow.
14/01/2025
We were pretty tired so went for a #skitour close to the resort with short approach (better than the prev. day). Lunch at the Méraloup hut (visible in the 2nd picture), superb viewing spot.
Forest climb all the way from 1500m to ~2400m, always nice to have some trees around! Our goal was to reach "Le Gros Crey" but we started late and had to stop a bit before that.
Snow was excellent above 2000m, crusty above 1800 and frozen/shit below that.
850m ascent
11km
13/01/2025
Long approach until the Terre Rouge hut, then steep climbing to the Lac des Culées. We wanted to get as close as possible to Roche Noire while avoiding avalanche slopes due to a strong avalanche risk (4/5).
Magnificent views, my legs were dead but totally worth it. Excellent snow above 2100m, then crusty.
18km
1000m ascent
12/01/2025
First day, we messed up the route and could not really go as far as planned. Great tour to get started nonetheless, we even had a tea in the Terre Rouge hut.
Snow was great above 2200m, and somewhat crusty below that.
15km
700m ascent
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