No Skiing

It was found that the steam cloud had been blowing in the direction of the hut most of the week and that it had deposited as layer of fine pumice dust over all the skifields making skiing quite impossible. An attempt to run down a 45 degree slope showed that pumice on snow can be a great help—it makes it possible to walk up without removing your ski, but it's not much help when you can't run down. However the skier who complains that 95 per cent of one's time is occupied in climbing up might be interested.