Archive for Les Diablerets
snapshot of Les Diablerets³ [jatp]
Posted in Mountains, pictures, Running, Travel with tags downhill skiing, Les Diablerets, ski resorts, snow, Suisse Occidentale, Swiss, Swiss Alps, Valais, Villars, winter light on March 1, 2023 by xi'an
snapshot of Les Diablerets² [jatp]
Posted in Mountains, pictures, Running, Travel with tags Alps, CUSO, downhill skiing, Grand Chamossaire, Grandes Jorasses, Gryon, inversion, Les Diablerets, Mont Blanc, Suisse Occidentale, Valais, Vaud, winter light on February 23, 2023 by xi'an
snapshot of Les Diablerets¹ [jatp]
Posted in Kids, Mountains, pictures, Running, Travel, University life with tags CUSO, Floriette, jatp, Les Diablerets, Oldenhorn, snapshot, Suisse Occidentale, Swiss Alps, Valais, Villars, winter school on February 20, 2023 by xi'an
off to Les Diablerets
Posted in Kids, Mountains, pictures, Running, Statistics, Travel, University life with tags CUSO, downhill skiing, ice climbing, Les Diablerets, Swiss Alps, winter school on February 5, 2023 by xi'an
I am off this morn to the Swiss village of Les Diablerets, for my third round of teaching in a winter school organised there yearly by CUSO (Conférence universitaire de Suisse occidentale). And hopefully partake of some skiing opportunities (even though my attempt at hiring an ice climbing guide failed!). This was the case in 2003 and 2017.
[summer Astrostat school] room with a view [jatp]
Posted in Mountains, pictures, R, Running, Statistics, Travel, University life with tags astrostatistics, Aussois, Banff, Bayesian statistics, France, Grenoble, Les Diablerets, R, RStudio, summer school, Vercors on October 9, 2017 by xi'an
I just arrived in Autrans, on the Plateau du Vercors overlooking Grenoble and the view is fabulistic! Trees have started to turn red and yellow, the weather is very mild, and my duties are restricted to teaching ABC to a group of enthusiastic astronomers and cosmologists..! Second advanced course on ABC in the mountains this year, hard to beat (except by a third course). The surroundings are so serene and peaceful that I even conceded to install RStudio for my course! Instead of sticking to my favourite vim editor and line commands.
