Drawing in the mountains proved more challenging than the skiing. Stopping somewhere interesting but safe, removing gloves, goggles, drawing glasses, drawing pad and pencils from somewhere deep inside insulated clothing left a limited time for sketching before fingers became too cold and ink froze. The artist adopted a 2B pencil to rough out the subject before fingers froze or he needed to move on to make the agreed rendezvous with the group. When in an easier place and before losing memory of the subject, the drawings would be ‘inked in’ with a black or blue/black Staedtler Lumocolor non-permanent pen. A wet finger or smear of snow was used to blend the pen marks on some drawings.

On two days he took out time to ski alone and at his own pace, from the top of the Ciampinoi ski lift he drew the Sassolungo mountain. He then skied down to Plan de Grabba and taking the Piz Sella lift to Comici to look across the Sella Group. Dropping again to Gran Paradiso and taking the chairlift to the base of Sassolungo. An easy blue run took him south towards Piz Seteur through the delightful clutter of snow-covered rocks and dwarf fir trees. This run providing many opportunities to stop and sketch Sassolungo ( see opposite photograph) and its companions Fredrico Augusto and Sasso Piato, as well as the Sella Group across the valley.

He made other quick sketches from Passo Sella while skiing the Sella Ronda and from Seceda above San Christina on a separate day. A total of 33 drawings were completed; not with the intention of doing anything with the studies but just to enjoy the mountains in his own way.