Still fresh tracks to be had. The last couple of days we have been venturing within the lift systems to find the freshies. The pistes everywhere are in fabulous condition and even the home runs at Le Brevent and La … Read on…
Great snow conditions at Les Houches. New guests skied at Les Houches to get their legs going so we headed there too. The pistes had been prepared and then about 15cm of fresh snow had fallen giving a lovely silent … Read on…
Gradually the lifts open up in Chamonix after the dump of snow. Saturday morning and the sky is completely clear. The recent days of snowfall have closed a lot of the lift system in the valley and we have been … Read on…
Heavy snowfalls expected this Thursday. An official communication has been issued to the Chamonix population today regarding the expected snowfall over the next 3 days. Any snow will be falling on to an unstable base and warnings of spontaneous/self-released slides … Read on…
A cold spell has gripped the Chamonix Valley which is fantastic for keeping the snow. There has been a temperature inversion keeping the cloud in the valley with blue skies up above. Chamonix webcams are great in these conditions to … Read on…
The more trees there are the more gaps there are. Day off on Thursday this week so we popped through the Mont Blanc tunnel to Courmayeur as we did not have to rush back. Even more snow has fallen since … Read on…
Tree skiing in Courmayeur Recent snowfall has made the trees skiable in Courmayeur and freshened up the pistes both in Italy and back home in Chamonix. Photos from Courmayeur below. Chamonix pistes are in fantastic condition though snow levels at … Read on…
Fresh powder skiing at Grands Montets Swung by the market on the way to Grands Montets to pick up a chicken off the rotisserie stand. Double bagged it and chucked it in the rucksack with some fresh bread and mayonnaise for … Read on…
The sun shone and the wind Blew It was a powder day at Les Grands Montets. The wind had blown the snow in around the mogals and created powder covered slopes just waiting to be tracked. And tracked they were … Read on…
Two countries and some Powder Sunday took us up to Le Brevent. Got on the lift at the bottom in the pouring rain and got off the top in a snow blizzard. From then on things just got better. The … Read on…
