A Grand Day out A friend’s Birthday was a great excuse to get out of the Chamonix Valley and explore Les Contamines. Eleven of us warmed up on the pistes before heading off to play with the soft stuff off … Read on…
Recent snow has freshened up the pistes. Headed up the valley to Le Tour to ski the Domaine de Balme. The carpark was empty when we got there at half nine and we walked straight on to the lift. The … Read on…
NYE at Brevent/Flegere and New Years Day at Courmayeur Glorious sunshine followed us around on both New Years Eve and New Years Day. On 31st we left the chalet at minus 12 degrees and went to the sunny side of … Read on…
The snow has arrived in Chamonix The snowfall over the weekend has opened up the skiing and snowboarding in the Chamonix Valley. Today the temperature at the chalet was minus 12 degrees as we left to head up to Le … Read on…
The poor snow coverage meant that we had to walk in to the Vieilles Luges at Les Houches for our Christmas Lunch with Pete & Ruth. As usual we had a lovely lunch up the mountain to celebrate Christmas before heading … Read on…
Grands Montets Opening Day Saturday 20th December and the lifts have finally opened at Grands Montets. Limited opening due to the poor snow coverage but the Top lift was open as well as the Bochard and the Marmatons lift. We … Read on…
Buy a 6 day ski pass for the price of 5 on-line Winter 2014-15 Chamonix lift ticket deals. Buy online and get your MBU or Le Pass for 6 days for the price of 5, 7 days for the price … Read on…
Sunday 14th December at 6pm Chambelles are singing again this Christmas at the Eglise Reformee (Little church near the train station). This is a great little Chamonix event to get you in the festive spirit. Family friendly sing along with … Read on…
New opening date is now 13th December. Once again Courmayeur have delayed opening the lift system due to insufficient snowfall in the last week or so. Chamonix has had mild weather and the temperature has not been low enough even … Read on…
January 23rd – 25th a 3 day course in Chamonix to learn ski touring techniques Lead by an IFMGA Mountain Guide this course will cover: How to use skins, bindings and ski crampons effectively. How to interpret avalanche and … Read on…
