The recent snowfall in Chamonix has been relentless. Having said that today we got a glimps of the sun. Unfortunately we were in a chairlift at the time rather than taking pics of skiing. The last few days we have … Read on…
The Festive Season is over and the snow has arrived big time. Fabulous guests and great fun was had over Christmas and New Year. Thank you all for the laughs and for sending through your images. We had guests take … Read on…
Roundup of the last couple of weeks The chalet has been busy and so reports have been lacking but spring has definitely arrived. Snow showers every few days have freshened the Chamonix Valley up and the temperatures have risen. The … Read on…
Tuesday took us through the Mont Blanc Tunnel to Courmayeur to meet friends. The pistes were in fantastic condition, the pizzas were also magnificent and the prosecco did not let the side down in the least. The sun shone and … Read on…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
