Skiing powder at Le Tour

The intention was to do a little ski touring at Domaine de Balme. Then we bumped in to an old friend, Richard from the Lakes. After a couple of runs in the powder with him, we were having too much … Read on…
The intention was to do a little ski touring at Domaine de Balme. Then we bumped in to an old friend, Richard from the Lakes. After a couple of runs in the powder with him, we were having too much … Read on…
This season seems to be shaping up nicely with loads of snow and cold temperatures. Last week we had a lot of weather and this week has seen the return of sunshine. We have even managed to get a little … Read on…
It is amazing just how much fun can be had in a ski area when all that is open is a gondola to get you up the hill and two chairlifts. No lift lines and acres of completely untracked powder. … Read on…
When you have a ski day and you think it’s the best of the season. The next day you have an even better day. We did. Day one was at Grands Montets. Slow to open after the overnight snowfall, we … Read on…
What an amazing start to the winter ski season. Grands Montets is already open and the other ski domains are to open this coming weekend. There is snow in the streets and about 2m of snow at 2000m. We have … Read on…
Recent snowfall has given a couple of superb blue sky powder days, swiftly followed by rain to above 2000m. It is now raining again in town and the forecst is for over a metre of snow at 1800m in the next 24hrs. Read on…
The past week has put down loads of fresh snow down to 600m. The pisteurs in the valley have done an amazing job of preparing the pistes and securing the ski domains. Guests have done a brilliant job of putting … Read on…
Since the half term week we have enjoyed some regular little top ups of the white stuff to play with. We haven’t always been able to see it but at some stage the sun came out and so did the … Read on…
This week the storms have started rolling in with gale force winds shutting different lifts. When they have passed through we can look forward to some more powder days. In the meantime we shall venture out and head for the … Read on…
The stable weather over the last week has given great opportunities to explore the mountains both on piste and off piste. The recent snowfall freshened up the pistes for brilliant conditions almost everywhere. Off piste has been a similar story … Read on…