Roundup of the last few days. Chamonix has been lucky with snowfall over the last couple of weeks and blessed with sunshine inbetween. Today we are just back from skiing the north facing domain of Grands Montets. The pistes were … Read on…
Fresh tracking all day long. The sun shone and the mountains were covered in powder snow. What better way to spend a day off than putting tracks all over the place. Managed to get to Le Tour as the lift … 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…
The venerable Compagnie du Mont Blanc has “provisional” opening dates for different lift systems in the Chamonix valley. Of course, at this stage they are all dependent on the snow conditions but in the past we have had some of … Read on…
Great news for the 2014-2015 winter ski season in Chamonix. Firstly, the new replacement lift from the bottom of Grands Montets up the hill is under construction and due to be complete for the beginning of the season. It will … Read on…
Another day in the sun in seek of powder to ski. Destination – Le Tour. Three days after fresh snow you have to be prepared to look a little harder for the powder and put a little more effort in … Read on…
Another fine morning so we went in search of powder residue at Le Tour (Domaine de Balme). The pistes were in great condition with soft snow and not icy until the very bottom slopes. Off piste was largely tracked and … Read on…
Yesterday saw about 50cm of fresh snow in Chamonix. Unfortunately it was accompanied by high winds. The new dump has certainly freshened up all the pistes in the valley. The off piste at Domaine de Balme today was heavy and … Read on…
Guests were out the chalet door early today and so were we. The sun and yesterdays snow were a call that we could not ignore. Le Tour at the head of the Chamonix Valley has some fantastic off piste terrain … Read on…
Shovelled about 20cm of fresh snow off the drive this morning. Heavy snow so not the easiest to shift. Would have been great for snowmen. Checked the web to see what was open and even phoned Courmayeur as nothing appeared … Read on…
