The snow conditions back country have been amazing this past week. We have ventured over the Autannes from Le Tour and had numerous excursions from the Aiguille du Midi. As one of the group said “that is the best ski I have ever had”. Read on…
After almost an hour to get up the Flegere cable car (Brevent cable car is broken this week) we did a warm up run and met up with Jen and Darryl. The four of us then set off for the … Read on…
The super cold temperatures have kept the snow in fantastic condition even on the south facing slopes of Brevent and Flegere. One has to work a little harder each descent to find the untracked stuff but there is plenty out there to go round. More snow due on Wednesday of this week, our day off, bring it on. Read on…
This weekend has seen Grands Montets, Brevent, Flegere and Les Houches open with light powder yesterday on the lower slopes and slightly wind affected higher up. Here is a little montage of images for you. Read on…
After the unprecidented amounts of snow the sun has reappeared and is making a definite come back. The lift company has opened up the valley and dug out the pistes again. There have been some amazing sights of chairlifts under … Read on…
Every turn on the ascent seemed to have a skitourer spread eagle on their face trying to regain the track. Clouds were swirling and threatening to envelope the Aiguille Rouges but they held off and provided some spectacular mountain scenes. Read on…
Apparently we have experienced an “unusually strong northward bulge in the jet stream that’s to blame (or credit) for the warm spell” recently which resulted in rather a lot of rain. Read on…
The sun has finally made an appearance and the mountains are covered in crisp white sheets of snow In short, all the pistes are in amazing condition throughout Chamonix. To be honest with the depth of snow which has been put down over the last 2 weeks if they were not is good condition something would be seriously wrong. We have also enjoyed some brilliant powder days off piste. As the sun came out and people could see most of it has been tracked so you have to work a little harder to get freshies, but they are still out there. Read on…
Wind blown snow made the skinning track over the Crochues a little tricky but the sun shone and we were in no hurry. The traverse round towards the Berard was icy but in good condition. Read on…
Wall to wall sunshine lead us to La Flegere where after a little exertion from the top of the index lift we got to play with some fresh tracks. Tuesday was a friend’s Birthday through in Pila, Italy so we popped through the tunnel, cruised perfect pistes, ate pizza and drank prosecco. Read on…
