Day off in powder at Le Tour
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…
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…
Powder everywhere. Having had over a week of great weather over the Half Term break, the snow has once again landed in Chamonix. This morning we shot off down the valley for the weekly food shop and then scuttled up … Read on…
Off piste better than the pistes at the moment. The pistes at Grands Montets were fairly bullet proof today and did not soften up in the cold air. The off piste, and there is a lot of it, was chalky, … Read on…
Day off Wednesday, so we headed out of teh valley with ski touring kit to head up the Petit Croise Baulet. Beautiful skin up through the woods from the road head above the Jaillet lift to the Col du Jaillet … 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…
Great snow conditions at Les Houches. New guests skied at Les Houches to get their legs going so we headed there too. The pistes had been prepared and then about 15cm of fresh snow had fallen giving a lovely silent … Read on…
Gradually the lifts open up in Chamonix after the dump of snow. Saturday morning and the sky is completely clear. The recent days of snowfall have closed a lot of the lift system in the valley and we have been … Read on…
Heavy snowfalls expected this Thursday. An official communication has been issued to the Chamonix population today regarding the expected snowfall over the next 3 days. Any snow will be falling on to an unstable base and warnings of spontaneous/self-released slides … 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…