The snow has arrived in Chamonix The snowfall over the weekend has opened up the skiing and snowboarding in the Chamonix Valley. Today the temperature at the chalet was minus 12 degrees as we left to head up to Le … Read on…
Grands Montets Opening Day Saturday 20th December and the lifts have finally opened at Grands Montets. Limited opening due to the poor snow coverage but the Top lift was open as well as the Bochard and the Marmatons lift. We … Read on…
Last week the guests in the chalet had great fun with the air bag ski jump at Le Brevent. The sun shone and the pistes were deserted. Situated by the nursery slope at Altitude 2000 with the chair lift over … Read on…
Spring skiing is definitely here. Bulletproof pistes first thing in the morning and rapidly softening in the sunshine. Book a late table for a long lunch and ski the slush down the hill for tea and cake in the chalet … 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…
Two days after fresh snow and there was still powder to be tracked off piste in Flegere Chamonix Mont Blanc. The pistes were also in fantastic carving condition. It is amazing what a dump of snow does to freshen up … Read on…
The last 8 days have been glorious sunshine and the snow from the garden at the chalet is gradually disappearing. On the south facing slopes of La Flegere and Le Brevent the snow is definitely in spring condition and going … 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…
Skied at Le Brevent this morning. Yesterday was shopping for food down the valley so we did not ski but apparently it rained to the top of the Col Cornu chair lift. The piste bashers had groomed the pistes perfectly … 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…
