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…
Guests were out the door early to ski the Vallee Blanche with Steve, a High Mountain Guide so we took the opportunity to do the same, only we headed for the first cabin up Le Brevent and over to La … Read on…
The forecast was for 85% sun so first plan was a run off the Aiguille du Midi. Fortunately we received a text from a friend in the queue to say that half the population of Chamonix were also in the … Read on…
Day off at the chalet so headed out of the Chamonix Valley and used a pass for Megeve to meet a couple of Yorkshire friends. We don’t know the area very well so cruised the pistes which were in fabulous … 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…
Overnight we had about 5cm of fresh at the chalet so headed up to Grands Montets this morning. Managed to get a couple of top cable car trips in with 20-30cm of fresh. Joy of joys. Cloud level stayed at … Read on…
