A great day skiing off piste at Les Grands Montets. A grey morning with flat light in patches but chalky snow off piste. The pistes are somewhat hard and icy and one has to commit to your edges to get … Read on…
Powder, Pizza and Prosecco Day off at the chalet so popped through the Mont Blanc tunnel to Courmayeur. Forecast was for fresh snow in Chamonix and Courmayeur so we opted for the tree line skiing in Italy. The pizza and … Read on…
Plus quite a lot of people. Skied at Le Brevent and La Flegere yesterday in glorious sunshine and not a cloud in the sky. The pistes were in remarkably good condition and you only noticed the million people where the … Read on…
Woke up on Boxing Day to the silence that accompanies snow. 30cm on the driveway (already cleared away by guests as it is the chalet day off). Les Grands Montets was busy but good on piste snow conditions for skiing … Read on…
Decided to venture through the Mont Blanc Tunnel and checkout Courmayeur. Left Chamonix in the cloud and came out in Italy with snow falling. The nearest lift at Val Veny was still closed so drove through to the main Courmayeur … Read on…
La Flegere remains closed as the replacement cable cars are being installed at the moment ready for opening 21st December. All the other ski domains in the Chamonix Valley are now open but limited. Les Grands Montets has the Bochard … Read on…
The cold temperatures are persisting with the clear blue skies. No new snow as yet and the long-term forecast suggests that a disturbance is due in the middle of next week. If that is to be believed it could be great for Christmas week in Chamonix.
Piste conditions are still good at Grands Montets which is currently the only ski domain open apart from Les Houches. All other domains due to open this weekend.
Would you believe it; Les Grands Montets opened the lifts this weekend to mark the start of the winter season in Chamonix. We missed yesterday to get insurance and shopping sorted but were up there first in line this morning. … Read on…
New ski pants at the beginning of the season, new jacket now and going in search of a new helmet. The All New Breezy hits the Piste!
After a week of very mixed weather, snow snow and more snow the sun has finally reappeared for the afternoon and looks good for tomorrow but then more snow on the way. April conditions are going to be excellent…..a good … Read on…
