Ski Touring Les Contamines
The sun shone so we headed out of the valley with ski touring kit. Les Contamines was the destination as it is covered on our MBU Ski Pass this winter. Headed off the top ridge with friends over to the … Read on…
Category Archives: Snow Report
Italy – never take a picnic!
What can we say, pizza in Italy is not to be missed. Especially when you can sit in the sun on a terrace. Another glorious day in Courmayeur. Met up with Danish friends for a ski day and lunch. Super … Read on…
Champery skiing with great friends
Managed to get over to Champery on our day off from the chalet to ski with Derbyshire friends Dave and Helen. As they had been there 3 weeks we had our own personal guides so were fresh tracking powder shots … Read on…
Cold keeps the snow light & fluffy
The weather has turned super cold which is keeping the snow in good condition. We spent a few hours up at Le Brevent today seeking out fresh tracks off piste before the light went flat as the clouds came in. … Read on…
Powder everywhere
The recent snowfall in Chamonix has been relentless. Having said that today we got a glimps of the sun. Unfortunately we were in a chairlift at the time rather than taking pics of skiing. The last few days we have … Read on…
Powder Day in St Gervais
With the recent heavy snowfall in Chamonix it is taking a little while for the lift company to get the terrain controlled for avalanches. The risk today is still 4/5 and a lot of the lifts are still closed. Rather … Read on…
Christmas and New Year plus lots of snow
The Festive Season is over and the snow has arrived big time. Fabulous guests and great fun was had over Christmas and New Year. Thank you all for the laughs and for sending through your images. We had guests take … Read on…
Early Opening of Skiing in Chamonix
The Compagnie du Mont Blanc have just announced early opening of the Chamonix Ski slopes. This weekend, for a couple of days, on November, Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th, Grands Montets and Les Houches will have partial opening after the recent … Read on…
Abundant snowfall this weekend
Received a mail from Mike Sweeney this morning who let us know about the forecast for the weekend. Snow in Chamonix 1.5m of the stuff Apparently there is gonna be a couple of nice days then an “active disturbance” crossing over … Read on…
El Niño and Bumper Snow?
Could be in for a good snow year. “Weather experts say that the Earth could be experiencing the strongest El Niño for more than 60 years.” ~ BBC News Apparently a strong El Niño causes colder, drier winters in Northern … Read on…
