Two countries and some Powder Sunday took us up to Le Brevent. Got on the lift at the bottom in the pouring rain and got off the top in a snow blizzard. From then on things just got better. The … Read on…
A Grand Day out A friend’s Birthday was a great excuse to get out of the Chamonix Valley and explore Les Contamines. Eleven of us warmed up on the pistes before heading off to play with the soft stuff off … Read on…
Recent snow has freshened up the pistes. Headed up the valley to Le Tour to ski the Domaine de Balme. The carpark was empty when we got there at half nine and we walked straight on to the lift. The … Read on…
NYE at Brevent/Flegere and New Years Day at Courmayeur Glorious sunshine followed us around on both New Years Eve and New Years Day. On 31st we left the chalet at minus 12 degrees and went to the sunny side of … Read on…
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…
New opening date is now 13th December. Once again Courmayeur have delayed opening the lift system due to insufficient snowfall in the last week or so. Chamonix has had mild weather and the temperature has not been low enough even … Read on…
Heavy snowfall followed by mild weather Unfortunately the snow conditions in Italy are not gonna be good enough for the opening of Courmayeur this weekend. The pizza and prosecco will still be good but a slide is not an option, … Read on…
Recent reports suggest that Italy has had more fresh snow that Chamonix so far this winter. Facebook has had pictures of snowboarders up at Le Tour in Chamonix and some powder hounds in Cervinia. Needless to say they have not … Read on…
Freeride facilities in Chamonix Apart from the acres and acres of off-piste hits and lips in the different ski domains around the Chamonix Valley there are some new developments of the fabricated kind in Chamonix this winter. Construction is underway … Read on…
