Great day at Domaine de Balme
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…
Category Archives: Snow Report
Chamonix New Year
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…
Good snow for New Year week guests
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…
First ski of the season in Chamonix
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…
Courmayeur delayed opening again
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…
Courmayeur opening delayed to 6th Dec
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…
Courmayeur Opens 29th Nov 2014 for the ski season
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…
Kickers Hits Lips Rails & Boxes
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…
Grands Montets New uplift from the valley floor
We have already mentioned the new lift at Grands Montets to replace the old Plan Jouran. The new 84 cabin gondola will whisk riders up to 2,130m in seven minutes, carrying up to 3200 people an hour. The overall cost … Read on…
Ski Jump air bag fun at Le Brevent
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…
