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Day off at the chalet so headed out of the valley to Les Contamines for a scoot about and a ...
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Considering yesterday we were at the same place skiing in poor visibility, what a difference a little sunshine makes. Domaine ...
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Yesterdays snowfall and that which fell overnight saw the avalanche risk settle at 4. Grands Montets had delayed opening and ...
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For one reason or another we didn't get up to Grands Montets until mid morning. The Bochard was closed because ...
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All the guests at the chalet were out the door early this morning. An American family went through to the ...
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We have had our fair share of weather recently. Lots of snow for Christmas guests in the chalet which is ...
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Today is supposedly the only day this week when the sun is due to make an appearance. With that in ...
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The lifts are open and snow has arrived. More snow is due this week. Last week we were traveling through ...
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Snow is on its way That is it, the chalet is ready for guests and the forecast for this weekend ...
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Until the 21st December the Lift Company of Chamonix is offering a deal on ski passes. The beginning of December ...
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It has been an exceptional winter season for snow but not for sunshine.  We have had more awesome powder days ...
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It is not often that we can get out of the chalet to get the first lift up Les Grands ...
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This Wednesday the weather forecast was for sunshine so we were holding reservations for the Aig du Midi lift to ...
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This season we have definitely had our fair share of powder days in Chamonix. One could not always see very ...
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February has been an awesome month in Chamonix with all manner of weather. We have had powder skiing in the ...
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Paul has been on an ski course with Mark Gear all week and decided to round off the week with ...
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Föhn wind in Chamonix is a warm valley wind which can strip the snow from lower slopes. Fortunately due to ...
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This week we have been chasing powder snow. We were lucky enough to get an invite from ESF to go ...
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After the unprecidented amounts of snow the sun has reappeared and is making a definite come back. The lift company ...
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On Saturday we left the lift system behind in La Flegere and headed up over the Col Crochues.  Every turn ...
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To be fair we have had very "mixed" weather recently, and now we are back to the freezer.  The pistes ...
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Apparently we have experienced an "unusually strong northward bulge in the jet stream that's to blame (or credit) for the ...
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You may just see Breezy and Ken ripping it up.  The fresh snowfall brought out the fresh trackers at Les ...
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The sun has finally made an appearance and the mountains are covered in crisp white sheets of snow. The Christmas ...
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With more snow due tonight this has to be the whitest Christmas in years.  The Christmas tree is up and ...
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Powder shots everywhere you turn. Recent weather has brought snow snow and actually more snow. Forecast for the next few ...
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It's been cold in Chamonix and the lifts have opened for the weekend. We saw partial opening of Les Houches ...
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The lift were open this weekend with partial opening of Grands Montets and Les Houches. All the Chamonix ski domains ...
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As per last season there are some great avalanche awareness talks in Chamonix. The Avalanche Achademy do a series on ...
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Fresh snow forecast. Early season snow seems to be accumulating on the slopes of Chamonix which bodes well for a ...
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As I write the old cable car station at the top of the Glacier Rond is being demolished. At a ...
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Six of us drove to Arolla in Switzerland having booked a couple of nights at the Dix Hut.  Unfortunately the ...
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Sunshine has featured quite heavily recently. Today was no exception.  Three of us set off from the Aiguille du Midi ...
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The forecast was for sun with cloud coming in through the afternoon.  There had been a few spots of rain ...
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Why ski Chamonix at Easter? The days are longer and the lifts are open longer too.  Generally the lifts open ...
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We just had to profit from the glorious sunshine. Plus get up high where there is still some snow which ...
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5 of us set off from the Aiguille du Midi down the ridge and on to the "tourist route" Valle ...
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The time comes each year when the Mad March Gang show up.  There is a lot of skiing and a ...
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Crazy Ken arrived yesterday with a completely new rig, skis, bindings boots and more. We decided to book an Aiguille ...
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The last week of so has been fantastic sunshine.  Not always scorchers but we have had a couple of days ...
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Glorious sunshine Saturday so took a stroll through the Market. Every Saturday morning there is an amazing market in Chamonix.  ...
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The recent snowfall in Chamonix has opened up a world of possibilities for skiing and snowboarding. We opted to head ...
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February has been busy with family groups in the chalet. All keen skiers they have been out the door early ...
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A great friends Birthday so a small group of us set off ski touring from Combloux up to the Croise ...
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On our day off from serving food at the chalet we set off to meet some friends for a gentle ...
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Yesterday we had a bin booked for the top of Les Grands Montets so headed up with a crevasse kit ...
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The last week or so has given us some unstable conditions. By that I mean that we have had weather ...
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Last week in the chalet we had a really interesting and enthusiastic chap, Jamie, who came out with his Dad ...
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I still struggle to get my head around the fact that a mere 16km away the general population speak a ...
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What an adventure! Three of us set off for the Crochues-Berard traverse into Buet. The Foehn wind was blowing and ...
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It has been a while since our last dump of the white fluffy stuff but there are still odd spots ...
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Day off at the chalet so teamed up with David and Asa who run a chalet at the top of ...
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At last we have a significant dump of snow and the valley is opening up. This week we have cleared ...
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Having just cleared the drive of the chalet and sat down with a coffee here are a few pictures from ...
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This morning was the second time the driveway needed clearing. The cloud in the valley gave way to clear skies ...
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We decided we would try to avoid the hoards at GM and headed to Le Tour with Carolyn, who usually ...
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The whole Christmas and New Year thing has been a little mad this year with people arriving and leaving all ...
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Day off and a good forecast so we had an adventure planned! Climbing the Cosmiques Arrete from the Aiguille du ...
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Decided to check out some skiing in the sun. Although only the top was open we saw only 3 other ...
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That's the end of the course with Alison and all her clients thoroughly enjoyed it and learnt loads. The course ...
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The weather is cold and the snow that we have is in good condition. Day one of a ski course ...
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The first day that we put skis on is always a little scary. Can you actually remember how to do ...
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This winter the Compagnie du Mont Blanc are once again offering a "1st Snow" discounted rate for lift passes which ...
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First snow has hit the town. Yesterday there was over 20cm at the top of the Prairion ski lift in ...
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A summer of testing new recipes, both on ourselves and visitors in the Pyrenees.  Having loads of fun with new ...
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For anyone who has skied with Breezy you may wonder why she has booked on an off-piste skiing course. There ...
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We managed to take advantage of the weather and get in a trip to Switzerland for some ski touring. It ...
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This week in the chalet we have had a family of 5 and 4 people on one of Alison Culshaw's ...
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Just had an amazing ski week with repeat clients who have been coming out year on year since the doors ...
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The chalet has been busy with guests the last couple of weeks who have enjoyed very varied weather and plenty ...
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We managed to wrangle our day off to coincide with a friend's Birthday celebration with a stay at Chalet de ...
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February has been lots of weather and lots of powder snow in Chamonix. Thankfully the rain snow limit has been ...
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There must have been a couple of hundred folk skinning up the Col de Crochue. Some with guides and some ...
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A week of unstable weather finally rewarded us with fresh powder days at Domaine de Balme. The sun came out ...
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The sun shone so we headed out of the valley with ski touring kit. Les Contamines was the destination as ...
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What can we say, pizza in Italy is not to be missed. Especially when you can sit in the sun ...
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Managed to get over to Champery on our day off from the chalet to ski with Derbyshire friends Dave and ...
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The weather has turned super cold which is keeping the snow in good condition. We spent a few hours up ...
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The recent snowfall in Chamonix has been relentless. Having said that today we got a glimps of the sun. Unfortunately ...
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Want to know what is happening in town and up the mountain when you are out in Chamonix. Or maybe ...
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With the recent heavy snowfall in Chamonix it is taking a little while for the lift company to get the ...
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The Festive Season is over and the snow has arrived big time. Fabulous guests and great fun was had over ...
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American clients in the chalet skied at Les Grands Montets and then got the last telecabine up the Aiguille du ...
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We have finally got the chalet ready for the winter ski season (in between playing up the mountain). The new ...
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Grands Montets and Les Houches opened last weekend but are shut during the week, so we have made the most ...
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The Compagnie du Mont Blanc have just announced early opening of the Chamonix Ski slopes. This weekend, for a couple of ...
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Received a mail from Mike Sweeney this morning who let us know about the forecast for the weekend. Snow in Chamonix ...
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3000 seats on sale at 2€ each way between Geneva and Chamonix in February and March. That's 4€ return. You ...
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Could be in for a good snow year. "Weather experts say that the Earth could be experiencing the strongest El ...
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Just back from a fabulous weekend in Chamonix for David and Asa's wedding. Sitting above Montenvers looking down on the ...
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This summer we have been growing fruit for a range of home made jams for the chalet this winter. So ...
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End of season ski tour with great friend Sauze and hubby Alun Barrett. Glorious sunshine for the walk in the ...
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Day off this week took us into Italy for an adventure. We teamed up with friends from Les Houches to ...
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Roundup of the last couple of weeks The chalet has been busy and so reports have been lacking but spring ...
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Roundup of the last few days. Chamonix has been lucky with snowfall over the last couple of weeks and blessed ...
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Fresh tracking all day long. The sun shone and the mountains were covered in powder snow. What better way to ...
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Powder everywhere. Having had over a week of great weather over the Half Term break, the snow has once again ...
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Off piste better than the pistes at the moment. The pistes at Grands Montets were fairly bullet proof today and ...
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Day off Wednesday, so we headed out of teh valley with ski touring kit to head up the Petit Croise ...
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Tuesday took us through the Mont Blanc Tunnel to Courmayeur to meet friends. The pistes were in fantastic condition, the ...
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