Snow Problem
Not a bad start to the winter season. First day opening at La Flegere and the car park was full by 0930. Minus 8 degrees, blue sky and untracked snow everywhere. There were a few people skiing the pistes down … Read on…
Not a bad start to the winter season. First day opening at La Flegere and the car park was full by 0930. Minus 8 degrees, blue sky and untracked snow everywhere. There were a few people skiing the pistes down … Read on…
What a great start to the winter season here in Chamonix. The early snowfall has meant early opening of virtually the entire lift system. And the pistes are in fabulous condition. High mountain strong winds have scoured some ridges for … Read on…
You may remember the old lift as if you used it you would have had plenty of time to look at it. The €20.5 million investment will shift 4 times as many people and make a massive difference to getting … Read on…
After the unprecidented amounts of snow the sun has reappeared and is making a definite come back. The lift company has opened up the valley and dug out the pistes again. There have been some amazing sights of chairlifts under … Read on…
To be fair we have had very “mixed” weather recently, and now we are back to the freezer. The pistes in the valley and in Courmayeur and Les Contamines are is amazing condition; perfectly groomed, soft snow for ripping up. Read on…
The sun has finally made an appearance and the mountains are covered in crisp white sheets of snow In short, all the pistes are in amazing condition throughout Chamonix. To be honest with the depth of snow which has been put down over the last 2 weeks if they were not is good condition something would be seriously wrong. We have also enjoyed some brilliant powder days off piste. As the sun came out and people could see most of it has been tracked so you have to work a little harder to get freshies, but they are still out there. Read on…
Wind blown snow made the skinning track over the Crochues a little tricky but the sun shone and we were in no hurry. The traverse round towards the Berard was icy but in good condition. Read on…
The whole Christmas and New Year thing has been a little mad this year with people arriving and leaving all over the place due to the dates falling over the weekends. Although the skiing and boarding has been limited in … Read on…
The weather is cold and the snow that we have is in good condition. Day one of a ski course with Alison Culshaw at Grands Montets went very well. Breezy has a few things to work on and she is … Read on…
February has been lots of weather and lots of powder snow in Chamonix. Thankfully the rain snow limit has been mostly just above the driveway of the chalet so not much snow clearing. When the sun has shone the camera … Read on…