All the lifts are open – Come to Chamonix

Lenticular clouds over Mont Blanc

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…

The return of sunshine

La Cab bar at Brevent

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…

Freezing conditions return to Chamonix.

Al, Ken & Breezy

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…

Crisp White sheets

Off piste

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…

Festive round up

Brigitte & Lisa

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…

Mixed weather and lots of powder snow in Chamonix

Lilly

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…