With the recent heavy snowfall in Chamonix it is taking a little while for the lift company to get the terrain controlled for avalanches. The risk today is still 4/5 and a lot of the lifts are still closed. Rather … Read on…
Grands Montets and Les Houches opened last weekend but are shut during the week, so we have made the most of the snow with a couple of ski tours up the hill to get fit. I think it will be … Read on…
The Compagnie du Mont Blanc have just announced early opening of the Chamonix Ski slopes. This weekend, for a couple of days, on November, Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th, Grands Montets and Les Houches will have partial opening after the recent … Read on…
Could be in for a good snow year. “Weather experts say that the Earth could be experiencing the strongest El Niño for more than 60 years.” ~ BBC News Apparently a strong El Niño causes colder, drier winters in Northern … Read on…
End of season ski tour with great friend Sauze and hubby Alun Barrett. Glorious sunshine for the walk in the first day in the Gran Paradiso National Park, followed by much needed Prosecco at the Rifugio Benevelo! Much cooler the … Read on…
Just under 900m of ascent takes you through trees and over fabulous skiing terrain. We got to the Col in two and a half hours in glorious sunshine and then the clouds came in. Skiing untracked spring snow from the top in flat light was interesting. Two thirds of the was down the snow got heavy and stickier but by then we were in the trees again so visibility was not an issue. Great day off from the chalet! Read on…
Roundup of the last couple of weeks The chalet has been busy and so reports have been lacking but spring has definitely arrived. Snow showers every few days have freshened the Chamonix Valley up and the temperatures have risen. The … Read on…
Roundup of the last few days. Chamonix has been lucky with snowfall over the last couple of weeks and blessed with sunshine inbetween. Today we are just back from skiing the north facing domain of Grands Montets. The pistes were … Read on…
Fresh tracking all day long. The sun shone and the mountains were covered in powder snow. What better way to spend a day off than putting tracks all over the place. Managed to get to Le Tour as the lift … Read on…
Powder everywhere. Having had over a week of great weather over the Half Term break, the snow has once again landed in Chamonix. This morning we shot off down the valley for the weekly food shop and then scuttled up … Read on…
