Both yesterday and today the sun made an appearance and after the fresh snowfall, Grands Montets was our chosen destination. Yesterday we were fresh tracking powder snow all day (or at least until our legs gave up). Although the sun … Read on…
Guests were out the chalet door early today and so were we. The sun and yesterdays snow were a call that we could not ignore. Le Tour at the head of the Chamonix Valley has some fantastic off piste terrain … Read on…
Guests were out the door early to ski the Vallee Blanche with Steve, a High Mountain Guide so we took the opportunity to do the same, only we headed for the first cabin up Le Brevent and over to La … Read on…
There was a lot of avalanche blasting this morning and the clouds were swirling around the Chamonix Valley. La Flegere was not at all disappointing and the sun came out on occasion, just enough time to crack off these shots … Read on…
Wednesday and the skies cleared for a beautiful descent down the Vallee Blanche from the Aiguille du Midi. It was our first VB this season so we chose the Petit Envers route coming down into the exit couloirs skiers left … Read on…
Overnight we had about 5cm of fresh at the chalet so headed up to Grands Montets this morning. Managed to get a couple of top cable car trips in with 20-30cm of fresh. Joy of joys. Cloud level stayed at … Read on…
Another glorious day in Courmayeur. Super light fresh snow up to waist deep in places. There was of course the odd pitches which had moguls on and looked lovely and inviting. Then you found the bumps underneath. Not an ideal … Read on…
Deep in the trees at Les Grands Montets At the chalet it rained most of the night with the snow limit at about 1700m so the Saturday market got ignored and it had to Les Grands Montets for a dose … Read on…
Would you believe that we ate in the garden on Friday night having climbed all day in the sun. Saturday it rained. Sunday we had 25cm of snow on the drive so we headed to Grands Montets with a roast … Read on…
Drove to La Flegere but the lift line was way out the door. Bailed and went to Le Brevent and skied over from there. Headed to Col de Beaugeant. Great condition including the traverse to get to the Col. Abseiled … Read on…
