Sliding around on piste and off

Vallee Blanche

The stable weather over the last week has given great opportunities to explore the mountains both on piste and off piste.  The recent snowfall freshened up the pistes for brilliant conditions almost everywhere.  Off piste has been a similar story … Read on…

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…

First tracks in at Le Brevent

Yvonne

Today the Brevent area opened the lifts to skiers. The top was closed and the link to La Flegere but there were some cheeky shots to be found between the runs. The groomed pistes were in perfect condition. More dumps … Read on…

Col de La Fenetre Ski Tour Les Contamines

Col De La Fenetre ski tour

Day off at the chalet so headed out of the valley to Les Contamines for a scoot about and a short tour. The pistes were in amazing condition and deserted. The tour is only about 45minutes of up from the ski domain and gives fantastic views of Mont Blanc from the Col. 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…

If you go down to the woods today…

Ken skiing

If you go down to the woods today you may just see Breezy and Ken ripping it up. The fresh snowfall brought out the fresh trackers at Les Grands Montets. The pistes were in fine fettle but got bumped by the end of the day. Forecast is for another metre of snow over the next three days so more exploring and freshies to be had. Read on…