Italy – never take a picnic!
What can we say, pizza in Italy is not to be missed. Especially when you can sit in the sun on a terrace. Another glorious day in Courmayeur. Met up with Danish friends for a ski day and lunch. Super … Read on…
Tag Archives: Pistes
March skiing and Eating in Chamonix & Courmayeur
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…
March and spring skiing plus touring
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…
Chalky snow off-piste at Grands Montets
Off piste better than the pistes at the moment. The pistes at Grands Montets were fairly bullet proof today and did not soften up in the cold air. The off piste, and there is a lot of it, was chalky, … Read on…
Courmayeur pistes pizza and prosecco
Tuesday took us through the Mont Blanc Tunnel to Courmayeur to meet friends. The pistes were in fantastic condition, the pizzas were also magnificent and the prosecco did not let the side down in the least. The sun shone and … Read on…
Findin’ fresh in Cham and Courmayeur
Still fresh tracks to be had. The last couple of days we have been venturing within the lift systems to find the freshies. The pistes everywhere are in fabulous condition and even the home runs at Le Brevent and La … Read on…
Les Houches for tree skiing and getting the legs going
Great snow conditions at Les Houches. New guests skied at Les Houches to get their legs going so we headed there too. The pistes had been prepared and then about 15cm of fresh snow had fallen giving a lovely silent … Read on…
Playing in the trees in Courmayeur
Tree skiing in Courmayeur Recent snowfall has made the trees skiable in Courmayeur and freshened up the pistes both in Italy and back home in Chamonix. Photos from Courmayeur below. Chamonix pistes are in fantastic condition though snow levels at … Read on…
Powder day at Les Grands Montets
The sun shone and the wind Blew It was a powder day at Les Grands Montets. The wind had blown the snow in around the mogals and created powder covered slopes just waiting to be tracked. And tracked they were … Read on…
General roundup of the last 3 days
Two countries and some Powder Sunday took us up to Le Brevent. Got on the lift at the bottom in the pouring rain and got off the top in a snow blizzard. From then on things just got better. The … Read on…
