We’ve had a varied few days since the last post. Memories of crowded slopes persuaded us to go back to the UK for the half-term school holidays, and gave us the chance to return to Cornwall, catch up with old friends, and check on our sailing boat, Merryn. Fortunately, she was in good shape, having …
Sunday brought another fantastic sunny day and we headed back to Col du Palet in Tignes to see if we could find untracked powder. Success! We dropped down the valley and headed towards Col de la Grassaz, circling the Aiguille Noire, and after an hour’s walk found a superb descent. We had planned to climb …
We’ve had such fun over the past few weeks skiing with friends from home in all the resorts. Yesterday was a great day skiing the pistes in Tignes with David, Lucy, James and Tom. Most of the powder there is now tracked out so we made the most of the glorious sunshine and headed back …
Fresh tracks in La Rosière What a day! With our friends Kris and Gary, we set off for La Rosière expecting a gentle day cruising on the pistes and lunch in Italy. We hadn’t anticipated the huge amount of snow that the stormy weekend weather had brought to the Alps. From the first tracks, to …
We made the most of a short weather window! Our friend Gary has been in Val d’Isere for the week with his mate Ryan, and they invited us to join them for the morning. They had hired a guide and we set off to Le Fornet for some routes there. The picture shows sunshine, but …