Day 1 – Route des Grandes Alpes – Ste Foy to Val d’Isere The Route des Grandes Alpes was established in 1911 by the Touring Club of France and has subsequently become a popular route for sports cars, bikers and cyclists. It starts near Lac Leman and finishes in Nice, covering 750km and a total …
It’s now exactly five month since Jonathan snapped his Achilles whilst skiing off-piste. He’s been doing lot’s of rehab with an excellent physio called Jo who is based in Val d’Isere. His walking now only shows a trace of a limp and, following our lovely cycle trip in Annecy, we thought we might attempt something …
For the last few weeks we’ve been revisiting some of our favourite walks, choosing those with good paths and gentle inclines as Jonathan continues his rehab. The walk to Lac de le Sassière starts at the small reservoir high above Lac du Chervil and ascends along a wide track to the lake. More walks lead …
We returned to London on Easter weekend, three weeks into the UK Covid lockdown. The journey itself was quite surreal, with French motorways almost entirely devoid of motor traffic and just an inside lane of HGVs transporting life’s necessities across the country. Our stop at a motorway service station was reminiscent of a Mad Max …
View towards Ste Foy Station This is our final entry from Ste Foy for now and, with France and England in lockdown, we’re not sure when we’ll return. It’s so sad to leave as, despite the restrictions imposed over the past 4 weeks, it has been an amazing month. The weather has been glorious although, …
How things have changed over the past few short weeks… I returned to Ste Foy on the 7th March saddened that I wouldn’t ski with Jonathan again this season, but still looking forward to friends joining us for several weeks before the end of April. Carol arrived the next day and we had lovely fresh …
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 …
The first three weeks of January gave us yet more settled weather. In an effort to shake off the overindulgence of Christmas, we spent many days walking uphill, interspersed with downhill days in La Rosière, La Thuille, Les Arcs and Ste Foy. The Dôme de Vaugelas treated us to a 910m climb on a scorching …
Jonathan has just retired so we’re both now free to enjoy all the action we’ve been planning for several years. We’ve arrived at our apartment in Ste Foy Tarentaise, full of excitement, hoping to ski pretty much every day until May. Ste Foy Chef Lieu is just up the road from Bourg St Maurice and …