The winter season draws to a close! Since returning from our ski tour in Switzerland, it seems that Spring has rushed towards us and Summer is already approaching. Just a couple of weeks ago we were shivering in icy winds and cold at the top of the Petit St Bernard Pass; today we have been …
A week of two halves! Last week we headed across to Switzerland for a ski tour based around the Arolla region and the mountains bordering the Rhone valley. Our friends David, Martin and Nick joined us, as did Dave (pictured) our guide – a safe pair of hands who has been guiding us expertly on …
Back in the Tarentaise, and there is more than a hint of Spring in the air. We’ve been delighted to be joined by our friends Gary and Kristine for a few days, and also slightly surprised to find that Gary had brought along an uninvited guest – Basil the Brussel sprout! If that sounds strange, …
A change of scenery… The first full week of March means only one thing – the boys’ off-piste week! Organised by our friend David, five of us (me, David, Martin, Chris and Nick) set off for a week’s off-piste skiing in Andermatt ably guided by Dave, a long-established Chamonix mountain guide who has skied with …
We’re back on our skis and having fun! Just over two weeks ago, whilst descending from Mont Rosset in the Beaufortain, I fell in heavy snow and twisted my knee and ankle. I managed to get down the mountain performing a vey inelegant snowplough and that has prevented me from skiing for a while. Fortunately, …
Back to skiing! At the very end of January the weather finally broke, with nearly a foot of fresh snow falling across the mountains. Our friend David was out, staying in the adjacent village of La Masure, and on Tuesday we joined them for a day in Ste Foy. Conditions were perfect: fresh snow and …
We’ve had another week of glorious sunshine and have been out in the mountains every day. The search for untracked snow is becoming more difficult as we’ve had no snow for three weeks. But we’ve done two lovely off-piste runs, the Itineraire Les Lanchettes above Villaroger and a revisit of the Col Grainier in Ste …
We’ve had another fantastic week of blue skies and great skiing. On Tuesday we headed off with Wayne for another superb Alpine Experience morning, descending from the Grande Motte and then skinning to Col de la Sana. There were very few other groups around and we had a lovely ascent to the col. The couloir …
We had another huge dump of snow just over a week ago, and this has been followed by clear skies allowing us to venture further off piste. Last Monday the avalanche risk was high at 4/5 so we decided to play safe and stay in resort. Incredible – we had yet another unexpectedly amazing day …
After the excesses of the pre-Christmas week, things have settled down and we have had a few quiet weeks. My sister, Lucy, and her family – Wilton, Alice and James, spent the Christmas week in a chalet in Saint Martin de Belleville – a satellite village at the foot of the Three Valleys ski resort, …