Where were you this weekend...?

...if you weren’t out skiing this weekend then you missed 2 amazing days!

It snowed most of Thursday and Friday last week and Saturday dawned cold, cloudy and very very snowy. Courmayeur was the destination of choice on Saturday and with most of the lifts open and an ample covering of snow all the fantastic runs through the steep trees were in perfect conditions. After a lunch of pasta, tiramisu, red wine and cappucino we headed back out into the snow for more deeeep powder. Our final run down the Dolone Valley was the best of the day, no other tracks and light, waist-deep powder, it was fantastic. Here is the evidence...

Sunday was a true bluebird powder day and after another quick journey through the Mont Blanc tunnel and up the classic "sardine can" cable-car to the Glacier du Toule, we headed off into the sunshine for more excellent skiing.

Looking across to the top of the Valley Blanche and the Aiguille du Midi the conditions on the glaciers are fantastic and it was strange not to see any tracks at all on the Valley Blanche because the Midi cable car is closed until next weekend.

We did a few laps of the Toule glacier, the snow was fantastic and plenty of space for lots and lots of fresh tracks.



So if you are wishing you were escaping Christmas shopping, credit crunch depression and the British weather then why not make a last minute booking onto one of our course running in the next couple of weeks. On Saturday we have an Off-Piste Skills week in Ste. Foy with spaces available and over Christmas we have a week of instructional off piste in Chamonix. Further into January we begin our Adventure Off Piste skiing trips, so check out our website or give me a call to check availability.