Thursday 12 January 2012

Same old blue sky!

Hey everyone, so we had the biggest snow storm seen in the alps for decades about a week ago! It was insane!!! 100 to 150 kph winds, over half a metre of snow, massive whiteout which prompted resort closure for a few hours, pretty much unheard of as resort closure means lift pass refunds... The pic below shows the snow drift outside our flats when it all stopped! For two days I walked to and from work in my goggles because you just couldn't see!

But once the storm was over, well all I can say is wow!! Unbelievable snow conditions, clear blue skies and views for miles around! I managed to ski twice since the wknd, and both times I've felt like I've improved, today's lesson was awesome! We caught the Rochester bubble up then headed down towards champagny, I could see courcheval and the top of the tignes glacier as well as the standard mont blanc view! I actually got to the bottom of a few bits, looked back and thought sh*t that's steeper than I thought it was! From there we went back up to the verduns lift and back into centre, I loved those runs! Enough to be challenging but not too hard and so much quieter than the areas around the bergerie lift, after my lesson I did another few runs then headed off for food in scotty's, pretty good for my dy off!!

I haven't really had much time away from the chalet in the last few weeks but am def hoping that will change! I have two weeks to improve more for when mum and dad arrive! Am also hoping for another dump of snow then a return to blue sky days!

It's days like today that remind me why I love being up here in the winter :-)

On a separate note while walking home from work I saw this (pic below) made me laugh.... Hopefully it wasn't just tiredness making me think it looked funny :-)