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May Day Weekend Trip Report - Espace Killy and Val Thorens
 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead

Back from a brilliant three days' skiing - last two days of the season in Espace Killy and one at Val Thorens. We also had a go on the new Val Thorens zip wire - 100kph and over 200m Shocked above the valley. It's fantastic!

Snow cover: Cover was generally excellent for the time of year and as extensive as we've seen in six or seven May Day trips - still masses of snow at altitude. Runs were skiable down to 1800m at Val D'Isere and Tignes Les Boisses, although we had to walk about 50m from the end of the snow to the Boisses gondola. Val Thorens had lifts open from just below the resort at about 2100m.

Conditions: The full works - fresh powder; packed powder; spring snow; sticky snow; mush; slush; and re-frozen, foot-vibrating corduroy. Generally good conditions on non-south-facing slopes above 2500m. Most runs were virtually deserted and we skied straight on to every lift - great stuff!

Weather: Mainly good. Day 1 - Mixed. Sun, fog, light snow, good visibility, bad visibility. Days 2 and 3 - Glorious bluebird. Cool for early May - it was 0C at 3000m in mid-afternoon on day 2, rising to 15C at 2000m at close of play on day 3.

A great trip but that's it for lift served skiing for 2013/14 Sad . Will look forward to winter 2014/15, possibly some ski touring in Scotland in the next few weeks and lots of mountain biking over a glorious UK summer Cool . And here are a few photos:

From Solaise towards connection to Le Fornet, Val D'Isere:


Heading down towards Marmottes Chair, Val D:


The end of the line at Tignes Les Boisses:


Off piste near Solaise at Val D:


More off piste near Solaise:


View of Val Thorens and Mont Blanc:


Orelle Valley, Val T:


Val T zip wire:
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Great photos. Thanks for posting.
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