In better news looks like some cold pow coming for the weekend. Seems snow coming down to lake level tomorrow. Hopefully there’ll be enough to ride back to town.
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We're planning to drive over from Chamonix tomorrow but I have lost my boots! Posting in case anyone has pointers to somewhere likely to rent me Tecnica Zero G Tours (women's) in Verbier - I would be most grateful
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Montagne Show at the lift station in Le Chable.
They may not have those exact boots, but they are heavily orientated towards touring and will have something that should work.
We're planning to drive over from Chamonix tomorrow but I have lost my boots! Posting in case anyone has pointers to somewhere likely to rent me Tecnica Zero G Tours (women's) in Verbier - I would be most grateful
Or if Montagne Show doesn’t have anything that fits try no1 sport near to Médran lift station.
What size are you? I’ve got a pair of 25.5’s at my place I think
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
@BobinCH, I'm a smaller size unfortunately but thanks so much for thinking of that! Brilliant to have hire shop suggestions, thank you to you and to @rungsp. En route now as got in very late last night.
How was it? Very excited to see how the conditions for itineraries will be next week when I'm in town for the St Nicholas event, plus a couple days after, though I'm conscious most of the major players like Tortin/Mont Gele will still be closed until the 14th.
How was it? Very excited to see how the conditions for itineraries will be next week when I'm in town for the St Nicholas event, plus a couple days after, though I'm conscious most of the major players like Tortin/Mont Gele will still be closed until the 14th.
Started with Lac des Vaux ridge, then headed down to the (closed) itineraries. First Col des Mines (Ba Combe variation), then Valon d’Arbi, a La Tzoumaz lap (also closed but the lift was open to get across) and finally finished with an Attelas couloir.
Sun was quite strong though so off piste will need a top up before it’s in condition again.
7 Dec 25 12:00 La Tzoumaz 1500m 4.4°C on balcony - Snow falling quite heavily and forecast to continue to mid-afternoon (video below)
Snow conditions are above average for the time of year and with a long period of sub-zero° temperatures until a couple of days ago, there’s been a lot of snow making on top of a good fall last week. It warmed up overnight to ~4°C so down at the village level it was slushy and the roads clear. Precipitation at village level (1500m) started after 9am as light rain, then sleet but is now (midday) snow.
The Savoleyres sector opened yesterday (Sat 6 Dec) with limited runs and one lift (Nord) on top of the main télécabines La Tzoumaz<>Savoleyres and Verbier<>Savoleyres. Piste conditions were very good right down to the bottom. The final runs would have gone slushy last night, I surmise, but not bare. The forevast is for temperatures to rise to 10°C at 1500m in the village on Thursday, then drop back down subsequently, and sunny from tomorrow at least to the Weekend.
Annoyingly, the Verbier4Vallées website isn’t saying what the ‘live’ operating status is beyond the current day. So it is not clear whether the limited opening will continue this week, or if they’ll return to Savoleyres just being the transit over to Verbier.
Fairly quiet, as you can see, and lovely weather. 9°C on the balcony at 1500m, 2°C at Savoleyres summit (2,344m). Firm base, fairly hard-packed under the surface. But below ~1700m tending towards soft, and slushy on final run to the village from Etablons. Surprised that it was a bit rocky on the lower part of the Etablons run. But overall, nice piste conditions if you stay higher up.
And they were testing the new lift up from Verbier to Savoleyres:
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