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Just back, left at 0600 yestreday. 45cms fresh in the village and skies clearing. Mont fort was shut Saturday, but should be open now. Promises stunning end of season conditions for anyone lucky enough to be there this week.
Obviously
A snowHead
isn't a real person
Obviously
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Promises stunning end of season conditions for anyone lucky enough to be there this week.
Over a foot of
fresh snow
! Which meant excellent powder skiing in the
Vallon d'Arbi
and deep powder through the
trees
down from Fontanay, though thin, or zero base meant the odd rock encounter. However,
Gentiane
and easily acessed slopes were getting tracked out quickly.
Warm weather at the beginning of the week wiped out a lot of snow and made off piste, including north facing slopes, heavy. The back of Mont Fort was a little bit icy and the heli-skiing from the Petit Combins was breakable crust all the way down, according to a group we met on the lift. (what a shame
)
The Stairway to Heaven run was pretty heavy and tracked out by midweek but still worth the 15 minute climb (10 if you didn't have spag bol for lunch
). The highlight of the holiday was the Catwalk run. Just the two of us and a couple of other skiers in touring gear who could be bothered with the 30 min climb. The reward was 700m vertical of pretty much untracked spring snow -steep enough in places where I was overtaken by my own slough- all the way down to Lac de Cleuson. We did try to shortcut the 30 min climb out and traverse, by crossing the frozen lake, but beat a hasty retreat when we got spooked in the middle-my boots were already fully unclipped in case I had to swim!
4 Valleys links were closed midweek due to lack of snow but it was just about skiable down to the resort level(not recommended if you have your own skis)
Apres ski:
Celebrity in town: Conrad Bartelski. Chatted with him at the base station but don’t know if he skied. I did see him again at The Farm: I would rate him as beginner/early intermediate on the dance floor.
Cheapest round: 8 Swiss francs at the Mont Fort Pub (happy hour, my round
)
Most expensive round: 200 Swiss francs at The Farm (I’m not that stupid
)
It was snowing heavily when I left last Saturday, so it's my turn to repeat:'promises to be stunning end of season conditions for anyone lucky enough to be there this week'
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
I left (again) yesterday morning and it was pelting down again in the resort. Had a fantastic day on Monday, when the clouds cleared and we did an early col de creblet followed by an extreme left col des gentianes, no one on the slopes and over 40cms fresh. some of the best skiing I've had all season and a lovely winding down feel in the resort. This did mean that many lifts were closing (only 20% discount on pass- 60% of lifts closed!) and it was particularly frustrating that combe 1 shut on sunday night as if you want to ski below ruinettes you have to go all the way to the Medran.
But if anyone fancies "l'ultime session" this weekend you should be in for a treat.
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Steve Sparks
, lucky dog. Avoriaz last weekend was just too warm for the snow to be anything other than, err, interesting. Oh well, November's not thta far away.
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). The highlight of the holiday was the Catwalk run. Just the two of us and a couple of other skiers in touring gear who could be bothered with the 30 min climb. The reward was 700m vertical of pretty much untracked spring snow -steep enough in places where I was overtaken by my own slough- all the way down to Lac de Cleuson. We did try to shortcut the 30 min climb out and traverse, by crossing the frozen lake, but beat a hasty retreat when we got spooked in the middle-my boots were already fully unclipped in case I had to swim!
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