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Trip Report - Ste Foye/Espace Killy - 16-22 March 2013
 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead

Just back! Not glad to be home after another fantastic hol in Espace Killy - after about 10 or 12 visits I'm glad to report that it's never failed to deliver Very Happy.

After a bluebird half day at Sainte Foye on arrival day, the weather was snowy/stormy/windy/very cold for a couple of days. After that, the sun came out for some epic powder conditions. The amount of snow in resort is pretty phenomenal and snow conditions were nigh on perfect on almost every run. It warmed up to an alleged 16C in Val Claret on our last day - which made it a bit warm for skiing in a thermal vest Cool....Nevertheless, a fantastic trip.

Ste Foye was great. It was our first visit and we loved it - cheap half day ticket (€22 - ie cheaper than an hour at Xscape...), big vertical, great cruising pistes and very quiet on a Saturday afternoon. Lovely village too.

We also went to watch the X Games Men's Superpipe - great atmosphere and absolutely astonishing skiing.

The only blow was the nine and a quarter hour delay that we had at Chambery airport with our Jet 2 return flight yesterday.....(technical problem with the plane and then the airport evacuated due to a bomb scare). Not the greatest airport to spend a day at - facilities hopelessly inadequate for the thousands of passengers who were there. We sat on the floor for about five hours - and stood in the carpark for about two hours during the bombscare Confused

Some trip photos are below:

Bluebird day in Ste Foye:


Fantastic cruising and snow:


Mrs MA and a run with a (Mont Blanc) view:


Storm and whiteout above Val Claret:


Leaving our (snowed in) apartment:


Immaculate grooming off Tichot Chair:


Powder on piste (off Grattalu Chair):


Even more powder between the pistes (off Tufs Chair, towards Val D'Isere):


Off Col de Ves Chair:


Self explanatory location:


Val Claret on a clear (powder) day:


Thigh deep above Les Boisses:


Off col de Ves Chair:


Off Grattalu Chair:


Off Col de Ves Chair:


X Games Superpipe - Spot the Skier:
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