Off Piste skiing Chamonix area
I was skiing with Steve Hargreaves for a long weekend we had heard that there has been fresh snow fall on the Italian side of Mont Blanc so we headed through the tunnel to Courmayeur for our first day enjoying three great off piste descents in tracked but soft snow. The weather on Friday morning was better than forecast in Chamonix so we headed up the Index lift and skinned over the Col du Crochu then the Breche Berard. The visibility was decidedly variable but we still had a great ski. The news was that it had been snowing through the tunnel again so headed for La Thuile, the cloud slowly cleared through the day giving us a full day of fresh tracks skiing. It had been snowing lightly all day at home so we decided to finish the trip skiing in Megev around the Jaillet lift. We had some great off piste descents with fresh tracks on every run. I had leant Steve some fatter skis for the last two days who was grinning from ear to ear with his new found powder ability, it looks like it could prove and expensive weekend. Interestingly because of the current exchange rate lots of ski gear is cheaper in the UK than in the Alps so it would be worth having a look in your local shops or online in one of the specialist store like www.mountainspirit.co.uk