The season so far-Video
After a slow start the Alps are beginning to look a bit more like a proper winter, big dumps of snow around New Year and the following week have made for some great conditions. I was skiing with Andy and Kat Congleton over New Year and the following week we had some soggy skiing on Grand Montet then it got colder and we had some awesome powder in St Gervais and some short tours near Megeve to get some great tracks. After that it was off to La grave for a week with an old mate Andy Huntington team. La Grave is all off piste and it had dumped 60cm just before we arrived. We started the week skiing in Monetier in the trees then had 2 days on La Grave before half the team went home. With the remaining 3 we skinned to the top of the Col du lauze and skied all the way to St Christophe fantastic. We tried to have a day off but failed as the snow was to good so we had a half day on wed then back to La Grave for more couloirs on thur and finished the week in Alpe d'Huez. Check out the video
La Grave Jan 10 from Bruce Goodlad on Vimeo.
After la Grave it was back to the UK for a surprise 40th then back home for my brothers coming out for a weeks skiing, this overlapped with Kates brothers and various family friends staying in St Gervais quite a few of them had never skied the Vallee Blanche so we had a big team descent on Sunday in perfect weather.
Scott Goodlad Vallee Blanche Jan 2010 from Bruce Goodlad on Vimeo.
We didnt have any new snow for most of the week but we still mannaged to find great skiing in Courmayeur and fresh tracks for part of every day in St Gervais. It hosed with snow on Friday night to finish the week with a great powder day discovering some great new runs.