The sun is now shining more often than not, which means i finally got on the hill when it was nice. Went up on Friday and it was lovely. Hardly anyone was around and higher up the snow was really nice, hard and fast. Lower down it was a little too hard but still pretty good. Today, again, hard up top but a little slushy lower down. With no snow predicted for a while, lets hope its lasts and it doesnt get too hot.
The picture is of a place past Monetier, which locals im sure will recognise. Aaron would like to know, if anyone can help, is this natural or man made?
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I don’t want to say this too loud, so if you’re reading this and moving your lips – stop it, but it would seem as if the, quite honestly, crap weather of the past weeks has been blown on to hopefully plague more deserving people who don’t like skiing in sunny Serre Chevalier.
We must have almost exhausted our total number of overcast or rubbish days for the season, we’re supposed to get 300 or so days of sunshine a year, so grab your sticks (do people really say that?) or stick and get on over, there are loads of deals to be had and there must be a couple of metres of the white stuff up there that has been left to accumulate for a week at least unmolested.
Still my five year old has been throwing himself down black runs, but he tries to cheer me up by saying “and reds” but I’m tempted to throw the towel in, how can I progress?
My favourite instructor Darren from Insightski and people who look at me just say “fitness” but how can they tell? The clothes I wear I very loose, they can only have an imaginary grasp of what bulk lurks within surely?
This summer I’m going to go on a bike up some Col and next season I’ll be back, less than before, nimbler – actually I don’t think I’ll ever pull nimble off – but living here all season makes you realise you have to be somewhat single minded, still it’s nice to have goals.
I like skiing to be sure, but I also like pies and lying on the sofa thinking about being a better skier.
A two week hol is the best length I reckon, the only pressure is to have a good time, not to perform like some Snow Ocelot.
There are more than two weeks left so check out some of the late season deals, and (quietly now) it is truly gorgeous at the moment (shh).
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This week I will mention the word barbecue, I think it is safe to do that. Traditionally if anyone mentions the word, there is usually a clap of thunder and a huge storm happens, not so today though.
I had been away last night playing at The Underground Bar in Alpe d’Huez and as we came back into the Serre Chevalier valley, things were looking very good indeed.
The weather has been phenomenal here today, blue sky and warm sunshine. So as promised last week the free barbie is going ahead at The Station in Chantemerle. It starts just about now, so get over there now.
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As you may know it’s the paralympics over in Canada, which fills me with respect and awe much more than for the regular bodied (or whatever the correct term is) athletes.
I have been having a look to see how some of them have ended up as paralympians, but it seems as if it’s a bit rude to pry to deeply into how people lost limbs or eyes, despite the fact they make a whole song and dance about it and give them a special Olympics.
Is it rude to ask?
The reason I was wondering about the beginnings was, I thought, wouldn’t it be ironic if they’d skied into a tree and got their big break there?
One of the best skiers is Canadian Lauren Woolstencroft who was born without either leg below the knee and left arm from the elbow.
There seems to be little information on other athletes, which just goes to show what the real attitude is, especially after all the noise made, for the Winter Games, still I’ll keep an eye out for tit-bits.
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This week Serre Chevalier is host to the evilness that is ‘Sid et Les Vicieux’. This bunch of Normandy nutters have been mates of ours for quite a while now. They are joining The Harper Brothers at The Station on Thursday afternoon. I’ll get their gig dates tommorrow, but do go and see them.
100% Pure Punk!
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If you enjoyed the Mamma Mia movie then please do come down to The Station in Chantemerle for another performance by Almost Abba, quite, possibly Serre Chevalier’s greatest Abba Tribute band.
It’ll be a bit late about 10:30pm as Cookie is doing his pub quiz first.
Almost Abba are Bjorn Stupid, Benny Von Crossroads, Frida Prisoners and Agnetha Feltchcock.
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I just had an email from Carole from the UK who has a neat studio apartment in Chantemerle. She says,
“I have three weeks to fill, they are….
- Week beginning 27th March,
- Week beginning 10th April,
- Week beginning 17th April
I’ll be able to offer some very good deals for people wanting those weeks.”
If you can make it out to Serre Chevalier for some sunny spring skiing please get in touch with Carole at Ski Studio Alps or call her on 07976 874185 ASAP.
To make sure you get the discounted price, please mention SerreChevalier.ORG when you get in touch.
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The weather is looking decidedly chilly this week. I think this is fairly normal for March. My friend down in the south of France near Perpignan was gleefully saying what a lovely spring day it was, bit hard to imagine really.
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Here is a screenshot from the Serre Chevalier iPhone app, showing the web cam at the top of the Prorel.
As you can see the sun is shining and the wind has dropped. It is looking like a great day to be up there.
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I think nothing of carrying an iphone around with me, but I’d be crapping myself if I had a wallet with €700 of cash in my pocket. Anyway, I decided to look at some ‘gadget insurance and I really like thuis UK company who do international mobile phone insurance.
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