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Piste Basher in Serre Chevalier 7th Nov 2009? We think not!

A piste basher in a very empty Serre Chevalier 1500 8th Nov 2009

It’s not often that I categorically know the mainstream media is blatantly lying (9/11 coverage excepted) to us but this article posted in the Guardian is just made up, or at least was written last year and found in a drawer the other day.

This article claims the author went out with a piste basher (yes you can do it during the season – which starts Dec 12th) and was published on November 7th.2009.

Unless Chris Madigan walked to the top, which I don’t believe, he, or his editor, is lying. The ski lift from Serre Che 1500 in Monetier, Bachas, is NOT on.

I love what he’s done for promoting the area, but it’s a lie. He claims to have had his lesson at midday “with busy pistes all around”, again unless these hoardes have walked up the non-ski lift serviced, pistes, without attracting the attention of the village (most hotels open early December such as the Rif Blanc, L’Europe or Choucas) and unless camper-van dwelling, invisble, monster snow fans, who love walking up to ski down patchy, snow covered pistes with their own kit, as the hire shops are all shut, are camped out in the empty seasonnaire carpark, which they’re not, this is a recycled article, which explains why the main stream media should be taken with a pinch of salt.

It’s a lovely piece, he’s got the word Sisyphean, spelt correctly, in it, and that rocks, but it’s an empty thing this article.
He’s taking the piste bashing facts, but he’s blown his wad prematurely. Come and do it, but wait for the season to start.

The original article is here.

An Empty Car Park - Serre Chevalier 1500