Overnight success

Chapel of St Andre in Monetier

Well, the challenge was taken and risen to. It is absolutely throwing it down all the way up and down the valley.

The snow started late last night, but it was somewhat effette to start with, but just got heavier and heavier and now after lunch on Friday, last day of school term, it is continuing.

My love/ hate affair with the weather bureau is entering a love stage, they say it’s going to snow and snow and snow until Wednesday and judging by the white outside the window I believe them – makes me feel a bit like a beaten wife going back to “him”, but I love him.

The snow is really fluffy, walking around is a bit like floating, so falling for another dellusion, maybe I’ll be gracefully bouncing down Montagnolle, which may or may not be splelt like that, in the next few days. As it is I’m going to wait for a gap and pelt out the door with the first hint of a let up.

If you are going up in the snow it’s probably best to stay under the tree line, best pistes to try would be a couple of red runs off Aiguiliette under the Prorel lift at the Briancon end of town,  that are usually sheltered. From Serre Ratier in Chantermerle there’s blue Vaillons above and some nice greens below back to Aravet. Villeneauve gives you runs under the Pontillas and Frejus lifts. The black Tabuc in Monetier forces you to concentrate up close, which means you don’t focus on the falling stuff.

Hope that helps you choose the right path.