The snow was predicted to arrive in the UK the week before we went skiing - and snow it did!!! We were worried about escaping England for France but luckily by getting on the road by 6am we were an hour ahead of the snow and we had a snow free journey over to Dover and down to France! We stayed Saturday night in an F1 near Chambery and were on the road at 6.30am Sunday morning to ensure we got to the resort for a full day's skiing!
Terry and I hooned around checking the resort out for the day well til lunch time and then we had a lovely lunch in a restaurant on the slopes that was to become a favourite and then we did a couple more runs before meeting Mum and Dad for a beer and then another beer.... and then we checked into our chalet and had a glass of champagne! Tough day!
The chalet was really lovely! The staff were great fun and the food was delicious too!!
So the week in a nutshell went like this....
Monday
Started out together Mum and Dad skiing and Terry and I snowboarding with Steven and Tim the ski hosts for the morning and then Terry, Tim and I went to play off piste! It was great fun being on the board again.... we had so much fun on and off piste and I was pleased with how quickly it came back having not been on it for years! Mum and Dad's confidence soared as they got the hang of the resort too - great to see! And Terry - with his HD camera's filming our every move... looked awesome on skis but his moment of glory for the day was chatting to someone in the hire shop and scoring a seriously phat pair of skis 147 waist.... insane!
Tuesday
Terry and I get back on the skis and basically do what we did the day before ie play in the powder!Terry cut through the crud and powder like there was nothing there... that's what these phat badboys do for you!!
Wednesday
Terry decided to go out skiing with the boys and I decided it was time for a chilled day with Mum and Dad - both of us had a great day! Mum and Dad were skiing so well - so well that off piste was on the agenda even!!
Smiling Mum in the sunshine!
Thursday
The snow was getting a bit patchy so we asked if we could go up the mountain a bit to Val D'isere... Steven and Chris obliged so off we headed! Terry and I hooned around after Chris all day - who the heck put a black run at the end of the day with moguls on it I don't know but we were all in a lot of pain by the end of it and well deserved the Vin Chaud and beer!! Oh and the hot tub!!
Friday Christmas Eve
So I went to bed thinking I might just have a day off and chill... or at best do a telemarking lesson....when we'd left the pub afterall it was raining!! But Mum woke us up saying there was fresh snow and indeed there was...... so off we went!! Powder baby!!! We went up on the mountain with Mum and Dad and Pete and Jeremy and basically did one piste run before we went and found the powder fields, gullies and tree runs! We had fresh tracks all morning.... then we had a quick lunch and Terry and I kept going all afternoon - practically until it got dark! The chalet guys didn't come out - more fool them!!
Fun in the trees!
Saturday - Christmas Day
Santa came with a big dumping of snow... it hadn't stopped since yesterday morning!! woooohooooo!! We opened presents and then hit the slopes! Mum and Dad rocked the off piste with us until CHris and Tim showed up and then we went and flew through the trees and down the gullies and across the powder fields! We didn't even stop for lunch - just a coffee at 11ish - no friends on powder day - or lunch it seemed!
By the end of the day though the boys had to go get our dinner ready and we had agreed to meet up with the children from the chalet - it was great to see them ski they had improved so much over the week and definitely had the ski bug big style!
We eventually got home to a veritable feast - god job we didn't have lunch because dinner was 8 courses!!! It was lovely and a really fun, lively evening! Great Christmas Day - couldn't have planned it better!!
Sunday
We checked out of the chalet by 8.30 and by 9 we had met Yann our guide for the day!! Yep we had flashed the cash and were going for an adventure!!!! Yann took us up to the top of the resort and then we went off to the right through some powder fields - the snow was amazing!! After that run Yann decided we were going to the back of the resort.... it was amazing - no one had been there before us and we skied down some amazing areas, across rivers and through this incredible valley which was just a perfect winter wonderland! Stunning!
At the bottom I was quite frankly done.... this was the 8th day skiing and my legs were done in - add to this Terry had never had a guide before so I gave him the guide for the afternoon and off they went! And WOW did they have a great time!! Lets just say it involved a hike and then a couloir!
Mont Blanc.... never fails to impress....
The dot under the mountain is Terry hiking!
This is THE colouir!
Terry at the end of a best ever day!
Monday
A very quiet drive back through France to home.... we were shattered after a GREAT week's skiing! Probably the best week's skiing ever!!
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