In a rather spooky coincidence we’ve had a load of snow in town on exactly the same weekend as last year. I know. Crazy.
But it’s all rather nice and there’s about three or four inches on the trees when you walk up to Dany – I know this because I just did. And if you think Dany’s a nice place then you might want to have a squiz at these… (Oh, and we’ve got pictures of the rather modern lifts at Medran. So if you’re really into lifts, you should have a look too).
Mike’s up the mountain and the snow cannons have been installed and are getting put through their paces in preparation for the winter – just seven weeks until the scheduled opening. Here’s what it looks like (not very snowy yet but…):
Well, our man on the hill is already up at Lac des Vaux and they’re installing the snow machines this morning with the helicopter. Story is they’re anticipating an early opening this season…
Meanwhile, if you missed snow up there the other day click here for a dose of snowy pictures.
Yup, whilst we’re pretending it’s summer in the Northern Hemisphere (in spite of all the rain) Sanna and Oli have headed south for more snow. Now, whilst it’s not been a stunning winter for snow down there, it’s been OK and Sanna sent us some pictures to give us all a little dose of winter…
“Had the most horrible snowstorm today in al long time but the nasty weather hasn’t stopped the kids from going out in the snow and skiing for the entire day until 4.30pm. It’s been windy and arctic here but at least we’ve got some fresh snow – exactly what we need right now (the grass has been sticking out on some of the wind exposed slopes so the new snow was very welcome). I even got some fresh tracks today – skiing backwards in a snowplow, but hey! It was still powder …”
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Meanwhile the rains been lashing down in Verbier and there should be snow up top – if anyone’s brave enough to head up there and get a picture we’ll let you know here…
…SNOW UPDATE….
The lovely Louise has just been up to Mont Fort (3330 meters) and whilst the views are “limited” there is a lot of snow up there (the official Louise estimate is eight inches) and it’s absolutely freezing.
Having just cycled down from Coix de Couer (2173 meters) I can confirm it’s chilly there too. Anyway here’s a snap of Louise’s Mum wishing she’d got warmer shoes on…
