Another trip up the hill was as rewarding as yesterday – although thankfully with no more injuries. We also skied to Ruinettes which – whilst officially closed – is skiable and won’t take much work from the canons to get it fully operational. Roll on next weekend and hopefully we’ll see them open all week long very soon…
Yes, despite rumours to the contrary the lifts opened at nine this morning and we were there to get first tracks. Naturally, the whole experience is a little muted when it’s just Lac des Vaux open (although you could ski to Ruinette, the lower section was a little ropey).
But it was brilliant to be skiing again, although it is only the first weekend in Novemeber, and anybody sitting in the T-Bar tonight boasting about skiing their first powder of the season (there was about five inches of fresh) will have taken their life in their hands, as borne witness by one unlucky local who caught a rock when he ventured a foot from the piste at the very bottom and is currently in Sion hospital with a broken back.
But he’ll be fine and it’s a great start for the resort for everyone else…
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Woke up and checked the list of lifts open on the TeleVerbier site. Saw this. Green ticks in all the right places. Result.
Well, despite technology conspiring against us this morning (the site crashed – not my fault this time) we’re back up and running able to bring you the first proper snow in town. It’s looking pretty good for Saturday – there’s meeting tonight to decide if they start the winter this weekend…
There’s a lot written on the walls of the T-Bar – menus, beer prices, music nights and so on. But today this little notice got everyone’s attention: there’s a meeting tomorrow at TeleVerbier to decide if the lifts open on Saturday. This winter could be starting very, very soon…
The picture doesn’t really do the snow justice, but it’s all looking very white up there and it seems that TeleVerbier have been running the Funispace. Bring on Saturday.
I know the Funispace looks tiny in the photo, but it has been running. Trust me…
