So Much Snow...another 90cm!!
That's right over just the last few days we have had over 90cm of fresh snow here in Chamonix. The weather has been a bit crazy over friday and the avalanche risk has risen to a level 4 which means very dangerous conditions off piste.
Most of the resort area has had limited opening today due to the danger on the upper slopes but in just a day or two things will settle down and the riding is going to be epic. On Thursday past I spent the day at Le Tour doing some great off pistes descents and scoring some of this seasons best powder, some video of that will be on the blog shortly.
The snow depth here is now an amazing 3 metres at high mountain level and 1.5 metres at mid mountain and it's still only January. The upcoming heli freeride sessions are going to amazing and the spaces are filling up for those.
Later Keith
Happy New Year
Here at Alpinelines we would like to wish all a very happy new year. A big thanks to all who came out to Chamonix for some lessons over the last 2 weeks, a very well done to Simon G, Patsy, Richie, Simon D, Jules, Ian, Amy, Abbie, Pietro, and Don who all made great improvements in their snowboarding technique.
The conditions here in the valley are staying good with cold temps maintaining great snow on piste and with just a little bit of effort there is still some powder being found.
The April heli freeride sessions are seeing quite a bit of interest so anyone wanting to take part in a great all mountain riding week should book up sooner rather than later to avoid disappointment.
Hope there is some travels to the snow on the horizon for all of you back there in the UK.
Later Keith
More Powder
Here at Alpinelines we are bagging our fair share of the current powder conditions, check out the pics and some video at the blog page. GO TO ALPINELINES BLOG
AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING !!
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Saturday the 29th November and the 2008/2009 season has officially kicked off with the opening of the Grands Montets area in Chamonix. More info here.
DUMP ALERT !!
Here in Chamonix the forecast for the coming weekend has been revised and its a whopper !! The forecast is now predicting 45-65cm's<.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">GO TO ALPINELINES BLOG