Euan the guide said he was still in denial about the turn of the seasons so wanted one last chance to find us some cold winter snow. We headed up the Toviere gondola from Tignes and skied the meadows under the Tommueses lift all the way down to La Daille. There were some patches of lovely soft snow but depending on exposure some crunchy snow.
To avoid a lot of piste skiing we caught the bus from La Daille to La Fornet and caught the lifts up and skied the north facing Grand Vallons area. The snow was chopped up but nice and soft and dry. I didn’t ski it that well to be honest.
The main order of the day was to get to the top of the resort and hike to Col Pers and ski that valley. Euan found us some lovely untracked snow in a beautiful secluded valley. It was a great experience to be skiing away from the pistes. There was some hiking to get out of that valley but we eventually ended up at La Fornet for another Grand Vallons lap before an expensive lunch at the top of the tram station.
We headed back toward Tignes doing a few short off piste runs in variable snow. Another great day in a wonderful part of the world.
^ Grand Vallons.
^ Beautiful hero snow.
^The exit to the valley.
Sorry I don’t have more detail. I am too busy trying to keep up to take more pics and work out exactly where we are skiing. I’m still out of my depth a bit and the variable snow brings out my bad skiing.
I’m having a day off tomorrow to go with Kylie down to Saint Foy for a casual ski day.
Euan asked if I would be up for an extra cost of 150 Euro on Thursday for “something really special”. I said I was in so I’m keen to see what he has planned.
To avoid a lot of piste skiing we caught the bus from La Daille to La Fornet and caught the lifts up and skied the north facing Grand Vallons area. The snow was chopped up but nice and soft and dry. I didn’t ski it that well to be honest.
The main order of the day was to get to the top of the resort and hike to Col Pers and ski that valley. Euan found us some lovely untracked snow in a beautiful secluded valley. It was a great experience to be skiing away from the pistes. There was some hiking to get out of that valley but we eventually ended up at La Fornet for another Grand Vallons lap before an expensive lunch at the top of the tram station.
We headed back toward Tignes doing a few short off piste runs in variable snow. Another great day in a wonderful part of the world.
^ Grand Vallons.
^ Beautiful hero snow.
^The exit to the valley.
Sorry I don’t have more detail. I am too busy trying to keep up to take more pics and work out exactly where we are skiing. I’m still out of my depth a bit and the variable snow brings out my bad skiing.
I’m having a day off tomorrow to go with Kylie down to Saint Foy for a casual ski day.
Euan asked if I would be up for an extra cost of 150 Euro on Thursday for “something really special”. I said I was in so I’m keen to see what he has planned.
But again, it's the alpine, so anything is possible depending upon the line taken, wind, exposure, etc. However, I do not find Val d'Isere to be an especially rocky mountain compared to a Zermatt, St Moritz-Corviglia, Chamonix/Courmayeur Skyway, etc.
