Category: Snow Sports
Ski, snowboard and other snow related sports, including ski mountaineering and touring.
Car Camping, Snowy Scotland, Roaming Reindeer, Slow Skiing, Mini Marathons and Heavenly Hot Chocolate - there would be more , but there is a limit...
Chamonix ended up being quite expensive: I left my super red lunch box on the plane (and no one handed it in, so someone's knicked it! Or they did a controlled explosion on it - nothing on the news though, so maybe not); broken back tooth; broken rucksack...
We crunched our breakfast this morning - un pain avec abricot confiture - and something crunched harder than I expected. I'd broken my tooth! But nothing was going to stop play today...
Today's sports plan was to ski into the Gausta area...
Loads of snow fell overnight, so Ian, Anna and Jon headed for the local ski area to enjoy fresh powder...
After yesterday's efforts our leg muscles were knackered. Well Laetitia's and mine were. Actually if the truth be told, mostly just mine! And as Dave reported almost no aches and pains, it seems that it's true that skiing makes higher demands on the thigh muscles than snowboarding? Anyway, all of this led us to turn to the idea of enjoying some piste skiing to save ourselves from more punishment...
We decided to take Dave on the amazing Crochues-Bérard traverse tour to discover Snowboard mountaineering! The climb up to the Crochues col followed by the traverse across to and climb up to the Bérard col were easy. But the descent was another story...
With the promise of good weather and loads of snow in Scotland, Anna and I headed north for a day skiing.......
We spent a week hiding away in Chamonix over New Year, and we arrived with every intention of undertaking all winter mountain sports...
