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Late season in Chamonix

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  • 03-04-2014 12:25pm
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    cormee
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    Just back yesterday.

    Conditions were grand. Very bright and sunny, warm, no need for a vest or gloves (though my hands are f*cked with scrapes now).

    The snow in the morning was OK, very icy, due I suppose to the previous day's melt. And, in the afternoon, things got really slushy - it's very disconcerting going along a slope, 40 or 50kph, then hitting a puddle of slush and decelerating rather quickly, I nearly came a cropper a few times. Especially on tree-lined pistes where it changes from ice to slush every few hundred metres.

    Slushy moguls were great fun on the board, I had great fun launching myself off them and the 'splash' of slush they'd make when landing. They're far more forgiving (on a board) than they are in normal conditions - weaving around them is much easier as you don't get thrown when you clip one.

    Slushy reds and blacks were a laugh too, once you get a bit of speed up it's alomost like powder, that same floating feeling.

    All in all a great few days, and a nice end to a pretty OK season. :D

    Damn you summer, damn you to hell.


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    fannymagee
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    Ah brilliant!! Delighted you enjoyed :-)


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    cormee
    Registered Users Posts: 1,801 ✭✭✭cormee


    fannymagee wrote: »
    Ah brilliant!! Delighted you enjoyed :-)

    Yeah, it was great thanks, Fanny. I think I still prefer the Three Valleys though.
    Last time I was in Chamonix I didn't particularly like Brevent, this time was the same. The other ski areas are a fairly long bus journey away, followed by a 10 minute gondola ride, so you're losing well over an hour a day just getting to and from the snow, and, at the end of a long day on the slopes the last thing I want is a long steamy journey in a hot bus, wearing wet gear. I think the town itself, its proximity to Geneva airport, and the night-life are its main selling points. Having said that, all of the above makes it ideal for a weekend visit.


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    fannymagee
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    Ah come to Soll for a weekend, it has all of that AND Fannymagee ;-) ;-)


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    cormee
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    fannymagee wrote: »
    Ah come to Soll for a weekend, it has all of that AND Fannymagee ;-) ;-)

    Maybe next year, my annual budget for 2013/2014 is long since spent! :D


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    fannymagee
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    cormee wrote: »
    Maybe next year, my annual budget for 2013/2014 is long since spent! :D

    Ah yeah, sure the lifts are closed now anyway so no point (unless you fancy skinning!). BUT, I guarantee you come October you'll have resurrected that budget- probably twice over! ;)


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