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2021/2022 winter season thread

maddness · 2021-12-13 08:15:41

Seeing as there is nothing about this coming winter season I thought I’d start. The current conditions in the alps are epic with some of the heaviest snow on record in December. I’ll be in Courchevel on Wednesday for a few days and will post about the whole experience including the ease or difficulty of skiing with masks…

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#52 10-03-2022 1:55pm

prunudo

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Just back from a weekend in Champoluc, Italy. Relatively last minute as we got a good deal on Ryanair flights. Nice little resort village about 45mins drive up from the Aosta valley floor.

Unfortunately they've had a very dry winter with little to no snow over the last month but the temperatures have been cold so the slopes are holding up pretty well considering. Off piste was non existent but would have great potential in a regular season.

Its part of the Monterosa ski area so there is plenty to keep the mile munchers happy. Pistes are mainly nice long cruisey reds, most of which are connected with 4 man chairs. There's an old slow 2 man which is the only crappy lift we came across.

Resort was very quiet, with mainly Italians, Scandinavians, Dutch and some English, didn't hear any other Irish. The bonus of it being quiet meant there were no queues at the lifts, not sure if this was due to covid or due to the lack of snow keeping the locals away.

Overall an enjoyable few days on the slopes, nice food and friendly people so will definitely be adding it to the list for future resort options.

Re.covid, ffp2 masks on closed in lifts (gondolas/cable cars) and indoors. Only got asked for green pass (covid cert) in one restaurant.

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