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Chamonix: Blue Sky, Empty Pistes And The Powder Continues |
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 Posted by kmc on 21/12/2008 @ 18:28 |
| Resort / Country: Chamonix, France | Visited 787 times |
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This weekend saw all 5 of Chamonix's resorts fully open for business and the weather was perfect to enjoy it. |
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 The great conditions here in Chamonix continue with the whole valley lift system now open. This weekend saw the opening of Brevent and Flegere. The new access lift and ticket office seen here, now more than doubles the upload capacity hopefully meaning the queues for getting up to this part of the valley are a thing of the past.
The conditions at Brevent are very good with perfect pistes and on Saturday there was also plenty of good riding off piste. The upper slopes having a snow base of 145cm and mid mountain having a cover of 75cm.
 Just a little further up the valley the resort of Flegere also has great conditions at the moment and again with this area opening for the first time this season on Saturday there was some great riding to be had. Flegere is known in the Chamonix valley as the natural snowpark with windlips, cat tracks and loads of natural features to test the freestyle skills. The Flegere area was very quiet with most of the pistes virtually deserted but those who were riding there were riding mostly off piste. The top of the Index lift has a snow depth of 140cm and mid mountain having a depth of 70cm.
 Sunday the 21st December I took my first visit this season to the top end of the Chamonix valley to the resort of Le Tour where the wind had done its best to ruin the snow. The pistes were in great condition and there was also some great powder to be found just a little of the beaten track. There was a few more people out on the mountain today but by no means busy.
The Tete de Balme chairlift from the back side of the resort only opened yesterday so this was were our little crew headed first thing this morning. There was some really good snow to be found over on this side and aslo from the Posettes poma which is a great big open face that gets sunshine all day. The upper slopes at 2270m have a base of 80cm with mid mountain having a 65cm base. |
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