Piste Bashing

Took a quick burn round Chatel this afternoon to work off the frustration of having to rewrite some rather pointless code.  We weren't alone.

i thought the school holidays were over?  This is Rochassons, a red run going down to Plaine Dranse which is the main artery for muggles trying to get back to Linga and Chatel after a day in Avoriaz.  i've never seen it so packed.

i have a theory.  The French kids are still on holiday, so i suspect they've waited for this week, when the Italians and British kids have gone back to school, to come out in force.

Quite obviously, unless we wanted to do some piste bashing of our own, we couldn't ski the piste, but luckily we managed to find some unspoiled off-piste, free of muggles.  And yes, well spotted, that's Lac de Montriond in the background which today, for the first time in 3 months, got some sunshine of its own.

Everyone is talking about it, and i hope they're right, but big snow is apparently on the way and we're supposed to have light snow or snow showers all week.  Not a moment too soon - i hope it's huge.  Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!