Yesterday was opening day for Courchevel and Meribel, and with a CPD day due to keep up to date with all things admin for BASI I met up with 3 colleagues for a day of discussions centred around working off piste - client briefing, terrain choice, new technologies and more were discussed at length throughout the day, with a few turns thrown in for good measure.
The snow in the 3 Valleys is quite thin at the moment, especially below 2300m. Above this there is the beginning of a base of cold winter snow, though plenty more is needed to get the classic off piste routes into viable condition:
Below 2300m there is really just a superficial covering off piste, and a skeleton network of pistes open (as usual for week 1 of the winter) - skiing back to the Chaudanne in Meribel is definitely not for the faint-hearted (or those with new skis!):
Today it is very windy (nothing open) but snowing hard, with the freezing level due to drop towards 800m later, so that should start to make a difference!
Winter 2018/2019 is almost fully booked, but there are still one or two spots left on the following courses:
Off Piste Introduction - The 3 Valleys - 26 Jan - 2 Feb 2019
Vanoise Freeride - 3 Valleys/Paradiski (& more) - 23 - 30 Mar 2019
** Please note: due to an unplanned forced change in web host the www.offpisteskiing.com website is not currently fully operational for the time being **
Please contact us for booking details for the courses.
Meanwhie, to keep the juices flowing for the coming winter here is an inspiring film from Tof Henry:
Born in Chamonix [FULL FILM] from ARMADA SKIS on Vimeo.
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