Even more powder day

Saturday, 31st December 2011 by Laetitia
It snowed, and snowed and then it snowed some more...

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Powder Day

Friday, 30th December 2011 by Richard
Grouse (?) tracks.An eventful, if not entirely happy, day in the snow... How is it that there can be too much snow to travel, but not enough to ski?

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Verbier

Thursday, 29th December 2011 by Pete
We surprised ourselves this week when we agreed that some new scenery away from the Chamonix pistes was an exciting idea... An adventurous excursion was called for, and so on Wednesday we booked bus tickets to Verbier for a full day of Swiss piste bashing.

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Bifurcation Lake

Thursday, 29th December 2011 by Richard
Rachel on the lake shore. Brrr! Scotland lives up to its reputation as a suburb of the Arctic, but disappoints hydrologists everywhere...

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Blog Birthday #6

Wednesday, 28th December 2011 by Pete
Yet another amazing year. A massive thank-you to all the blog's authors, comment contributors, and readers! The blog's sixth year has been as active as ever with post authors travelling far and wide...

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Les Houches and Aiguillette des Houches

Wednesday, 28th December 2011 by Laetitia
We thought another half day on the piste before going for a touring adventure would be a good idea, so we decided to go to Les Houches on Boxing Day.

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A fine wee wander in the muckle big hills

Tuesday, 27th December 2011 by Rachel
Rachel on the footbridge at Devil's Point The first day of our holiday in Scotland features no snow, but a lovely run in the Cairngorms...

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Happy Christmas from Chamonix

Sunday, 25th December 2011 by Laetitia
We woke up late, again. Chamonix seems to do this to me. I blame it on the clear air and the snug warm apartment, but perhaps this time it was also because the streets were very quiet. Father Christmas had done his job and most people seemed to be pre-occupied in doors.

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