Happy Christmas from Chamonix
A weekend in Chamonix…
Aiguille du Pouce
Aiguille Dibona
We Meet the English!
Cham with my parents…
First days at Les Deux Alpes
Frendo-Ravanel
Crochues-Berard traverse
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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.
My sister, Saskia, and her husband Nick had booked to go to Chamonix for a long weekend, so we decided to grate-crash their party and join in the fun...
... with the last lift down at 5.30pm, by the time we had got off the top chair lift we only had five and half hours to climb the 400m Voie des Dalles ...
I didn't have any great aspirations for Alpine routes on the recent joint AC/CC/FRCC/Wayfarers' meet to Ailefroide but thought that it would be good to tick-off the Dibona...
Shortly after Terry and John Hollands met the Hungarian team on one of their favourite playgrounds in Croatia, the opportunity came to join their meet in Ailefroide...
My mum and dad were keen to come out to Chamonix again so way back in January I booked flights for a long weekend in the middle of June...
The start of a week's skiing in the French Alps.
The forecast had been for snow, snow, and more snow, but what we got was sun, sun, and more sun, and the occasional early morning cloud.
Another fine day. No more fresh snow, but still plenty of powder to be found if you're prepared to make the effort...