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10th March 2015 Skiing: La Chevriere Wind Direction: Wind Stength: Surf / Sea State: Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: sunny Max Speed: 45.46 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 35.61 (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise) Monday 9th March – Relax and small hike **** Sunny. La Chevrerie We had a really lazy relaxing day after yesterday’s exertion!! We had a long lie in reading then did exercises outside on the yoga mat on the snow. It was great looking at the awesome view, the amazing blue sky and a pair of Buzzards calling to each other while flying over the lake and landing in various trees – looking for a place to nest? We had our breakfast around lunchtime then went for a long but leisurely walk around the end of the lake to the Chapel St. Bruno then on along the river to the village and up to the ski station. We walked back down the river piste then up the learner slope to the ski shop and had a good chat with the owner who spoke a little English. He showed us a good snow shoe walk on the map and gave us a leaflet for his chalet rental! Back to the van for a late lunch and an afternoon reading and Mag carried on with her rug making. About 6 we drove up to the ski station to overnight and be in the right place to ski tomorrow morning. We were amazed when 3 other camper vans turned up! We haven’t seen any here before. Stephen picked some rubbish from somebody elses picnic up from behind the van and earned a hearty ‘Bravo’ and round of applause from two ski instructors at the bar when he walked to the bin:) We have a nice spot overlooking the river and the other campers are all in the main body of the car park so we are not surrounded! Tuesday 10th March – Ski ***** La Chevriere – Sunny 45.46kts & 35.61n/miles (41 miles) :) We got ready and were on the lift up to do the Roc d’Enfer circuit and ski at La Chevriere by 9.30! It was a glorious day which did cloud over at lunchtime but by then we were too hot and felt like our faces were burning in the sun anyway. We did the circuit three times totalling 41 miles! We stopped after the second circuit at the mid way section (at the top of the des Tetes lift) for lunch at the picnic tables with an amazing view over the Village of Graydon in the valley and Mont Blanc overhead :) We had our lunch here last time too. Carried on having great fun and doing the odd piste here and there which didn’t make up the circuit. On our third trip round we stopped at the bottom of the piste into St-Jean D’Aulps and visited their Sherpa shop which is just by the bubble cable car back up to the top. We waited a few minutes for them to open at 3 and bought bread and milk, bringing it back in the ruck sack which is a bit risky if you fall over – milk everywhere! But we were ok and everything got back in one piece :) We also stopped to watch school kids going off for an adventure on snow shoes, skiing, and some even got to go dog sledding! They had three children to each dog towing a wooden container which we assume takes provisions to houses which are cut off in the snow. There wasn’t anything in them – it was just for fun and the dogs absolutely love it:) Wow, they are so lucky to get to do these things – so much more exciting than p.e. in England! It was also lovely later to watch the dogs being taken off their chain at the end of the day and being allowed to run free back to their boxes in their special trailer. They are so well behaved! We had one final trip up in the lift and returned down the red piste into La Chevriere before getting back in the van and eating the whole loaf of bread with butter and jam and drinking two coffees on the trot again!! It was a brilliant day – we love it here :) photo gallery here |
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