We returned to Switzerland, but this time we headed over first thing in the morning. I’d better show you map at this point so some of this makes sense.

You can see Avoriaz in the middle, and Morzine and Les Gets where we skied yesterday off to the right. Les Crosets, is top left. We skied almost to the extreme left of the map, the only thing left was a cable car down to the car park and Champery. This map represents an area about 16km wide by 10km, but is distorted to show the runs and lifts.

There were lots more of the steep well groomed red runs we enjoy so much over here, so lots of fun was had. We came back over a mountain called Chavanette, the site of the famous ‘wall’. According to the sign at the top this is a 330m drop at more than 90%. From the lift up it is just a steep slope covered in huge moguls.

There is a great restaurant at the top, and lunch seemed a much better idea than skiing back down. I ordered a Steak Hache Frites…. Now is it me or is this a bit pretentious for a self service cafe 8000ft up perched on top of a ridge?

It only took a few minutes to turn it into this:

We had arranged to meet some friends later in the afternoon so we skied back into Avoriaz. Stopping at the way at “the igloo” which is a bar constructed of snow and ice, with a collection ofsnow and ice carvings inside… Very odd indeed.