More Highs

I added another video of the jump to yesterdays post after I managed to get it to upload….

Today we decided to go back to Val Thorens to finish the parts we did not visit on Monday. We headed up to Cime Caron. The fact that anybody managed to build a cable car top station here continues to impress, and it has been here a few years (apparently it was the largest in the world when built in 1982).

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The combe de caron black piste was too moguled for my taste so we stuck to the red and did the lower black.

Someone in BMWs marketing department obviously likes Val Thorens as there seems to be a fair amount of Mini promotion going on.

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This 4 wheel drive rechargeable hybrid soft roader wearing a Mini badge is surely as far away from Sir Leonard Lord and Sir Alec Issigonis’ original vision as it is possible to get? They have created an ice track you can test drive them on as well… tempting, but I think I would rather ski….

We did the last 3000m+ peak after lunch. Here is the view

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Returned before our legs were completely spent today to leave energy for a  run down Mont Valon. The track at the top does not get any better….