Well the weather forecast was for Sunny intervals. In Val Thorens the sunny interval went on for most of the day, with just some high cloud in the late afternoon to keep the temperature down. Other valleys were not so lucky.

We headed out early and got up high, there was a good 20cm of fresh snow on top of well-groomed runs that was great fun to ski in. This picture is from the highest point in the 3 valleys in the Orelle sector.

Les Menuires is in far worse shape, looks like they are relying entirely on cannons at resort level.

They have a new way of testing your travel insurance in VT, if you are bored of the Parapentes, and the luge, well now you can try the zipwire… we have not seen anyone try it yet and it is pretty hard to photograph but let’s have a go so you can marvel at the full extent of the madness.

In the picture above the top of the zipwire is just to our right, you can see the two wires, and I have marked the end of it with a red arrow.

And here we are at the bottom, again the bit where they unload whatever is left is just to our right, and the start is marked with a red arrow… You’ll see that the wire is marked with red spheres, presumably even the VT tourist office don’t consider a parapente hitting a zipwire to be a good idea. Apparently it is a tandem so you can go on it with a friend….

Anyway, lots more fun to be had skiing, went up to Cime de Caron where we have not been for a few years. There are some orientation things pointing out the moutains, to be fair they may have been here for years but I have never been up here when the wind was not trying to blow me off the top so have never noticed before.

The number of bars is steadily increasing.

Didn’t like the DJ in this one…

Thought about dropping into La Folie Douce (“everybody put your hands in the air”) for a cocktail and to get some content for our social… but in the end we decided to head back to the apartment for a nice cup of tea… other beverages are available.