It continued to snow overnight but the by dawn the weather had got its act together and gone into postcard mode,

Frustratingly the overnight snow needed avalanche blasting and so the high lifts stayed closed until 11am. This meant we were confined to the valley with everybody else for an hour and a half and it got a bit crowded. Lift queues were pretty frustrating.

Still they only slow you down for 15 minutes and the truth is I am not fit enough to ski all day without these enforced rests anyway! The other interesting thing about this shot is that almost everyone is wearing a helmet. Helmets for kids have been standard issue for a long time,  but 5 years ago I think only 50% ocf the adults in this shot would have been wearing them.  The odd thing is that the scientific proof of the benefits of them for normal skiing is decidedly unproven. I have a bad feeling that one of the reasons they are so popular is that people listen to music.  I heard a guy in a different queue explaining to someone that his speakers had cost him more than the helmet….. These days you have to ski assuming most people are in a world of there own….

Anyway a fine days skiing,  although all the fresh snow created more moguls than we would normally like. We headed to Courchavel 1650 and returned via a coffee at the top of saulire.  A cafe with a view to rival pretty much anywhere in the world.

We probably over cooked it, the run home from here was hard work on tired legs. We got lots of video during the day, but as we were late back I have not sorted through it yet….