So today’s masterplan was to head over to Mont Vallon to ski in the fresh powder that had fallen overnight. The forecast was for 40kph winds at altitude, but that seemed manageable.

Arrived at the lift to find they had changed their mind and decided not to open it. Spoke to one of the operators who said they had measured 100kph winds so would try again later… it remained closed all day.

Oddly enough the forecast for VT was less wind so we thought we would head over but the wind on the tip was pretty fierce  were signs warning the links could close so we decided to stay in our own valley.

We found a good future lunch spot.. interesting table if there was no horizontal snow..

Stopped for a break in the afternoon at Le Arpasson cafe. This used to be a favourite years ago, then in turned into a loud music venue, the kind you can feel through the ground before you can see or hear, so we avoided it. This year it seems to be back to a ‘self’ with a nice covered bar area, playing Bruce Springsteen at a sensible volume.

The forecast was for it to brighten up and the wind to drop. Neither happened so we had a few more runs and headed for the apartment half an hour earlier than usual.

Let’s see if tomorrow resembles the forecast in any way.