April Fools' Day
01 April 2018
We woke up to it dumping snow so we put on our ponchos and headed for the first lift. Sadly it then stopped snowing. We skied down the red Princess and got in the same cabin as Neville, Gordon and his and Carol's sons, Kit and Simon. Tomorrow they are all off for an adventure with a mountain guide for five days in Courmayeur, sleeping in a hut and skinning up to find untracked snow. If only one were younger and fitter!
They went off and we waited for Alison, Matt, Jackie and Seb and then took them down the Monrosset field, which was lovely, but we had to step over a small stream at the bottom. After that, we skied left off the Monrosset chair down untracked snow to Bettex, then up and over to the Communailles field. Nothing had been skied too much, and though it was a little lumpy in places the fresh snow was perfect.
Finally we skied, in a blizzard, down to Planellet. The top field was perfect, the bottom a little heavier, but fun. And we all managed to catch the bus. The kids loved it, in spite of one or two tumbles, and Seb declared that he thought he was getting better at the off-piste. This afternoon the sun came out but John and I came home to pack, as we are off to the Sylvana for our family and friends' holiday, 15 adults and 14 kids. I think I shall need a holiday after that.
Seb in a tree well
Crossing the stream
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