Since the weekend I've been skiing with the Joneses and their extended family from Scotland and Seattle, USA. Yet again we received further amazing fresh powder, but this time with bright sunshine as soon as the lifts opened. Our first run together was off-piste in deep powder. This is Andrew literally making his tenth turn since arriving from Seattle.
Baptism of fire, but hey, it had to be done. Everybody skied really well in the deep stuff, especially when you consider how rare it is to be able to practise in these conditions. We all had massive smiles on our faces for hours afterwards; one of those days that we will never forget. Here is Chris, a dedicated Méribel skier, who couldn't believe his luck with the April powder.
Not only have we had deep, fresh, light, untracked powder this week; but the sun has been out as well. What excellent conditions for picnics on the piste!
There's something about 'roughing it' whilst having lunch enjoying the views and weather, away from other people.
As we all know, children don't like to sit still for long. Here are Iona and Olivia showing us how to perform forward somersaults.
Very entertaining but I'm not sure any of the adults were inspired to try these antics ourselves.
Anyway, back to the skiing. Rob was very keen to learn what else Méribel had to offer in terms of challenging expert skiing. The Joneses had kindly invited Harriet along as well, so Rob, Harriet and I went off to ski several couloirs. A couloir is beyond a black piste in difficulty. Basically, they are off-piste, very steep and often very narrow. Here is Harriet negotiating the nasty knife-egded ridge on the way to a couloir, between Courchevel and Méribel at the top of Saulire. No room for errors here or else............
We skied down several couloirs including the Grand Couloir, the Méribel Couloir, the Gasex Couloir and various other steep gullies. What a week we are all having! April often gives us these treats before strong spring temperatures start affecting our beloved pistes.
Martin
P.S. It's no good, I just can't resist showing other photos from this week. Sorry if it's been overkill on the powder skiing images recently, but it's what us skiers dream about isn't it? Here are Harriet and Rob from Monday. Enjoy.
Baptism of fire, but hey, it had to be done. Everybody skied really well in the deep stuff, especially when you consider how rare it is to be able to practise in these conditions. We all had massive smiles on our faces for hours afterwards; one of those days that we will never forget. Here is Chris, a dedicated Méribel skier, who couldn't believe his luck with the April powder.
Not only have we had deep, fresh, light, untracked powder this week; but the sun has been out as well. What excellent conditions for picnics on the piste!
There's something about 'roughing it' whilst having lunch enjoying the views and weather, away from other people.
As we all know, children don't like to sit still for long. Here are Iona and Olivia showing us how to perform forward somersaults.
Very entertaining but I'm not sure any of the adults were inspired to try these antics ourselves.
Anyway, back to the skiing. Rob was very keen to learn what else Méribel had to offer in terms of challenging expert skiing. The Joneses had kindly invited Harriet along as well, so Rob, Harriet and I went off to ski several couloirs. A couloir is beyond a black piste in difficulty. Basically, they are off-piste, very steep and often very narrow. Here is Harriet negotiating the nasty knife-egded ridge on the way to a couloir, between Courchevel and Méribel at the top of Saulire. No room for errors here or else............
We skied down several couloirs including the Grand Couloir, the Méribel Couloir, the Gasex Couloir and various other steep gullies. What a week we are all having! April often gives us these treats before strong spring temperatures start affecting our beloved pistes.
Martin
P.S. It's no good, I just can't resist showing other photos from this week. Sorry if it's been overkill on the powder skiing images recently, but it's what us skiers dream about isn't it? Here are Harriet and Rob from Monday. Enjoy.
2 comments:
Wow, you lucky people, enjoying all that smashing light powder!
The photos look really great.
Nice to hear you enjoyed those coulouirs.. must make a pleasant change to the altiport piste!
I'll just have to squeeze one more trip in to the mountains and pray for those same dream conditions.
And I thought we had had a good week.....Just so lucky that I am not the jealous type. Bet it was a real blast. Enjoy....
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