Chalet Tignes

just arrived up here after a few days on lake Annecy. It is the 2nd Nov. and I was not expecting my first powder day in Tignes that early in the season. It started snowing last night and looking out of my window now, it is still snowing. We probably will have 20cm new powder by tomorrow and more snow is forecasted for the week. This is great news for pre-season when all the ski instructors and racing teams embarking on Tignes in search for good pre-xmas snow.

I had a quick glance up the Grande Motte glacier earlier (break of clouds) and the snow on the glacier looks great. Having been worried yesterday, sitting on lake Annecy, 20C, enjoying a warm atumn afternoon – ‘how much snow will we have this season?’ Given the economic climate, the last thing we need would be poor snow at the start of the season.

All worries gone now, a good week of snow in November will provide the foundations for this winter season, at least until well after Christmas. Tignes got it sorted, a glacier, snow machines and an endless supply of water from the barrage below the resort makes it one of the most snow safe resorts in the Alps.

I better stop waffling on. There is a powder to be skied tomorrow. Just in case you are wondering, no my ski apartment is already booked between now and early Jan 2010. I am sure you find ski accommodation elsewhere.

Tags: powder snow