View from the office, over the roof of Reposoir.Tuesday dawned with brilliant blue skies and masses of powder. Having decided against Cider Celebration night in The Bar in 1550 (an excellent Monday night out and well worth a visit: Magners €4, Bulmers €3.50); Kat from Grand Cerf and I headed out on the first lift. We spent the whole morning playing in knee high powder. There were some great bits through the trees down towards La Tania and Le Praz and also down Jockeys and Jean Blanc. These are both black runs on that side of the mountain which are rarely pisted so lots of powder.
We stopped for lunch in La Tania which is a great place to sit in the sun over lunchtime. For those who like snacks including paninis etc, the place to go is the newly opened Chrome bar just on the edge of the piste. Just behind it is the Marmottons which does some of the best pizzas I know (and I eat a lot of pizzas), also great tartiflette and nice salads. The prices in La Tania are much more reasonable as well, but beware the genepi in the Marmottons, it is remarkably drinkable.
In the afternoon, we spent time under the Dou des Lanches chair: fabulous snow and not so many people because it is further off piste. Conditions could not have been better for a day off!! Almost all the Finlays staff were back home and in bed by 9.30pm: making the most of the snowy conditions really takes it out of you!
View from the top of Plantrey chair, overlooking the Meribel valley.
1 comments:
Sounds fantastic - my favourite sort of day. Wish I was there!
Post a Comment