Bozel, as seen from La ChouliereOur destination was Bozel, a lovely little town in the bottom of the valley, far far below Courchevel. Our tour guide was Philippe and there were 12 of us who took on the adventure. The route to Bozel starts on the Jean Blanc run towards Le Praz. This piste had lots of snow on it and was beautifully pisted. We did not see another person the whole way down; it was almost as if we had hired out the piste, just for us.
Jean Blanc joins Les Brigues piste and from there you drop off the side into the off piste all the way. Some took 'drop off' a little more literally than others...
At La Chouliere, we took off skis and boards and crossed the main road to re-join the off piste. The route took us through gardens and over snow covered fences to meet a little bit of a cross country track around Saint Bon. We looped around and over the bridge parallel to the main road and then dropped still lower. There were some difficult parts and some tempers were frayed and almost lost, but luckily I had a hip flask of sloe gin which I had brought especially for such times....
Finally after skirting streams and just about missing all the trees, we arrived in Bozel hot, hungry and thirsty. We had three huge bowls of chips and a few beers to celebrate our triumph...
The victorious Finlays Crew...
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