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A Snow Report from Les Angles in The Pyrenees

Rich is in Les Angles in The Pyrenees and sends us this report from the snowy but empty slopes there.  Great conditions, no queues, fabulous weather! 

Slopestyle World Cup Event in Font Romeu

The Slopestyle World Cup is in Font Romeu this weekend and it's the first practice day. 

 It's the first time The Pyrenees have hosted the event and it's a huge thing for the reeort.  Loads of work has gone into it including moving more than 30,000 sq m of earth to build the jumps! 

Find out more on their website here http://www.sfrfreestyletour.fr/_en/epreuve/1_font-romeu.html

IT’S SNOWING!  Rich is in The Pyrenees

Rich is in The Pyrenees and it looks like winter has arrived!  The snow is there, conditions are great, the pistes are empty, what more do you want?

Rich tries Cross Country Skiing

Rich gives cross country skiing a go - find out he got on.

IT’S SNOWING!!

Rich reports from Morzine where there has been some fresh snow at last! 

He has a chat with Dom from Skiology who was skiing in Avoriaz this morning.

Skiology have some great flexible breaks available in Grands Sapin, their chalet in the middle of Morzine - click here to find out more about the chalet and the great offer. Just £399pp for 4 nights. 

To see all Skiology's chalets in Morzine and Les Carroz click here.

Let's hope this is the start and we get a load of snow!  :-) 

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

So here we are in 2017!  

Lets hope that mother nature brings more snow for the rest of the season than she did at the start of this season!

What ever happens whether you are skiing, boarding, hiking, cross country skiing, sledging have fun but stay safe!

Make this the year you try something different - if you ski why not try snowboarding, if you're a snowboarder try skiing, learn to telemark, learn to cross country ski, go snow shoeing..... there are loads of things to do in the mountains that we tend to ignore in our rush to get up the hill and do what we always do!

Learning something new is a challenge and yes while frustrating at times it is also very rewarding, great fun and really worthwhile.

Why not look further afield than the usual known resorts - yes they offer great skiing but then so do a lot of smaller less know resorts as well and are often less crowded as well.

Whatever you do make sure you enjoy it, we don't have long here so lets make the most of the mountains!

When was the last time you did something new?  Why not make it this year?  

Have an amazing 2017, please do share your experiences with us.

If there’s not much snow you can always go for a walk!

Rich is in the Alps looking for things to do when there isn't much snow to ski on and went for a walk in the mountains! 

Extraordinary Piste Maintenance

I am always amazed at the lengths resorts go to to keep as much open as possible when there is little snow cover piste bashers, lorry loads of snow, helicoptors dropping it but I have never seen this before!  

So be assured most resorts do do as much as possible to keep as much open as they can! 

Great New Year Offers!

Rich reports from the Alps and has some great offers for New Year - check them out on the site here https://www.altitudeholidays.com/ski-deals.

There are loads of deals to be had from FREE champagne, HALF PRICE deals and rare New Year FLEXI BREAKS!  

Aware that there is limited skiing to be had he also has some ideas of things for you to try.  

Be one of the first to hear about our offers and deals by registering on the site here https://www.altitudeholidays.com/account/register

Surprisingly good snow in Flaine!

A couple of days on from a not very snowy Les Carroz Rich has gone up to Flaine to find out what the skiing is like there and has found some surprisngly good skiing!