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3 Valleys Charity Day 2019 T Shirt
Here is a full preview of this years 3 Valleys Charity Day 2019 shirt design!
The special edition Bring Your Sisters charity day tees will be available from late March for 15 euros. Pre-order through the 3 Valleys Charity Day to avoid disappointment ! Tees will be available in mens and women sizes. They are a limited edition so get your order in nice and early.
Thanks to all sponsors for their financial support which covers all the production costs of the tee and means all of your 15 euros goes direct to our two charities Sebastian’s Action Trust and La Ligue contre le cancer
3 Valleys Charity Day 2019 is being held on 10th April in Meribel Village.
Gorilla Down – The wind has killed the Saulire Gorilla…
A similar fate to the wild bear statue happened in March 2017! So if you ever wonder why they close lifts due to “high winds”…
5 March 2017 – the bear was ripped from the steel table it was mounted on…
In happier times…
Today’s Piste du Jour – The often overlooked Mur (& Cave des Creux)
Perfectly groomed slope skiing this morning and every lift and piste open in the Courchevel and La Tania valley – even Saint Bon (except for the odd area for competition / training use that is closed to the public).
Across the 3 Valleys apart from areas around the Cime Caron and Masse 2 lifts which are closed for technical reasons (Masse 2 will re-open soon) the only significan pistes that are closed are the black Tétras and Léo Lacroix pistes that always gets a lot of sun. The very low Villages piste down to Les Allues is also currently officially closed.
Mur and Cave des Creux were simply delicious this morning…
The 3 Valleys Charity Day 2019 T Shirt Revealed – GET YOURSELVES OUT HERE! Anyone got the set since 2008?
T-Shirts will be on sale at après ski venues in La Tania, Courchevel & Méribel very soon with 100% of the revenue going to out charities in the UK and France. More on Charity Day here
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Partnership signed for the protection and conservation of birds in The 3 Valleys
The Ski Area Management companies across The 3 Valleys (S3V, SEVABEL, Méribel Alpina & SETAM) have come together to sign a partnership agreement with l’ONF, l’ONCFS, la Fédération départementale des chasseurs de Savoie, l’Observatoire des galliformes de montagne et le Parc national de la Vanoise in order to protect birds in The 3 Valleys.
Three species of birds are being focused on, the Black Grouse, Ptarmigan and Golden Eagle all of which frequent the Ski Area in Winter. The Ski Area companies will contribute €96,000 over 3 years to support the project.
Full Press Release from the Vanoise Nationa Park below.
Communiqué_PN_Vanoise_Signature_convention_Domaines_skiables_13_02_2019CdP is Piste du Jour, April lift openings confirmed & Masse 2 lift temporary closure
S3V have confirmed their planned lift openings for the final week of the season from 13 – 22 April 2019 (the lifts close on Easter Monday). The La Tania Gondola and Bouc Blanc lifts will be open and S3V expect to have the
Folyères run down to resort open until the final day.
In fact until the final week they state that 100% of the area will be accessible and only a few “duplicate” lifts will close but all villages will be open and connected by lifts in that final week.
Click on the image for the full size map.
We’re informed that La Masse 2 gondola over in the La Masse / Les Menuires sector will be closed for maintenance work for a period of one to two weeks. SEVABEL will make an announcement as soon as it is reopened.
Finally – conditions about to change with the 3 weeks of sunny weather coming to an end tonight. See our video Snow Report from yesterday…
La Tania Snow Report 27/2/19 – The Sunny Weather About To Change
Tim Wall reporting on the sunny weather about to end as the dominating high pressure system finally gets broken up after 3 weeks. Looks like Winter is returning for the start of March…
Image of the NOAA20 satellite, 27/02/2019 at 12:28 UTC: the month of February ends with a sun and temperatures worthy of a summer period. No clouds on the country. At 15:00, 27.7 ° C was recorded at Prades in the Pyrénées-Orientales, 22.4 ° C at Lannion in the Côtes d’Armor and 20.2 ° C at Paris-Montsouris. In white on the image, the snow covers the Alps, the Pyrenees, the Massif Central, the Vosges, the Jura and the peaks of Corsica as well as Cantabria in Spain and part of the Apennines in Italy.
Half Term – Get out early, our Pistes du Jour this morning…
(we think it just gets bashed by all the machine on their way home!)
Two Mysteries Solved – Alex and Folie Guitarist Found Alive & Well
Alex the dog and family along with their kennel have been missing from their home at the Pralong lift station this season. We were told back in December that they’d been relocated to the Châtelet lift above Mottaret but until last week they hadn’t been spotted.
Meanwhile the guitarist from the last few years at the Folie Douce in Méribel, Marc Mayson has not been seen there this season. We did get him in trouble at a London Ski Show event for repeatedly playing AC/DC tracks but he’s been spotted at the new Chamonix FD – which really is like a night club – he still needs to eat mind!
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