Fabulous conditions. A few cm of snow overnight freshening everything up and fresh tracks all over 1650. Glorious sunshine and blue skies but very very cold, about minus 13 in La Tania this morning. Wrap up well.
Nickski www.nickskithreevalleys.co.uk
La Tania SnowFlash] Sat 30 Jan 2010 at 9am from latania.co.uk
Snow!
Snowed all night Friday and through in to Saturday. At least 20cm down
in resort, much more high up and drifting in the strong winds. Another
poor transfer day for many today but should be great when this storms
over. Avalanche risk off-piste bound to be high so take care everyone.
This weeks video snow report will be up on Monday hopefully.
Latest updates on the snow and what’s happening in resort are in the
La Tania Ski Blog (now mobile friendly) at www.latania.co.uk/blog
Snowing hard down in resort right now and it’s T Walls birthday
weekend, kicking off tonight at 10pm at La Taiga with Albaneza playing
live, standby for the original Toss the Boss – heads or tails if you
pay for your round….
Looks like a powder day transfer day tomorrow and more snow forecast
too.
Next week it’s Space Theme Party Thursday night at the Ski Lodge -
free drink for those in Fancy Dress. Also some of the Old School are
back including Jayney, plus it’s BYS roadie Joe (joadie) birhday next
weekend, rumours of a mass Escapade……
Meribel centre this morning from the Merinet.com webcam. More snow
coming down toniight and through tomorrow, staying cold all next week
too.
Snow and whiteout
The conditions were testing today, with a mixture of low cloud, poor visibility and then some patches of sunshine.
This did not however deter Eric from Magic taking us to the Cure Couloir this afternoon. We carefully made our way to the Grand Couloir, through the misty gloom then hiked up into the Cure. Once in the couloir the visibility improved and the snow was good, not exactly fresh powder, but a great ski. Back on the piste, we caught the lift back to La Tania, and came down via the off piste through the trees. Heavily tracked, but still some fresh powder in places, the cloud lifted as we made our way home to LT What a great place to be!
Updated by Sally Dazzle
Looks like a little new snow tonight and tomorrow plus the chance of a
decent amount in to the beginning of next week. Should freshen things up
nicely and it’s staying nice and cold but getting very cold by the middle of
next week according to several forecast – a bit too far out to be sure
though.
The programme of La Piste aux Etoiles, the gastronomy event that takes place
at the end of this week:
*Friday at 3 pm, at the Bouc-Blanc* mountain restaurant (free up to the
restaurant by the gondola for pedestrians)
Dedication of the “La Cuisine à l’Opinel†book of a few Savoie’s
grand chefs.
*Saturday at 3pm at the Cinema La Tania*
Live recipes of Julien Machet and Jean-Pierre Jacob (Le Bateau Ivre
restaurant at 1850) featuring Abdel Alaoui, Chef & TV presentor on Canal
Plus. Followed by dedication of the “La Cuisine d’Abdel†book by Abdel
Alaoui.
*Sunday from 3 to 7 pm*
Free tasting of Wines, Cheeses and Charcuterie in the centre of the resort.
More info at the Tourist Office.
First bubble and it was a bit gloomy but the sun was trying to get out by
the time we got to Roc Tania. Great skiing on the tree lined pistes down to
Meribel Village and then up to Trois Marches where Nick promised us the sun
and there it was. Great example of the Mer de Nuage / Cloud Lake. Just shows
that it’s always worth a look up there. Pistes great and Nick still finding
himself some freshies…
Joey http://www.nickskithreevalleys.co.uk/www.nickskithreevalleys.co.uk
Come Dine With Me…
The programme of La Piste aux Etoiles, the gastronomy event that takes place at the end of this week:
*Friday at 3 pm, at the Bouc-Blanc* mountain restaurant (free up to the restaurant by the gondola for pedestrians)
Dedication of the “La Cuisine à l’Opinel” book of a few Savoie’s grand chefs.
*Saturday at 3pm at the Cinema La Tania*
Live recipes of Julien Machet and Jean-Pierre Jacob (Le Bateau Ivre restaurant at 1850) featuring Abdel Alaoui, Chef & TV presentor on Canal Plus. Followed by dedication of the “La Cuisine d’Abdel” book by Abdel Alaoui.
*Sunday from 3 to 7 pm*
Free tasting of Wines, Cheeses and Charcuterie in the centre of the resort. More info at the Tourist Office.
From the village it might have looked cloudy and gloomy up there but we came out of the cloud/fog to a glorious sunny day (see snow report to follow).
You can see the cloud lower down on Creux and this nice example of a lenticular cloud.
Joey www.nickskithreevalleys.co.uk
The long awaited pisting and opening of Jockeys and Moretta Blanc has happened today! Another beautiful sunny day in the mountains.
Nick www.nickskithreevalleys.co.uk
