Minus 17C at the top of the Peclet Funitel over in Val Thorens this afternoon – truly a bit nippy, and far too cold to think about taking cameras out of pockets. Great skiing day despite the cold and some wild winds on the sumits – superb pistes and even the black dropping down in to VT was smooth with lovely grippy snow. Today’s day must be dedicated to the person who invented hands free lift passes – you really didn’t want to take your gloves off today…