Here we are, straight into spring, though it is a little late! The sun is out, the snow is soft, and in the valley we can walk around in t-shirts in the daytime.
The sky cleared up on Saturday after the storm cycle, and there was a lot of new snow in altitude, 40 centimetres or more in the high mountain. Now we have a few days to enjoy the sunshine and warmth. It is still only April, though, so it is still cool in the evenings and mornings, and we will probably get some more active weather through next week...
We have 1 more week of Brevent, Les Houches, and Le Tour, 2 more weeks of Flegere, and after that the Grands Montets is where the skiing is focused until mid May. Courmayeur resort is closed now during the week, but they were still open for skiing yesterday (Sunday).
Today I went for a lunch-time ski at the Brevent, skiing without hat or gloves in hot sunshine. There wasn't much terrain open, due to the avalanche danger from wet slides, but it was great quality skiing, and the best turns were on the groomed pistes. The top lift was open for a short time, but the heat was starting to slide some of the steeper slopes before 1pm! The snow offpiste was already very heavy and sticky, perfect for injuries...
