Suncream in the rain

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Our first attempt at skiing with kids, five years after we last went. Apparently our gear is just about holding up, we remember how to ski and we still really like it…

We went to Belle Plagne in the Vanoise on the train, and took grandparents to help (a highly recommended strategy). Despite the less than ideal weather it was a successful trip all round. Now we just need a holiday to recover – and work out when/how we can go again!

Early start but excited.
We have snow!
Shame a lot of it was falling from the sky..
Learning/teaching in some bad weather
First slides
Snowplough!
Who ordered snow to the apartment?
Powder morning
Ready for our first off piste.
Oh, there are mountains behind those clouds…
Lunch at the top – Roche de Mio (on the only day of the week it was open)
Ready for a lesson. (The Frozen skis were a nice touch.)
Time for a ski snooze
Gregoire the instructor works magic and suddenly she loves skiing
Hot chocolate and crepes before going out again
Time for the next one to try skis
Zooooom!
Cake on daddy. Skiing is hard work
On her own
Look – I can turn!
“More skiing please!”
Surprise lollies after dinner
Another morning out on our own. Finding the start of the mini tour (to the top on the left)
Near the summit – skinning practice ticked
Mont St Jacques
Summit selfie
Find the way down
Snowy alpine view – we’ve missed these
Hmmm what’s this snow like?
Tracks!
How to get out of here?
First blue
Controlled turns from at least one of us
Happy skiers
Chairlift!
Big mountain skiing – how did we find such an empty piste?
Pause for the view
Good effort on steeper lumpy snow
Well and truly graduated from the nursery slope
Following daddy much better than mummy does
Boo!

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