Belle Plagne II

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Skiing!

Claire tried ski school, but wasn’t feeling well, so had gondola rides and sliding with daddy.

Jess went to ski school and learned to snowplough with style.

Parents managed a good number of mornings off piste, a day touring and lots of afternoon messing around on blues.

Grandparents did some (or a lot) of walking in the snow.

Helping the bags move along the train queue
Ready for ski school?
After a dull weather day spent on piste (why are the blacks so empty??), it had snowed so we headed off piste.
First off piste turns
Making tracks again! We next took the line under the lift, and then it was all skied out
Snow plough!
First blue run of the year
Such excitement over a chairlift!
Follow daddy?
NO! Daddy follows me!
Long easy blues
Daddy ski school
After some careful route planning (look where that instructor is going!), I convinced Jo to ski off a cornice and over this col.
A great line, with plenty of untouched snow and an adventurous feeling, despite being within sight of the apartment and under a gondola!
Skating!
Hot. Pink.
Refuelling
Significantly worse condition than when we checked it out in morning.
Testing both our skills
Tunnel!
Balcony with a view.
Snowy
Ski tour day!
About to decide the tracks along the ridge are hare, not ski!
Ascending a cornice
Col between Roc du Sérac and Roc des Blanchets
Impressive top, that we didn’t visit, partially due to the huge cliffs on the other side.
Turns from this rarely visited col.
Then off to try and avoid too much uphill.
Nav faff – lots of lumps around.
Found the skin track
Up, up, up
Around 3 meters from the top, it became impossible to skin. So forced to boot the last bit.
Pointe de la Vélière
Lots and lots and lots of fun to be had.
Last day adventure on new slopes
To the Roche de Mio for crêpes.
Jess ran (in ski boots) to the very top, above the lifts and skiers for uninterrupted views.
A great view of our tour: we went along the ridge in the foreground, then around the middle mountain, up to the col of the right double peaks, then down left and back up to the very end of the left ridge.

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