Monthly Archives: April 2025

Alpine weather, Scottish snow

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A warm and sunny week’s skiing and cheese in Belle Plagne. Key lessons: family skiing is a long game, and we’re now at the stage where we need to go somewhere less flat…

Quiet pistes, good views and happy skiers.
C quickly got the hang of snowploughing this year.
The off-piste wasn’t as good as the last two years, but if you timed it perfectly on the right aspect you could find the sweet spot between ice and slush
Grandma’s 75th birthday helpfully fell at the start of the week, so she could benefit from the cheap lift pass!
We managed one mini tour between Daddy ski school (for C) and picking J up. It started with a slightly interesting ridge
Turns between the bare patches
Sunny skinning
Pointe du Tougne summit
Back down to join the crowds
J’s first red run (Sources)
Found some trees on the other side of the mountain down towards Montchavin
Time to take Grandma (and C) off the nursery slope
C’s first chairlift
After breaking the edgie wedgie, we tried out the reins…
…but C preferred Daddy’s pole.
Well-deserved hot chocolate
Relaxing at Live 3000
Gully fun from Inversens
The interesting way down Blanchets
Bouncy
Sister ski school turned out to be a big hit
Expert backwards skiing by the “instructor”!
Attempting to avoid too much towing (failed)
Three generations of skiers.