Val d'Isere 22 to 29 Dec 13

Flight and transfer all on time. Even got out on the nursery slopes for an hour yesterday afternoon.

Had a full day today. mainly blue skies and very little wind. About 0 degrees in the village and -6 at the top. Very pleasant conditions. On piste snow is generally holding up well. In a few areas of heavy traffic (top of Borsat, Verte run above La folie Douce and also lower down) a few stones have appeared and the occasional tuft of grass. Good job the snow is arriving today.

We didn't ski La Face but apparently it was a combo of soft moguls and scalped sections. Piste L is shut although Santons was open. Triffolet also shut.

Slopes pretty quiet other than main intersections and 'motorway' runs like Verte. No queueing for the lifts.

Heading over to Tignes tomorrow.

It looks like Wed is going to be very snowy and windy. Could be interesting!

Once the storm clears get over to Fornet, brilliant with fresh snow.

Triffolet is always an experience after fresh snow as you get all kinds of pockets forming. L will likely stay shut all week as they can't easily blast it to settle it.

Santons is probably my least favourite way down from Bellevarde (including the head first fall down the Face)

Was over in Val today, lovely day but agree with this post, we could do with that snow which is forecast for Xmas day lets hope the accompanying winds are not as strong as suggested. All in all a very pleasant start to the week.

Be careful after the storm hits, but have fun!

Strange day today. Cold this morning and then it warmed up to the extent that it was sleeting at village level (1850m!). Snowed all day from 2,000m up though and is still snowing now. On and off piste should be great tomorrow. Hopefully the link to tignes will be open again. Very strong winds at times with short periods of virtually zero visibility. Like being in a cold sandstorm!

Strong winds, new snow, no base - don't venture off piste tomorrow BB!

Wow!! what a day :mrgreen:

Snowed all night and all day and still hasn't stopped. Still windy but not too bad. The link to Tignes was operating again.

Pistes were very lumpy and bumpy by the end of the day but generally really soft conditions. Much quieter and colder on the Solaise side and edges of the pistes there were relatively untouched powder which was good fun. Visibility was not great but a little better than yesterday.

about -3 in the village, -9 at the top of the Olympique and possibly colder again at the top of the glacier lift. definitely a 4 layer day!

It should stop snowing over night and tomorrow is predicted to be sunny and calm.

anyone coming out next week should get great conditions.