On day 1 and 2 we were blessed with blue skies and knee deep powder after a big dump the day/night before we arrived.
Day 3 gave us heavy snow and fog in the morning with poor visibility and in the afternoon it brightened up. The rest of the week had periods of cloud/light snow and sun but visibility was good.
Snow conditions were fabulous all week although some slopes did get a bit icey on the last day as temperatures had dropped significantly overnight. Unpisted runs developed very very big moguls as we found out to our horror on day 4 when we thought we would take a short cut down the Fuma. We made it down very slowly and in a girraffe like fashion. The moguls were about 4ft high, at one point when we were at opposite sides of the piste we were unable to see each other over the moguls!
The Fuma (Not a good picture to show just how difficult the moguls were)
In this photo you can see one of the moguls at the very bottom of the Fuma to get an idea of how big they were!
Having done the Sarenne before we decided to do it on the afternoon of the first day (It was our friends first time in ADH). This was a big mistake as the whole run (Yes I mean the whole run) was mogulled. We skied it well but my God were we knackered by the end of it!
We worked hard and managed to cover all ski areas except the Tunnel, we were told that the Tunnel was very similar to the Fuma only longer. We decided that we would give it a miss.
My favourite runs were over at the Signal De L'Homme and Auris. (Tony, we also really liked the route you suggested, especially the Dome run.)
Our chalet and host was great, no complaints about the food and location and we could literally ski to and from door.
I wouldn't stay there again though, as it's just too far away from ADH center and there is nothing open after 9pm in Bergers apart from the Tiger cafe which is (IMO) sh*te!
One of our party is a boarder so we also spent some time in the snow park which was really good fun. (My new profile pic shows me having fun there!)
Take off:
Landing:
ADH is an excellent place if you want to ski off piste, there are so many oppurtunities especially for those of us who don't want to get lost!
We didn't need to eat out apart from one evening (Chalet hosts night off) We went to Lounge 21 as they provided a free taxi from the chalet to the restaurant and back. They even allowed us to go for a drink elsewhere after our meal and we just had to let them know where we were going and what time we wanted our lift home. The food was fabulous and not too overpriced. The bill came to £180 for four of us and that included two courses and drinks (two of which were cocktails at 9 euros each). We found a really nice pizzeria in Auris which had a very reasonably priced lunch menu.
I also ate lots of hotdogs!
All in all it is a fabulous place, we had an excellent time, with brilliant company and I would definitely go back. They only thing I would change (if there is a next time) would be stay somewhere central.
Role on Andorra trip...2 weeks 6 days! :wink:
