Snow last season...

I think it was, generally speaking, a very bad season in parts of France but there was plenty of snow in other places - like the U.S.

We were very lucky. We went ski-ing on the glacier at Tignes on Monday 25th October, for half-term, and it snowed masses just as we were driving up to Tignes from Geneva on the Sunday - so much so in fact that the mini-bus nearly got stuck in the snow because they didn't have their snow chains. There was about a foot of snow that night so there was plenty for the three days we were there. I think that was the first heavy snowfall of the season.

And then we went to Courchevel for Feb half-term and I was getting quite worried about the snow conditions - doing a snow dance and threatening the snow gods with a shot gun. However, we were lucky again and it snowed a tiny bit before we went and then loads when we were there. One day, I can remember, I was ski-ing the whole 3 Valleys with the Ski Club of Great Britain and I could hardly see where I was going because it was snowing so much and there were great lumps of powder everywhere. But later on in the week there were a few signs up warning of thin snow and I think they kept the black Jockeys piste in Courchevel closed all week. But we had a great time - there was plenty of snow for us :D

Ally

I felt it was a poor season in general, but with some epic moments. Big snow abover Cervina in November, empty slopes and 60cm of powder on Christmas Day in Zermatt, waterskiing in Mayrhofen in April, out of bounds in heavy snow in Engelberg in Feb, rock hard moguls on le Grand Montet in Chamonix in April and picking rock down from the Rote Nase in May here in my back yard. I even learnt how to ride grass and mud as a means to an end. Bought a new board in Feb and killed it by May. I get upset when people complain about conditions, a little adversity teaches a huge amount, improvisation is the name of the game.