More snow than you can shake a stick at..

It just keeps snowing here in Les Gets! By my calculations, we have now had around 1.5 metres of accumulated snowfall this winter, to date. It is certainly one of the snowiest early starts in recent years and with temperatures staying well below freezing, they are also running snow cannon....just to make sure!

I have now been ski touring quite a few times this winter (as the lifts aren't opening until tomorrow) and have skied fresh virgin powder every time. Yesterday, with a couple of mates, I skinned up to the top of Mt Chéry (1850m), skied the black down Chéry Nord and then decided to do it again because it was so good the first time.

Imagine - no lifts running so nobody else around, half a metre of fresh snow from the previous 36hrs....and blue skies. Why wouldn't you add another 30 minute slog up to get another 1.5 minute run down?