l'alpe d'Huez claims around 50km of pistes of various levels. The main cross country ski area is located betweeni 1900 to 2100 meters so is snow sure, well as snow sure as you get these days.

DescriptionThe Lachat mountain centre has 46 km of marked and groomed cross-country ski trails for skating and alternative skiing. For beginners and kids there are 2.5 km, 5.

Last day of the BASI L2/L3 Course and a mix of classic and skate training. Managed a few PRs on the skate with a 3:59 /km average over the 7km bois blue loop.

Back for more, Nikki, Same and friends. A Day spent coaching both classic and alpine with the girls from Chamonix Adventure Running Company (http://www.theadventurerunningcompany.com).

First day of teaching evaluation for the BASI L2. In the morning we had a classic group, Nikki, Sam and friends from the Adventure Running Company and in the afternoon skate lessons.

Morning was classic evaluations - still not good enough. Afternoon spent square bashing on Descents and Skating technique - particularly posture and arm position.

Usually just the green is open for the night ski but this time they hadn't blocked the trails at the bridge so I took advantage to ski right up to the blue piste.

First day of the BASI Nordic level 2/3 course in Chamonix. Morning spent on classic skis - largely working on double polling technique.

After my classic ski on the Herse I wanted to go back on ski it skating but a blizzard arrived out of nowhere so I settled for 5 loops of the Green piste at the Col de Marcieu.

I headed up to the Col de Marcieu for a bit of afternoon classic practice on the blue and green pistes. Basically going around with and without poles.