Morning ski at les 7 Laux. Snow is good, a bit thin at resort level where they've not used the snow canons. Not too many people on the pistes as a bonus with just 1 short queue at the Oursiere.

A plan so cunning you could stick a tail on it and call it a Renard.

Valmorel is a ski resort in the Tarentaise Valley, located in the communes of Les Avanchers-Valmorel and La Léchère, in the Savoie department of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in France.

We decided to head up to the 7 Laux for Christmas day on the grounds that the locals would be eating their Dinde aux marrons and otherwise occupied. It turned out to be a good plan.

Traditional end of season at les Arcs. We didn't ski the whole 4 hours of our lift pass as I'm still recovering from my January accident but we were not far off.

Return to the 7 Laux but despite and early start and quiet pistes it took us quite a bit of time to get started. Maybe the ski on the Pleynet side, with its slow lift was the cause.

For the first alpine ski of the new season we decided to head up to the Sept Laux after not much thought. It was pretty empty when we arrived.

Very slow going except on north facing pistes with a bit of slope. Some not unreasonable powder on the Kamakaze slopes.

The village of Valmeinier dates from the 12th century with the main activity being mostly farming.

Tired after yesterday's efforts at Val Cenis we decided on a lazy day at les 7 Laux just near home.