Due to the weather we had to reign in our ambitions. Finally a trip up to Allevard, 40 minutes from home. Road were clear to resort. We parked at the bottom at the Grand Paul lift.

We set out from Lyon at 6am and arrived just after 8. We had expected more traffic, we were always with cars on the way up but things were moving. None of the snowmaggedon of the last weekend.

Christmas day potter around the Allevard pistes. The Caran main lift was closed so we couldn't access the main bowl. The rest of the open slopes were in good condition.

Traditional end of season at les Arcs. We had monster snow fall a week ago but no sign of it now with lots of bare slopes.

A little blast around the pistes of Allevard. No real queues for the end of the holidays but quite a few kids groups on the slopes so quite busy. The snow is holding up quite well.

First alpine ski of the season. Absolutely nobody around so we managed to cover quite a bit of ground.

We decided to head up to the Collet d'Allevard for Christmas lunch and a couple of hours skiing. Really good conditions and plenty to do.

It was almost like end of season conditions. Snow cover is very thin.

First alpine ski of this season. Better than expected given the recent high altitude rain with soft snow and very little ice.

General DescriptionThe ski resort of Les Arcs is situated in the Tarentaise valley in the Savoie department in the French Northern Alps.