A quick 2 hour ski between home work for a bit of fresh air. Very very cold. -6C at the car, probably more like -10C at the summit. Not too crowded, just some company groups.

Just to show I wasn't tired after the morning's ski de fond a little afternoon hooning around the pistes of Allevard. Not busy.

Return to les 7 Laux. The roads to Chamrousse and Allevard were partially blocked due to the big storm and melt. We knew it would be rammed and so it was, like a Chinese ski resort.

Allevard was fully open but not many people around, maybe the effect of Covid although suggestions that people were arriving today rather than Saturday for the holiday week. Not sure why.

Return to St Hilaire for the first time alpine skiing for 3 season, I think. There was no-one here, maybe 10 people skiing in total. A bit sad for the resort but it was Christmas morning.

Resort DescriptionLans en Vercors is a traditional village situated at the northern entrance of the Vercors plateau (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region) just above Grenoble.

Les 7 Laux was fully today so we took advantage of skiing the three sides of the mountain.

It was slow going getting to the ski area this am and a big scrum for tickets. The lifts seemed to be opening and closing a bit randomly too.

First day piste skiing since March 2020 and a return to the 7 Laux where we'd finished. Surprisingly not that busy and no queues despite only 2 lifts being open.

General DescriptionThe ski resort of Les Deux Alpes is situated in the Oisans area of the Isère department in the Northern Alps.