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.

One of the unique features of the Hautes-Combes area is the seamless connection between its villages—allowing visitors to explore the region effortlessly on cross-country skis or snowshoes via an exte

My PR is  21m18 which is 5m20. Today just over 2 minutes off that and 50 seconds improvement on November. A bit off the January pace but in the ballpark. Hopefully something to build on.

The Jura is having another YoYo season with areas below 1200 meters really struggling.

Thought I'd make another early start but didn't get to the slopes until 8.50.

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

I wanted to take advantage of the good weather and snow. Who knows what tomorrow will bring? The trails were open on the traverse down to the 4 chemins with good snow, quite rare recently.

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.

After some research I decided that the Plateau de Retord was the best bet for the weekend.