Last cross country ski this Christmas. I wanted to try out some Atomic Gen skis - these are shaped cross country skis a bit like cross country carving skis.

The SCBC (Brenod Ski Club) sometimes prepares runs above the village.

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.

Got up early - 9.15 to get a space at the trailhead car park. There is only room for half a dozen cars. Already some people skiing when I arrived.

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.

The avalanche risk finally dropped enough to open the Beldina nordic ski area; part of the 7 Laux ski area.

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.

Return to Emeindras with skate skis as the trails had been pisted. However I broke a basket on one of my poles which meant for a bit of lopsided skiing.

A quick tour on nordic touring skis towards Emeindras above le Sappey.