I waited until 4pm to see if the cloud that has been clagging the Chartreuse would clear. It seemed to be the case and for a brief moment it lifted revealing the mountain in all its glory.

Closing day at St Hilaire. We were less adventurous skiing the Canyon a couple of times and the lower phantom village a couple of times. Snow is still good, especially above 1200 meters.

In a post apocalyptic wasteland a father and son ski through a landscape devoid of life and covered in snow.

A rapid lunch tour at the Col de Porte. Excellent conditions if a little soft on one or two climbs due to the fresh snow on Tuesday. Skied the blue and red pistes.

Little after work ski tour to check out the snow. I've been very busy the last few weeks and haven't had much time to get out.

Return to St Hilaire this morning. Much improved with fresh snow. We skied the Canyon off piste in excellent condition. It is passable from top to bottom without problem.

The Ramiettes was open down to the 4 chemins. It was fairly hard work coming back up especially linked with the Cret du Poulet climb on soft snow.

The bottom of the Barioz nordic area had suffered from the spring weather that reigned all week so only the Creve Coeur was really open at the bottom and there was a 150 meter bare section on the clim

Basically pretty much all the between the pistes is skiable at le Grand Serre, it is one big off piste domain. We started with the long Vallons run which is a bit like an itinerary.

Surprising season. The long range weather reports in the autumn warned of a warm Jan/Feb with a return to winter in March and so it is.