I have been out skiing with my parents and friends in Courmeyeur for the past two days. Driving through the Alps was incredible and I can’t wait to get some climbing done out here, it’s just so inspiring! We stayed in a nice little hotel Pillar d’Angle just outside Courmeyeir in Enteres and were about five minutes from the bottom of the cable car. Yesterday it had been snowing all night and continued to snow throughout the day, the snow was very fine which meant that it was super fluffy and incredible to ride on. It must have snowed almost forty centimetres on top of an already soft base. There were fresh tracks to be had down the pistes to begin the day, and after some entertainment down a steep gully underneath the chairlift with some small snow slides I headed for a longer and gnarlier trail. This started as a gladed area before turning into some awesome chutes with sections of denser trees and sections of wide open gully, the snow was literally waist deep in some sections and was some of the best riding I have ever done; super deep snow, steep terrain and lots of features. After a good bit of socialising last night we headed up the slopes again this morning early as it was bluebird; what more could you ever ask for! First things first I headed straight back to this area and did four fresh lines down the surrounding chutes and gullies, the only thing that topped yesterday’s riding was the cloudless sky. After an absolutely incredible morning I found some soft courdeyour to give my legs a rest before having a good Calzone for lunch and headed back down to the hotel to get my stuff ready to head through to Chamonix, as I write this we have just left the Mont Blanc tunnel and it has gone from cloudless to cloud-full! Hopefully it will brighten up tomorrow and we can find some more amazing terrain. What a couple of days as an introduction to Italian snow! Video to come shortly.
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