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Avoriaz - First day of the 2005/06 ski season - Saturday
26th November 2005 and
Les Gets - Sunday 27th November 2005
After a decent snowfall on Thursday night
we heard that Avoriaz was opening 2 lifts and 2 runs for
the weekend of Sat 26th & Sun 27th Nov. Just above the Lac
de Montriond, the Télécabine d'Ardent and
the Télésiège des Lindarets were open along
with two decent blue pistes - Prolays and Parchets.
Lifts opened at 9 a.m. and we were there!
Conditions were pretty good with
plenty of snow and no rocks or grass showing through. In
the first hour there weren't more than about 20 people
on the pistes, though there were a couple of hundred by lunchtime.
Temperature on Saturday was about -10 °C
with mainly blue skies.
Les
Gets also had 2 lifts open this weekend - the Télésiège
Express des Chavannes and the Télésiège de la
Croix. We went on Sunday morning - again just 2 runs open and
a lot more people than yesterday. Some good powder at the top
but quite a few icy patches and occasional stones lower down.
More snow is forecast for the coming week. Jump
to the Les Gets photos taken on Sunday 27th November.
A great start to the season!
Above: At the arrival of the Télécabine d'Ardent (Télésiège
des Lindarets is to the right)
Above: Arrival of the Télécabine d'Ardent
Above: Morning sun
Above: View towards Morzine from the Col de la Joux Verte
Above: Useful sign! Good thing there were only two pistes open
so we couldn't really get lost
Above: Road leading down to Les Lindarets (Village des chèvres)
Above: Les Lindarets
Above: View from the piste Prolays
Above: Snow cannon in action
Above: Lonely grass
Above: Morzine, foot of the Pleney. Lots of snow now - compare
with last Saturday
Above: Morzine - the Pleney (not open today). What a difference
a week makes - compare with last Saturday
Les Gets - Sunday 27th November 2005
Above: Les Gets
Above: Les Gets - the Télésiège de la Croix
Above: Runs felt quite crowded compared to Saturday in Avoriaz
Above: Footsteps into the trees ...
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