It’s been a little while since Verbier felt springlike and just about as long since we had a blue sky powder day. But the two turned up together yesterday and its definitely something we could get used to…

Of course, there aren’t two Gareths. Just one and that’s plenty. But we went for a little ski today and it was, as we have become slightly predictable in saying, EPIC.

There has been some snow and some wind and all that, and if you drop off the sides of things you can find some really good snow (call Powder Extreme and they can show you where) but most importantly it’s sunny, clear and everything looks pretty.

There are a lot more photos to come, although none utilise the iPhone’s new panorama photos to quite as amusing effect as this one. So enjoy it while you can.

Yes, a little later than advertised we have the first weather report of the season, and this week Toby has stepped up to prove he is the thinking woman’s John Kettley this season. As always, it seems YouTube can play up a little on these embedded videos, so is it doesn’t play straight away on your computer, just click here.

 

 

Thanks to Martin for making this montage of our training week. Pretty special.

 

This month Téléverbier published an update on the lift projects for the coming years. We all know that the Bruson lift project has started and will be ready for December 2013. There will also be more snow cannons on Le Rouge and Savoleyres areas. Although there is no real date for the replacement of the ageing Savoleyres lift they say the following

COMBIMIX LES ESSERTS – LES PLANARDS – SAVOLEYRES

The proposed new facility for serving Savoleyres was submitted to the Federal Office of Transport for approval.

Given the complexity of the case, it is difficult to estimate the duration of the procedure. We hope that this groundbreaking lift, comprising a first section served by cabs and a second mixing section cabins and seats can be built in 2014.

We look forward already to be able to unite our main skiing areas.

Lets hope this is true..!

Toby

I just got woken up to a text from Martin saying “it’s dumping in Verbier”, and you know what? It is.

The snow is right down to the village and for the first time in a long time we can say it’s doing things properly – and we’re not exaggerating when we use the word dumping…

To see live updates of what it looks like during the day you can visit  the webcams by clicking here.

It’s also freezing again in resort – I know it’s slightly masochistic but I love it when it gets cold, because when we start getting freezing mornings it means winter is starting to get serious. Enjoy.