Yes, as anticipated it’s boiling here today. So nipped down to see Kent and check out the new Berglund pad in Le Chable.

And on the way down grabbed a few snaps of the Trois Roc at Medran. From one angle it looks like an impressive development nearing completion. From another angle it still looks like a big hole in the ground…

I know two gloating pictures of sunshine in one day is unfair but today is amazing…

Er, yes. It’s been snowing again just above Ruinettes. So I went up and had a wander around – it’s rather nice, if chilly. And the higher you go the more snow there is, until you get to Col des Gentianes where there are a good few inches.

But whilst it’s a bit of a weird concept to get snow in the summer, it’s not that odd here. Although not exactly welcome.

Oh, and they’re clearly busy blowing things up on the track from Cabane Mont Fort to LA Chaux, as there are lots of warning signs as well as diagrams of what explosions look like (for walkers with poor imaginations I suppose…).

Looks like it’s been snowing up top and it’s chilly as you like in town…

It snowed last night in Verbier. Perhaps we should hang around at Medran with our skis waiting for the lifts to open at 9…

Mike’s update from the bottom of Mont Gele: