It was good to finally make use of the sunny weather in Verbier. It was eerily quiet this weekend considering it is a bank holiday.

We thought we would celebrate Tom Renshaw from CK Verbier’s departure. Luckily he had tonnes of supplies that had to be eaten including line caught sardines (see pic). Thanks to Jono and Tom for cooking the feast..!

All in all a great night. Good luck Tom in France. See you next season..T

Well after what can only be said a wet, cold and misty May, finally we have sun. The high pressure over Europe is giving us wonderful sunshine. Time to make use of it so pitch and put later…T

Yup, been in the UK and really not too upset to be back in Verbier. Apart from the fact it’s raining. But whilst Toby and I were taking in the delights of Gatwick airport we noticed this sign – is it possible BAA are slightly out of touch with snowsports? And we don’t wnow if this means you can’t put snowboards on it or if snowboards and “skiboards” are the same thing…

It’s absolutely chucking it down in town but it’s just turning to snow somewhere above Marmotte.

Now normally that’s the kind of tantilising news that makes us hope the snowline  will drop and we’ll get some in town, but it’s May and frankly I’d be quite happy if the clouds, the rain and the snow all disapeared and we got some quality sunshine in thankyou very much.

Look closely, very closely. Just between the trees and above the chalets. Click on the picture and you’ll see…

Yup, that’s snow alright (you’re looking at Atelas).

OK, not exactly waist-deep powder, but give us a break – it’s May. But the snow has been settling at about 2000. In fact there’s snow on the Savoleyres ridge and below, but the cloud rolled in before I got a picture…

Yup, Verbier is shedding inhabitants by the bus-load and the sun’s beating down on those of us who are left. Well, it’s also beating down on the guys who seem to be digging up all the roads, so it’s a bit noisy up at Medran.

But just so we could get some early summer gloating in I thought I’d show you what it looks like at the moment – and if you’ve ever spoken to a ski instructor and asked what they do in resort in the summer, well we mostly look at views like this…

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