30/04/2026
I went skiing today!! Bad start as Diable was closed which I found AFTER I'd walked up the hill to it! Back down to wait for a bus to the centre and thence up the Jandri 3S to 2600m.
From there I skied down Grand Nord (is it still called that?) on to the third section of Bellecombe 2, down there and on to the Bellecombe lift. Up that, down all 3 sections of the Bellecombe 2, fabulous spring snow throughout. then back up again to Bellecombe 3 (poor video - sorry, couldn't actually see the screen), down the link and then to Vicky's Bete Noir which was also lovely. At the bottom of the Y I found an old man standing there for a long time. He told me he was fine, but hadn't skied for 2 years due to an accident, and couldn't remember how. He had all the gear - SL skis, SL protection helmet, lots of stuff on his jacket. I thought he was following me, but he didn't ... so my neighbour Nereya was on the lift and I told here, she kept an eye out for him. Hope he got off the mountain safely.
Back up Jandri 3S to the glacier, where I made the mistake of having a break, and my muscles siezed up, so skiing back downt the Breche wasn't great. Took the secret piste of Breche and the gully back down to 2600m. By then it was 2pm and the snow was going off.
Knackered!