Calm before the storm

Not a bad place to ski

Mont Blanc and Les Drus

As the winter conditions have been few and far between this December I thought it was the perfect opportunity to book a quick hit to the Alps for a nice relaxing skiing holiday before the onslaught of Storm Barbara, Christmas and a very busy winter season.  Lou and I headed to the base of Mont Blanc and skied on both sides of the tunnel.  Some days in Italy, some in France.  This time Italy was holding far more snow and became a good option so we visited a few resorts as well as a wee ski tour to get some fitness.  Like last December when I was out, the hills and slopes were almost deserted, sometimes it felt we had the resorts to ourselves!  With several other friends around it was like a British takeover.  Despite the lack of fresh snow, it was a super fun trip and now I'm ready for getting stuck into Scottish winter.

Lou boot packing on our wee tour from Courmayeur

Lou skinning with Mont Blanc in the background

Lou showing me how it's done

Empty pistes

Becca, Lou and Kev after our tour from the Argentier Glacier

Combat skiing down the glacier