25 February 2008

Typical. Our photographer gets one properly exposed shot and some

bald bloke skis past and spoils it. (Note to webmaster: can you

photoshop him out, or at least give him a toupée?)

 

Anyway, the purpose of this picture was to reassure last week's

worried lady that Val d'Isere is healthily crowded. It's one of the

busiest weeks of the season, with most of France on holiday,

including Paris, and the resort is absolutely humming. Our

photographer reckoned queues from the nursery slopes would be

horrendous. Yet this was today, Monday 25 February, at 9.40am, peak

ski school time. There was probably a five-minute wait for the

Olympique or Solaise Express, and maybe a minute here for the

Bellevarde Express. There were five people on the Face! Val d'Isere

just doesn't get queues any more unless bad weather closes lifts or

runs.

 

(Apparently Courchevel has even shorter queues today, because the

lift operators and piste service are on strike, and no-one can ski at

all unless they walk up...)

Done