Today was the day...you know it, the day that you will remember all summer until next season. There were no clouds today and the sun was brilliant. Temps were -2 to 3 C. This was going to be a corn fest.
We hit the gondola at about 10am to give the snow time to soften and we hit as many bumps as we could. La Gondoleuse was finally soft and enjoyable from top to bottom. La Gondoleuse Haut is a serious bump pitch; I have not skied bumps that were that tasty since my last trip out west years ago. I spent the whole trip keeping up with my 21 and 13 year old sons. Skiing 2000' vertical bump trails chasing kids down gets tiring. Between taking shaky pics and realizing that being on the trail gave no perspective of it's awesomeness I resorted to a Gondi sequence. Unfortunately the sun bleached out all contrast and the bumps were invisible. That's me in the selfie catching my breath.
We repeated La Gondoleuse and then hit Le Canyon and Les Sept Chutes which both held more sweet bumps. Those are the 2 narrow trails viewers left of La Gondoleuse Haut.
The PM was spent in the trees off of La Crete. We skied here until the end. Over and over. La Brunelle (the last pic) was the ROTD.
We were all exhausted at the end. Best day of the season for me. And I got to share it with 2 of my sons.
We hit the gondola at about 10am to give the snow time to soften and we hit as many bumps as we could. La Gondoleuse was finally soft and enjoyable from top to bottom. La Gondoleuse Haut is a serious bump pitch; I have not skied bumps that were that tasty since my last trip out west years ago. I spent the whole trip keeping up with my 21 and 13 year old sons. Skiing 2000' vertical bump trails chasing kids down gets tiring. Between taking shaky pics and realizing that being on the trail gave no perspective of it's awesomeness I resorted to a Gondi sequence. Unfortunately the sun bleached out all contrast and the bumps were invisible. That's me in the selfie catching my breath.
We repeated La Gondoleuse and then hit Le Canyon and Les Sept Chutes which both held more sweet bumps. Those are the 2 narrow trails viewers left of La Gondoleuse Haut.
The PM was spent in the trees off of La Crete. We skied here until the end. Over and over. La Brunelle (the last pic) was the ROTD.
We were all exhausted at the end. Best day of the season for me. And I got to share it with 2 of my sons.