Archive for October, 2009
New ski lifts in the Grand Massif 2009/10
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
Les Carroz-New for this season 2009/10 is a 6 man chair at Les Molliet with an uplift of 3000 persons/hour replacing the 4 man chair that had an uplift of 1800/hour. This should get rid of the peak time queues of the past. Also in Les Carroz the nursery slopes at the top of the telecabine have been widened so they are now both sides of the drag lift. My understanding is that returning skiers will be to the left of the drag lift and beginners to the right.
Samoens-A new 6 man chair is replacing one of the chariande lifts but going up to the tete du saix. This will make getting back to the tete du saix a lot faster than in the past.
I will make a report on these new lifts and slopes as soon as the lifts open in December.
Tags: grand massif, les carros, new ski lifts, samoens, winter
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Quad bike in the Alps
Friday, October 2nd, 2009
New toy
Practising in the garden
Nicola has bought me a new toy or should I say a tool as the excuse is that I am going to fit a snow plough for clearing the drive in the winter. Meanwhile I have to blast around on it so that it is run in ready to start work when the snow arrives.
Tags: alps, chalet andelain, les carroz, quad
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