Les Deux Alpes
Saturday, 28 December 1991


Weather

Sunny, clear, very cold.

Conditions

Pretty good.

Overall

Saturday morning was devoted to checking out of the apartment and checking in with the doctor. This took Sue and I through until lunchtime, while the youngsters had their final lesson.

This just left time after lunch, for one final run. This time, I headed for the summit together with the youngsters. We went all the way to the top, using both cable cars and the T-bar across the glacier.

The run down to the village from that point is magnificent. It is approximately 7 miles in length. (This was the only time during the week that we did the complete run).

The start across the glacier is a gentle well groomed run, graded only green and well groomed. From the top of the cable car, the run down to La Toura is a genuine ski run with a variety of different conditions, finishing through the relatively narrow U shape valley filled with moguls. Down to Les Cretes, is mainly a road and from there to the village is a zig-zag path.

Reluctantly, we checked in our rental skies and drove down the valley to Grenoble and dinner with Pascal Beyls, a business colleague who lives in Grenoble. A very different trip compared to the journey up, with clear road conditions and blue skies.


Leaving Les Deux Alpes

Leaving Les Deux Alpes

Leaving the hotel to come home

Last updated: 20 Nov 2003