by Womble | Jun 12, 2020 | New Arpettaz Chairlift
Sainte Foy Tarentaise ~ 12 June 2020 The weather in Sainte Foy has not been particularly favourable for the teams of workmen this week. These photographs were taken at lunchtime on Friday 12 June 2020, on what was easily the driest and sunniest day of the week. The...
by Womble | Jun 7, 2020 | Diary of a lockdown in Sainte Foy
Sainte Foy Tarentaise : 07 June 2020 A few days ago, I was able to rip another page off my calendar and welcome the sunny month of June into 2020. Only it hasn’t been very sunny so far in Sainte Foy. It started off with fabulous sunshine and I was able to get...
by Womble | Jun 4, 2020 | New Arpettaz Chairlift
Sainte Foy Tarentaise : 04 June 2020 There’s a long running rumour that the dismantled lift will be sold to some unsuspecting ski station in a remote part of mountainous Bulgaria. Before exploring this hypothesis, let’s look at the cable in question. The...
by Womble | Jun 3, 2020 | New Arpettaz Chairlift
Sainte Foy Tarentaise : 03 June 2020 Here at Time to Ski we are interested to see how quickly this building project advances. Since we last wrote, we have had a weekend, a ‘jour férié’, (bank holiday), and a Friday afternoon, so not a lot has happened....
by Womble | May 31, 2020 | Diary of a lockdown in Sainte Foy
Sainte Foy Tarentaise : 31 May 2020 A trip to the Sassière Valley One of the joys of living in the Alps all year round is that you get to enjoy watching the seasons change. Right now is one of these special moments, as the mountain sheds its heavy coat of winter...