by Womble | Jan 28, 2023 | Touring in the French Alps, What's New?
Yes, we have loads of fantastic snow in Sainte Foy right now! If the start to this season taught me one thing, it is that we live in the fragility of a very narrow range of temperature, and a few degrees either way can change everything. Before the season started, we...
by Womble | Dec 4, 2021 | New Arpettaz Chairlift, What's New?
Sainte Foy Tarentaise : 04 December 2021 Today, for the first time in twenty one months I was able to take a chair lift up the mountain rather than head up under my own steam. I’ve enjoyed my ski touring, but I’ve missed the conviviality of group skiing...
by Womble | Jun 22, 2021 | What's New?
Sainte Foy Tarentaise : 22 June 2021 New Lift: This view will soon be changing! ‘Mon petit doigt me dit’ (literally, ‘my little finger told me’, but we might say ‘a little birdie told me’), that the long awaited new lift to service...
by Womble | Feb 6, 2021 | What's New?, Pistes ~ What you might not know about them
Sainte Foy Tarentaise : 06 February 2021 There aren’t many people to witness it, but the snow has been living a strange and interesting life of its own recently. As seen in the lead picture, it came down thick and fast, leaving a wonderfully wintery...
by Womble | Jan 17, 2021 | What's New?, Pistes ~ What you might not know about them
Sainte Foy Tarentaise : 17 January 2021 It is a scene worthy of any Christmas card in Sainte Foy this week. A metre of fresh snow has tumbled gently out of the sky, icing the chalet roofs and decorating all the trees in the forest. Being nestled in the forest is part...
by Womble | Jan 1, 2021 | What's New?, Pistes ~ What you might not know about them
Sainte Foy Tarentaise : 01 January 2021 It’s been snowing all week in Sainte Foy! The New Year week is always the busiest week of the season, but this year it is very quiet in comparison to previous years. Ironically, it could still be the busiest week of this...
