jamesdeluxe
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- Joined
- Jul 17, 2020
While boarding my plane at Newark Thursday evening, I was reminded that I haven't been back to Berlin, my favorite European city, in decades and need to rectify that in the near future.
After landing in Geneva early the next morning, I headed off to the 3 Vallées, where I spent two days last March surveying three of the four sectors there -- Meribel, Les Menuires, and Val Thorens -- but I didn't have enough time to ski at Courchevel. The Powderhounds website has a helpful overview that describes Courchevel as both a billionaire’s winter playground and having a sizable amount of world-class terrain, both off- and on-piste.
I arrived at 11 am and met a couple friends from Los Angeles, Liz and Tony, and enjoyed the sunny day until it clouded up around 2 pm:
Plenty of elbow room!
Zoom in of same shot:
It hasn't snowed much over the last week, so we stayed mostly to the groomed trails and by early afternoon, conditions on the lower mountain felt almost spring-like.
A bit odd to see an old-school Poma still in operation at a modern mega resort:
I finished at 3 pm and got on the road to a different French mega resort that has been on my hit-list for years, where I'll be spending four days.
After landing in Geneva early the next morning, I headed off to the 3 Vallées, where I spent two days last March surveying three of the four sectors there -- Meribel, Les Menuires, and Val Thorens -- but I didn't have enough time to ski at Courchevel. The Powderhounds website has a helpful overview that describes Courchevel as both a billionaire’s winter playground and having a sizable amount of world-class terrain, both off- and on-piste.
I arrived at 11 am and met a couple friends from Los Angeles, Liz and Tony, and enjoyed the sunny day until it clouded up around 2 pm:
Plenty of elbow room!
Zoom in of same shot:
It hasn't snowed much over the last week, so we stayed mostly to the groomed trails and by early afternoon, conditions on the lower mountain felt almost spring-like.
A bit odd to see an old-school Poma still in operation at a modern mega resort:
I finished at 3 pm and got on the road to a different French mega resort that has been on my hit-list for years, where I'll be spending four days.
