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 Snow
snow snow and more snow...
Will it ever stop? This is seriously the best I have ever seen Les
Arcs in 5 years. It started with rain a couple of weeks ago, but
since then it's been consistently really cold, and snowing pretty
solidly for the last 2 weeks. High winds and avalanche risk have
meant that parts of resort have been closed for safety reasons,
but everything's now back up and running, so lots of sweet fresh
powder to find.
We've been making the most of the tree runs down around Vallandry
(where you can still ride in a white out), plus taking advantage
of a couple of sunny spells to ride from the top of the Grive down
some pretty sweet couloirs, all the way down to Nancroix (the village
below Vallandry), through people's gardens and jumping the garden
walls. Great powder smiles all round.
Some of the Planet Subzero guys have been on a free avalanche awareness
course, courtesy of New Generation ski school, who've just arrived
in resort this season. Plus others have been on a two day seasonaires
ski clinic, and making the most of the great snow with some off
piste lessons. Looking forward to a heliskiing trip this sunday.
Can't wait!
Party time
The Snowbombing board and music festival has arrived in Arc 1800
this week, with a huge line up of top riders competing for holiday
prizes on the big air jumps, plus loads of great bands and DJs to
keep everyone entertained at night. The standard's been pretty high
all round, with local wild card entry, Stevo (from Ski Beat in Vallandry)
setting the pace.
With hundreds of people out in resort, the atmosphere's been brilliant,
and in spite of some bleary eyes, with everyone trying to enjoy
both the good snow and the good night life, the Vallandry crew have
making the trek to 1800 pretty much every night. Reports have all
been good and Thursday night is set to be a big one.
  
Planet Subzero
news
Everyone's settled into life in the Les Arcs chalets with remarkable
ease (hard life!), and are getting on really well as a group. It's
hard to believe a whole month has gone by, as we've been keeping
so busy with riding every day, plus enjoying some big nights out
... including the Arpette raclette night and torchlit descent last
week, Tuesday nights' Marlu extravaganza, plus seasonaires drum
and bass and curry night (strange mix, but it works!) every Wednesday
in the Mont Blanc.
The Planet Survivor Challenge is on ... how long can the guys keep
going on nothing but fresh powder, beer, and 3 hours sleep a night?
Watch this space.
Report
from Steph Lightfoot - Natives Resort
Reporter in Les Arcs
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