Morillon, Grand Massif, 19 March 2005
19th March 2005
(View from the top of Flaine towards Mt Blanc)
We went over to our place in Morillon on Friday evening, as is now usual it seemed a bit busy in the station. But, Saturday is always a good day to ski and people were leaving as we got up in the morning.The day started really well, it was a little warm maybe, but, that meant we were able to eat our breakfast outside on the terrace of the local bakery which was a great start for the day.
We’d arranged to meet a couple of people from SnowHeads over at Les Moillets so we did a couple of runs and headed that way. Julie pointed out it might have been unfortunate if the people turned to be anyone I’d been rude about from the lifts 
Luckily this turned out not be true ….
For me, we had a great day, it’s a little warm even given it’s late March but it’s nice to ski in the warm after some of the really cold temperatures we’ve had this season.
For some reason, after meeting Marc from SnowHeads, I suggested skiing the short off-piste section parallel to the Corbalanche lift, I really don’t know why I bother, it’s a south facing slope and only ever any good about 1 in 20 times I ski it. The last time I was there it was rutted ice and this time it was just heavy, my skis vanished below the surface and I hardly saw them until the bottom of the slope, most of which I spent in a wide stance stretching ligaments trying to force my skis where I wanted them to be. The other side of the valley with the north facing slope is always better and on the way back was quite pleasant.
We finished off down the Marvel run into Morillon Les Esserts, most visitors miss this gem, it’s a long green which curves down through the forest. It’s never steep but there’s always enough gradient to ski it without skating.
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