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The lift companies are confirming their opening for the weekend, there’s actually planned to be quite a bit running :

Grimentz

• Télécabine
• Tapis roulant
• Téléski Ecole
• Téléski Marenda
• Télésiège des Grands-Plans
• Télésiège de la Tsarva

Saint-Luc / Chandolin

• Télésiège du Tsapé
• Téléski des Etables

Zinal

• Téléphérique
• Télésiège du Chiesso
• Télésiège de la Corne
• Mini
• Tapis roulant
• Téléski de la Remointze

Vercorin (from 15/16 Dec)

• Télécabine Vercorin-Crêt-du-Midi
• Téléski du Crêt
• Téléski des Chardons

This is all subject to conditions of course and as it’s only partial opening lift tickets are reduced by 35-50%. Zinal will open weekdays as well now although it’ll be interesting to see how much demand there is for that so early.

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I picked this easy route over the Meidpass as an introduction to ski touring for Jason who’s staying with us right now. It’s a very short and easy ascent and quite a reasonable descent.

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This is the first time I’ve been up the Bella Tolla this season, it’s been closed the last few times I’ve been over to Saint Luc. It’s a shade over 3000m at the top and the snow is great.

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It turned into a slightly late start after we arrived at St Luc and I realised I’d forgotten the liners for my boots and had to go back to Zinal to get them. The weather’s not improved much for a few days, today it was cold and very windy with a number of lifts closed.

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