SnowSlider – Blogging From the mountains by ise

Above left, a view to La Brinta and Orxival where we skied the other day and above right, a pretty tracked out Abondance itinerary. So far the snow that was expected hasn’t started and the clouds that formed this morning seem to have disappeared. Expecting snow we’d postponed a trip to St Luc in favour of a trip to Grimentz which was slightly busy but still fairly good snow at least on the pistes but getting a crust on off-piste south facing slopes.

Our cat Mickey isn’t wild about the snow but he’s able to work out a few paths around the chalet and surrounding area. Born as a feral cat on a derelict farm in the Peak District of England he’s quite well travelled having lived in the UK, three places in Germany and a couple of places in Switzerland along with a couple of trips to France. In fact, he actually has a Swiss Passport, a cat one of course.


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