Bravo Pauline! What a treat to be able to witness the Tour de France Femme take-on the challenge of the Col de Joux Plane. Starting from the village of Samoëns the ascent combines a total elevation gain of nearly 1,000m […]
Taking its name from the shape of the semi-circular rock formation (Fer-à -Cheval translates to “Horseshoe” in English) the Cirque du Fer-à -Cheval is the largest mountain cirque in the Alps. The steep sided cliffs that line the valley...
A personal favourite – The hike to Refuge de Sales One of the hikes that we love to do every year and we try and time to see the mix of the amazing flowers and the refreshing waterfalls in full […]
Sunweb, one of Europe’s largest on-line travel agents, recently published analysis to highlight which of Europe’s ski resorts have, over the last 17 years, benefitted from the most snowfall. The Grand Massif tops the charts with Flaine ranking...
Back to basics after a year since our last outing so we drove up to Le Col de Joux Plane to start on the gentle nursery slopes and whilst it looks pretty flat we soon worked-up a sweat getting back into […]
After the heavy snowfall of the last couple of weeks it was time to check out the conditions! Preparation of the slopes is well underway and the pistes are starting to take shape.  Whilst ski randonnée isn’t for the faint […]
