The lifts are opening

The latest news from the Chamonix valley is that the first lifts to open will be the Grands Montets next weekend. This is great news and is even early than last year.

This is on the back of some very good early snow and this past weekend has seen another substantial fall of over 60cm at mid mountain level. The forecast is for the snow to keep going right through to late on Monday.

Other news from the valley is that the new Le Brevent telecabins have arrived and are being tested for the anticipated opening of this new 11 million euro access lift. The telecabine is opening on the 20th December and will mean that queues for access and download at Le Brevent will be a thing of the past due to this new high speed lift. We will be there on the 20th so check back for some photos/video of that.

A short promotional video of the Chamonix resort showing why so many people regard this resort as one of the best in the world.