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Early Start

Time for Sjek to leave and go to Geneva. I have a ton of chores to do: laundry, cleaning, dusting, washing, tidying, packing, sorting, storing. I hope I manage to get it all done in time for a few hours’ sleep tonight!

Le Tyrolien

In celebration of a happy holiday, Sjek and I ate at Le Tyrolien for our last evening in Morzine.

Last Day on the Slopes

Today was the last day of skiing so back to Avoriaz to take it easy. Sjek has taken to the sport like a duck to water, and suddenly went tearing down Combe des Crêtes with me on the monoski barely able to catch up. I could see the adrenaline flush on her face when she stopped: terrified but clearly loving it!

Over the ten days or so that I’ve used the monoski I feel that I’ve really taken to it. My original reasons for buying one and trying it were:

Button Lifts

Skiers and snowboarders alike seem to have a hate-hate relationship with button lifts. I understand why. Compared to the chair lift — in my mind the most sophisticated and comfortable way to get oneself up a mountainside, and certainly the most convenient as one doesn’t have to remove skis/boards and walk around like a stormtrooper or cyberman — the button lift is something of a brute.

Snow Kiting

As we headed up the chair lift to the top of Super-Morzine we began to feel a gentle breeze. Nothing particularly strong, and not continuous but more like breathing. Foehn! True to yesterday’s “joke” I took Sjek off-piste. Just a short way off Seraussaix which we could have walked, but it’s much easier to move in deep powder on skis than in shoes. A short distance from the Alpage de Seraussaix we planted our skis and Sjek prepared her kite.

Prelude to Snow Kiting

Next year we'll do snow kiting for real!

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