Archive for the 'Val Thorens' Category

Val Thorens weather and webcams

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

Val Thorens is booked! So with the final trip of the season lined up, I’m checking the weather forecasts, snow reports and web cams daily now and hoping the conditions are going to hold.

Val Thorens weather and snow forecasts
As always, I’m checking the 6 day forecasts at Snow-Forecast.com and things are looking good with […]

Val Thorens late season trip

Saturday, March 24th, 2007

I’ve decided to go to Val Thorens for what will be my final snowboarding jaunt this season. Planning a week from the Easter weekend. Have been once before, so have an idea roughly where I want to stay. This map has been really useful.
Val Thorens town map
The plan is to stay […]

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow… (artificially)

Monday, December 18th, 2006

With the cold weather finally upon us, not much real snowfall to speak of and the busy Christmas holidays to deal with, isn’t it about time we saw the snow cannons in action?
Morzine today is starting to resemble the golf course it was looking like a couple of weeks back. The snowfall was short-lived […]

Boarderweek at Val Thorens

Wednesday, December 13th, 2006

As the Alps start getting a bit more snow, Val Thorens kicks of their season proper this Saturday with Boarderweek.
Boarderweek sounds like Snowbombing in some respects… a combination of riding by day and live music and DJ’s by night.

I’ve got a soft spot for Val Thorens. It was the resort where I first strapped […]