Snow Bum

I think our trip to the French Alps over Easter has just fueled Stocky’s addiction to snow and his desire to be a Snowboard Bum for a season.

I must admit it was a great trip, and we couldn’t have asked for better conditions from a Spring snow trip if we had tried. We headed away with 3 friends, flying into Geneva and then driving a rental car to the little village of Les Brevieres, at the bottom of the Tignes resort.

There were also a group of about 5 others that we knew some of so it was quite a social time (although I was my usual afternoon nap, early bed-time self!). Most of these 5 were really good skiers and snowboarders, so Stocky had a bit of time with them doing some more challenging runs and off-piste fun. I too improved, and managed to head down the red runs fairly easy at the end of the 5 days.

On the fourth day it just dumped down with snow all day, and Stocky managed 7 hours up in the beautiful powder. I spent the morning walking around the village and relaxing and taking photos!

But I did head up for a few runs in the afternoon.

The next day (our last) was a fantastic blue sky day and it was so much fun to ski in beautiful powder with clear visibility and sun on your back.

Leaving the mountain like that does make you think you could just spend your life on the skifields!