ski-concierge ski report La Tania

Today it seemed warmer though the temp was -12. Unfortunately because of the closure of numerous slopes the journey to La Tania via Courchevel 1850 was on the same slopes we skied on day 4. Bruyeres lift to Col du La Chambre down the red run Lac du la Chambre to the Plan des Mains lift then down the Sittille blue into Mottarat. Up the Pas du Lac lift to the Saulire then down the red run Combe Saulire and a bit of Telephone red, which was steep and mogully. Then onto the blue and green nursery slopes into Courchevel. To reach La Tania it was up one lift (Chenus) then down the only runs into La Tania, the Lanches (red) and Folyeres (blue). The Folyeres cuts through a small copse and with the snow starting to fall it offered great sheltered skiing.

Lunch was at the recommended Ski Lodge in La Tania close to the nursery slope. Lunch consisted of Ski Lodge burger and chips, washed down with the complementary carafe of wine. Thanks @la_tania. As the weather seemed to be coming in with the snow getting heavier we decided to head back to Reberty. From La Tania it was up the bubble lift La Tania then the Dou des Lanches chairlift to the Col de la Loze. Ideally with better piste conditions we could have skied into Meribel from here but unfortunately the only way back to Meribel was via the Saulire. We reached Saulire by sking the Lac Bleu (blue) and Loze Est (green) to the Biollay chair lift then down Super Pralong cutting onto a green to the Suisse chair lift. Visibility was gradually declining but still far from being a white out. From Saulire we headed down the long Marcassin and Aigle red run into Mottarat, where we got the Plattieres bubble to the 3 Marches, enjoying some well earned Haribo on the way. It was once again down the Allamands red run but this time stopping for a vin chaud at the Chalet des Neiges mountain restaurant. This is a great new mountain restaurant with table service, and almost unheard of toilets on ground level, no stairs to fall down in ski boots! Instead of heading back to the Ski Famillie Chalet Katie 2, we decided to head up to the Col de la Chambre via the chair lift Mont de la Chambre. Here we skied the fabulous blue run Mont du la Chambre, then joining the Boyes blue back to the chalet.

As promised snow finally fell over the 3 valleys today, falling heaviest in Meribel and Courchevel. As I scribe this post it is still snowing in Reberty. With the help of the already over worked snow cannons and the light snow fall predicted for Saturday, anyone coming out to the 3 valleys for Christmas should have a good weeks skiing regardless of the fact there hasn’t been any heavy snowfall over the past 2-3 weeks. Forecast is for snow Saturday and then brightening weather conditions from Sunday.