We had a good trip back to the UK seeing friends in Coventry, Edinburgh and Yorkshire as well as family.

The girls had a great time with Anna and Tess riding on their quads, ponies and jumping off the tractor shovel into the grain.

I fulfilled  a lifetime dream of riding on the beach in Edinburgh and galloping in the sea, thanks to Christine and Flash, their lovely cob.

We arrived back to France with warm weather although it has now changed and we have had snow down to 1700m.

We drove up the road to the Col de Petit St Bernard this week. This is the road over to Italy and the Aosta Valley and where we ski in the Winter for Pizza. The road is not open yet but they are clearing it with ploughs and blowers. Here are a couple of photos showing over 9m of snow on the roadside. Unbelievable!

We have been out on the bikes a couple of times but the weather has stopped a few outings. However lots of cyclists in the area cycling the Cols. There is certainly an increase in people cycling in the French Alps , Tour de France and Bradley Wiggins has a lot to do with that.

We are planning on viewing the Tour de France when it passes by. It starts from Annecy one day so we will be there cheering our boys on. The girls love it, especially the Carnival that proceeds the race, as they get lots of freebies ! My mum and GT and the taylor family are coming to visit especially for the event.

Fifi goes on her School trip on the 3rd June. Its a trip based round animation and she has been picked to make a short film about the school trip. She is very excited especially as she is sharing a room with her best friends.

The tulips are only just coming out in the garden and we need to tidy it up a bit after the Winter. 

Our terrace collapsed with the amount of snow on top of it this season. 

We still have snow down to around 1900 m which is unusual for this time  of year.

We have till got availability this Summer for your family holiday or a walking or cycling break. 

Prices still held as of last year for early bookings for skiing next season. We are still offering short breaks and long weekends as well as the normal weekly stays.

Well its the end of the season for us ..our last guests have left as the girls break up from school this week and we are heading back to the UK to see family and friends.

Paradiski is still open until 27th April , Sainte Foy and La Thuile in Italy closed yesterday. Val and Tignes are open well into May. What a season we have had here in our Chalet in Les Arcs. The snow has been amazing with us having had Powder weeks as opposed to powder days! It must be one of the best end of seasons we have had for years judging by how much snow is still around. It has however warmed up dramatically this week, with temperatures in the 20's at the minute so the avalanche risk has shot up!

We only just lost snow in the Village in the last 3 weeks and we still have full coverage right down to the Village of Villaroger. The first picture below was taken on April 14th in Sainte Foy.

We had friends in for the last couple of weeks which made it a great end to the Season, and my stepbrother and his son Rhys finally came to see us. Rhys's first time skiing he was doing reds on the 3rd day.. brilliant. Pierre our Instructor has been great this year, both on and off piste with clients.

Thankyou once again to everyone who visited this year and for making it a happy successful Winter.

Anneha and Fi had a great time learning to snowboard. They love it.

Jonny has passed his INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN LEADER qualification, whoop whoop!!! He's been studying for it for around 5 years so its great he has finally got his reward. This enables him to take guided walks in the Alps and all over the world. He is also a qualifed snow shoeing guide now too. So if you came and stayed here at the Chalet he would be able to take you walking in the Mountains.

We will be dusting our bikes off now and looking forward to the Summer.

The Tour de France passes through Annecy in July so we will be following that and my mum and GT will be with us too. Looking forward to seeing some cyclists here in June to cycle the cols. 

WalktheAlps and Marginal Gains Alpine Cycling  are live so please have a look for your Walking and Cycling Holiday in the French Alps, or your Summer Chalet Holiday, for Summer Activities. Bookings being taken now.

We are also holding an off piste week 12th to 19th January 2014 for those who like to have a  go at off piste, but feel they want to improve their off piste technique. We have teamed up with Pierre Lohen to offer a weeks course with 5 days off piste tuition enhanced by videos and talks. We will be including avalance awareness and transceivor training during the week. This will get booked up quickly so please get in touch if you are interested.

Prices for Winter 2013/2014 held as of this last season for Early Bookings!

Its been an EPIC season for snow and now at the end of March it still keeps coming!! We still have snow in the Village and conditions for this time of year are AMAZING!! Its ssnowing again now and yetserday was Bluebird , how bizarre is that?

The girls have had a go at snowboarding and really like it. They have picked it up well and are mangaing to come down blues and Anneha even did a red yesterday!! She did say her bottom hurt last night though lol.

Jonny is on his final assesment for his IML this week in the Pyrenees. He finishes today so we will find out soon if his 5 years of hard work has paid off and he can get his badge.

Lots of lovely guests been to visit. Bob Stratton reurned with a bunch of great people( Rugby boys) after 4 years of being away. They were fabulous with the girls too and taught them lots of games and tricks. James and Ben came too along with some new faces, some of whom were Welsh Supporters , right at the time they won the Rugby. We got some banter that week. The Fareham family joined us too, the girls got on great with their children. Harry who had only skied once before skied over the Water in Les Arcs..Brilliant.

Rory , with Zoe and Mac from Spain visited and he was such a good little boy!

Last week it was the XGames in Tignes for trick skiers and boarders. We went up twice and had a great time. Good atmosphere and the girls got lots of autographs too.

We have some new people who have christened the Basin in the Village. Brrrrrrr !!!!

Easter is upon us and we haven't had the usual sunny warm springlike weather we are normally used too. We are hoping it come soon as it doesnt feel like the end of the Season is approaching. We love that time when you can relax in the sun with a beer after a good day's skiing!

We have booked to go on a Flotilla holiday in July. First time we will have ever done anything like this , but really excited. We may have to take some lessons on the lake at Annecy to learn the basics.

The Tour De France passes close by again and through Annecy around 19th July so we will be watching again from various points along the way.

The chalet is still available for that week if there are any keen cyclists/Tour de France enthusiasts out there?

Please check out our Summer websites for walking and cycling. Bookings being taken now , as well as long weekends !

Here are some photos from the last few weeks.