I’m tempted to book a ski 
holiday at Geoff’s winter retreat at Les Gets. Let’s hope there will be more snow this winter, it was pretty dire last year.
I had three ski holidays before I married and found them exhilarating, especially navigating my way around the moguls in Snowbird, Utah. I’ve never tried a black run though.
Geoff is into snowboarding, I’m not sure how I would get on with that, just the thought of having both feet on one board makes me feel very wobbly.
I’ve always wanted to take my sons skiing (my husband prefers to keep his feet firmly on the ground). It’s much more affordable these days with cheap flights and inexpensive warm clothes.
I trust Geoff’s judgement implicitly and have no hesitation in recommending his apartment to anyone looking for a winter holiday base. It has four bedrooms, is easily accessible by many UK airports to Geneva, from where it is a one hour drive away.
Perhaps we should make the most of of our white winters while we can, I wouldn’t be surprised if milder winters and climate change will have a serious impact on skiing trips. I’m not surprised that more British skiers are preferring to make their own travel arrangements either. It’s much more fun.
Many thanks for the mention Ellee. It would be great if you wanted to use it. Sally and I are heading off there in January and Em and her beau are going in half term week.
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I’d be terrified of skiing!
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Welshcakes…. Iam scared of sking too and do it very badly but this year i may have a days lesson to help me on my way….I had a week of lesson about 7 years ago and loved them.
Know where you’re coming from there Ellee – I loved skiing, before children, and yes, I did a black run. Sadly this experience wasn’t planned and was very Bridget Jones, very. I did kinda navigate the black run and moguls (2nd day on skis) but didn’t realise that the black run fed into the plateau which formed the top of the main meeting area on which a school party was standing. I took off over this hill round a bend and there they were, just staring at me in mid air. I instingtively recoiled (after landing upright!) and sat on my skis then bowled into them like skittles, mumbling ‘sorry’, ‘so sorry’ in a very British way as I knocked them all flying and careered down the red run to my doom. Actually doom was a bank of beautifully soft powder snow I was able to slew into and end with a slow motion snow angel. Ah, memories 🙂
Philipa, what a great story, but don’t let that put you off. You must be really good to manage a black run, I’m very impressed.
I only skiied in the States once, my other two trips were to Austria, to Kitzbuhl and Myerhofen, both lovely places. I did love the powder snow in Snowbird though.
Good idea! Prefer apres-ski myself.
I never liked skiing and was hopeless at it. It was the first sport I was ever an absolute dud at.
But many people love it.