Nightlife Previews and reviews in Chamonix

With the disappointing snow conditions this week, I hope you've all been making the most of après life. It's best to get it in early so we're ready for an early night when the snow comes.

Chamonix knows how to party on any night of the year. Celebrate New Year's Eve with live music, cocktails, fireworks and fun!

A wise man (might have been my dad) once said "there is no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong clothes". The same applies to Chamonix in that there is no such thing as bad weather here, only poor planning (another favourite phrase of my dad is "failing to prepare is preparing to fail", this will become relevant shortly, in the meantime are you starting to build a picture of him yet?).

We've had a week of lovely, sunny, warm weather here in Chamonix. Which I love, I really do, but what I do not love is people talking about the winter in the past tense as though the season is almost over - it's not!

The lifts may have closed and the tourists gone home but Chamonix is far from being a ghost town. With a strong community of year-round residents, there has to be somewhere to keep us all fed and watered in between holiday seasons!

Sunshine, snow, parties, quiet pistes... yep, life has been very good this week in Chamonix.

Apres ski at Chambre has been going off this week! Even more so than usual if that is possible. There have been breasts flashed and a completely naked man hoisted high above the crowd – and this was only Sunday! I've never seen anything like it in all my years of après ski in this bar! Needless to say, the crowd have kept coming back for more and it still remains the don't miss après venue for a trip to Chamonix.

The party scene in Chamonix is slowly gearing up, starting off quite gently last week with a few of the bars emerging from their interseason hibernation period. The Christmas lights were also switched on last Friday and so the town now has a distinctly festive feel to it as the countdown to Christmas continues.

I’m writing this report a little bit broken. Not so much as a result of skiing, more as a result of a double dose of apres-skiing…

Chamonix is already feeling very festive – the lights are twinkling, the huge Christmas tree stands proud on the tourist office square and the smell of mulled wine is wafting on the air.

The school holidays are in full swing and town is back to its busiest. It was good to wake up this morning and see more snow has arrived and should keep arriving over the weekend. So what has been happening this week.

Just as it seems that spring is well under way Chamonix comes up trumps once more with a big dump of fresh powder and the fantastic news that the winter season has been officially extended...

It has been a bit quiet in Chamonix this week, but that doesn't mean there's no fun to be had. There is always a bit of a lull in between Christmas/New Year and the February holidays but Chamonix is the town that never sleeps.

Hello again and here we are with another round up of what's been going on in and around resort this week once the lifts have closed.

Bonjour and bienvenue to the first apres ski report of the winter! Not only are the bars and clubs of Chamonix coming back to life but it is snowing, actually properly snowing!

Chamonix is starting to emerge from it’s interseason hibernation; bars are reopening, Christmas lights are being up and a buzz is returning to the streets in anticipation of winter.

Now although the end of the ski season is slowly creeping into view - (well not if you go by the size of the snow flakes currently falling outside the window!) – the après ski scene is still in full swing as the bars plan their closing parties to see the season out with a huge hangover.