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It's has been snowing steadily here in Chamonix for most of the week and today shows signs that clear skies are returning our way; however temperatures are set to drop to minus twenty this weekend so curling up in the pub with a hot drink after a very cold day on the mountain is looking likely!
Well there is still no snow and there seems to be none on the way, so it's a good job we've had some great entertainment this week to keep us busy. I want to say a massive thank you to the Winter Sessions Crew for putting on yet another unforgettable night at Le Podium last Friday. As always there were outstanding performances from the WS local crew, the lasers and resident DJ's in the backroom were on fire and Norman Jay had everyone busting some serious moves with his mash up of old classics. The atmosphere was electric and as always five hours felt like five minutes!
Another week and another string of parties, starting off with a very pleasant evening at the Clubhouse last Thursday for champagne tasting, hosted by Winter Sessions and the Penet-Chardonnet vineyard near Reims. Pennet-Chardonnet have been producing premium Grand Cru champagnes for 5 generations and they had a selection of 4 delicious wines for us to try last week, ranging in price from a very reasonable €30 to a top notch vintage champagne for €250 a bottle of which there are only 100 bottles remaining. Their wines have a revolutionary 2D label on the back with a bar code that you can scan with your phone and connect directly to their website. Once there, you can find out a load of additional product information as well as download a classical music soundtrack to set the ambiance for you to enjoy their wine to! Their champagne is now on the drinks menu at the Clubhouse so as well their delicious cocktails you can also enjoy a very nice bottle of fizz for €48 beside the fire this winter.
Weather wise, this week has pretty much been a total wash out – literally - rain, rain and more rain, with the freeze point lurking up around 2300m at times. However, as is fitting for Christmas and New Year week, the après ski scene has been brilliant!
Barely have we recovered from the 4 day extravaganza that was the Black Weekend, than we have the shenanigans of St Patrick's Day to contend with this Sunday coming.
With summer here, there is a whole host of events this month in Chamonix.
Spring was definitely in the air this week in Chamonix as the snow began to melt and the end of another awesome winter season came into sight. It's about this time of year that the sun spots in town become all the more appealing as we shed our scarf's and start to work on those all too important goggle marks! My bar of the week and one of the best sun traps town is found in Le Praz at the Hotel Rhododendron , a stone's throw away from Flegere lift station and perfectly located for some cheeky après drinks. The Rhododendron has a mixture of live bands playing most night including some of my favourites such as Honey Fungus, Coco Penny and Charlie Bob Marley.
That's it from us for another season of apres ski.
I've been floating around on such a high this week after Scotland won the rugby that I've barely noticed it's done nothing but rain. Nothing like endearing yourself to your readership by mentioning an English sporting defeat in the opening line – buy hey ho, it was the Calcutta Cup, it was at Murrayfield and I'm still glad! (but please carry on reading……;O)
So, we've had the excitement of the first ski day of the 2015-16 season, but what does this winter have in store for apres-ski?
Wow, what a couple of weeks! Apologies for not posting a report last week but I've just been so swept up in all the fun and games going on in Cham at the moment that I haven't had a spare second to sit down at my computer and tell you all about it. So, in a nutshell…….
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.
We're around half way through the winter season now, with the days starting to get longer and the spring in sight, but there are still plenty of new nights out to try before the snow disappears!
Spring? Summer? Winter? Chamonix is playing its usual trick of giving us it all in one day at the moment. On more than one occasion this week we've had fresh snow falling all the way down into town. We've also had a fair bit of torrential rain, and in between we've had bright sunshine, moody clouds, bluebird afternoons and complete white-outs. At least one thing is consistent... the fancy dress parties are still going strong.
So yesterday Jurassic 5's Akil was in Chamonix preforming at Le Vert. Naturally, leading local and the town's professional partier, Andy Daly, was there to check it out. This is what he had to say:
Well last weekend was the official start of the school holiday period, so we are expecting the slopes and the resort to noticeably fill up over the next 3 weeks. However, along with the crowds come lots of fun ways to fill in your time outside of skiing and there are certainly no shortage of parties and events going on in the next 7 days.
Well what a busy week it's been. Summer seems to have come early and brought with it BBQ's, birthday parties, car boot sales and the start of the closing parties. There is still skiing to be done as well and with the reduction of lift passes this week, this means there is more money to be spent on a beer in the sun when you've finished.
Well thanks to the snow dance last Friday night, it has arrived and we can now believe it does still exist! Depending on who you want to listen to there is lots more on the way next week…….excellent! And don't forget our Italian neighbours are having a bit more luck and Courmayeur is worth a day trip and an après session.