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The plan was to go ski touring in and above Gressoney. The first time Catherine & I tried this we arrived in Gressoney - There was no snow. Tottaly weird experience. Plus there was an insane amount of wind too. Getting to the "Refugio" was impossible.
Next time we were scuppered by Covid. At the time no one actually knew what Covid was - but it was kicking off in Italy. Italy was seen as the epicentre of the outbreak. Hindsight is a great thing...
Anyway this time we had the complete opposite problem : Too much snow. This creates another headache because any chance of ski touring was impossible- plus the avalanche forecast was 4 on a scale of 5.
This time around Kate joined us too -We arrived in Gressoney at about 5 in the evening after having had a marvellous day skiing powder in a almost deserted Courmayeur. Aparently it snowed a meter in the morning at Gressoney. Our hotel didn't serve dinner so getting to the restaurant was a mission.
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| note the lawn mover that had been apparently used the day before. |
The next morning we awoke to heavy snow. This was not a sob story - it just meant we had to ski the trees in Champoluc.
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On our final day together we still couldnt see very much, so again we returned to Champoluc. The snow wasn't as good as the previous day, but there was still plenty of it. Plus it is such an extrordinary area there is so much to explore.
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| The incredible Auberge RTA |
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