Yes great year. We went in december around christmas and the snow was there already. This mountain (la meije) is north sided and you can ski as high as 3400m.. so whenever snow falls, it stays good for quite a long time -the probability that it melts is low- I haven't seen any ice in three trips this year, but I guess we must have been a little lucky; we arrived last thursday night and heavy snow fell friday all day, la meije was closed then but we could still do a couple of runs at les deux alpes which is located about 25kms up north. On saturday la meije opened and it was a dream, skiing in 40 cms of virgin snowNeil B wrote:What perfect snow conditions - it's been a good season all over hasn't it?
even Noémie who's not been doing a lot of skiing in her life had fun going from 3200m to 2400m. A few falls too, she was literally buried under it 
the only downside is the risk of avalanches, you have to carry arvas so you can be quickly located in any events. That's part of the game -and yes the 'fun'- I guess.
A note on both mountains: they are linked together at the top. You can walk from la meije to les deux alpes a 2-3 kilometers run at 3600m which is completely amazing. But be sure not to have any heart condition, it is quite exhausting.
that's the good part of it, never too lategaryb wrote:wow, i remember snow...back in the old times, before...
I've seen 70 years old seniors go at serre chevalier which is also nearby (about 25 kms south)