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| Val Thorens, 8 May 2016 Source: VT Facebook page |
Ski addicts have to leave their equipment in the garage until 25th June, when Tignes will open the Grande Motte glacier for the summer season. For more on the history of summer skiing, including its slow recent decline, click here.
Over in La Rosiere, the rather good Espace San Bernardo Facebook page has some good shots of the mountain as it makes its transition from white to green.
Meanwhile the Les Arcs site has its summer skin - with its new branding now in situ. More on the resort's updated look and feel here.
At the foot of the valley, the big news are the rockfalls on Mont Granier, emblematic mountain of the Chartreuse, which will be familiar to regular users of the motorway from Albertville to Chambéry. This is the 3rd major incident of the year. Noone has been hurt this year - in contrast to the disaster of 24-25 November 1248: that rockfall resulted in c1,000 deaths and the mountain's current distinctive shape, including its striking 700m deep cliff.
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| Mont Granier (1933m) Source: @ChamberyFrance |
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