Mountain Air Blog

Our blog is a great way for us to wish all our friends, family, old and new guests and very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Enjoy the festive period and best wishes for 2009 from Paul, Helen & Joseph

Our first guests for this winter season arrive on Wednesday this week. The weather has been a little dryer and warmer over the last few days which has given us time to catch our breath a little after all that snow. The conditions are still superb and looks like being a great season. we still have availability in January, March and April so please let us know if you are looking to go sking this season.

We have had one of the best starts to the season on record with a huge amount of snow falling over the last couple of weeks and lifts opening early as a result. We beleive there is now over 2 metres of snow on the mountain and over 1 metre at resort level (1200 m).

More news soon, i’m off to enjoy the snow!

Over the last 3 days we had had a huge amount of snow and very cold temperatures. There is now over 1 metre of snow on the mountain and around 40cm in the resort - what a fantastic start to the season.

Due to the early snow the ski lifts are opening this weekend 29th & 30th Nov.   With the season continuing this year until the end of April 09 we have 5 months of sking - heaven!!

The Ski Memory spectacle is the first cultural event which will explain 4 000 years of skiing and offering an extraordinary trip in the time.
The ski instructors of the French Ski School, the Tourist Office, the Lifts Main Office and the Town Hall representatives gather to present a great spectacle which gives a special taste of quality and conviviality to the evening feast events of the resort all the winter long.
The Linga stadium is lightened and becomes an outdoor theatre with technicians and staffs working on the sides of the slope… Then, people come attracted by the lights, the music to enjoy the event…

The Dates for the Ski Memory show are as follows:

- Wednesday 28 January 2009 at 8.30pm
- Wednesday 25 February 2009 at 8.30pm
- Wednesday 25 March 2009 at 9pm
- Sunday 12 April 2009  at 9pm

Following numerous customer requests, SpeedFerries is again giving customers a chance to purchase its phenomenally popular SuperTicket – enabling you to travel even at their busiest times for just £30 each way on any crossing until the 31st December 2009.

This ticket is ideally suited to those customers wishing to book their Easter or summer holiday for next year.  Take a look at www.speedferries.com for more info.

We have today seen our first snow of this winter around the mountains of the Portes du Soleil and Chatel. The snow limit is forecast to be around 1000 metres this weekend. The snow conditions throughout the whole 07/08 season were superb, its a little early to get too excited for this winter season, but lets hope this is a sign of things to come.

Well, summer’s over and Joseph is back at school after 2 months off. We had a busy time with lots of guests over June, July and August and the weather was fantastic too.  I was able to take Joseph swimming at the outdoor pool in Chatel 2 or 3 times a week, so he progressed from 1 width to 16 lengths!  With an autumnal feel in the air our thoughts turn to winter preparations - the logs are stacked, the oil delivered and the chimney sweep is booked.  Bookings are looking good, our staff are ready and we know from experience that the next couple of months will fly by and we’ll soon be looking to the skies for that first snow!

The  dates have been released for next years Passportes du Soleil mountain biking event and they are the 28th and 29th June 2009.

Again more than 3500 riders will take part in the amazing event. To see more details go to http://www.portesdusoleil.com/en_summer/Events/themtbpassportesdusoleil.html 

Chatel has confirmed that the resort will open for the winter 0809 season on 13th December and close around 26th April, (snow conditions permitting of course!) - another great long season to look forward to.