Mountain Air Blog

You are all invited you to play Fantasy Football and join the Mountain Air League for the start of the season.

If you aren’t already playing the game and have a team then you can register at http://fantasy.premierleague.com.

Once you have logged in and entered your team, click on the ‘Leagues’ link at the top of the page. On the Leagues page:

1. Select the ‘Join a league’ option

2. Choose private league

3. Now enter the code 324033-93855 to join the private league.

Its good fun, a great challenge and test of your managerial skill!

Enjoy the game.

More places are being made available starting from Chatel for the Friday (24th June) of this years Passportes MTB event. You will be able to book your place from 11th May at www.passportesdusoleil.com

We still have some availability for the weekend so let us know if you need accommodation.

We have seen some glorious weather during January and early February with good snow conditions and loads of sunshine. Despite the long period of dry weather the snow conditions around Linga, Pre La Joux and Avoriaz has remained very good.

The sunshine has now disappeared today to be replaced by fresh snow overnight and this morning. We have around 80cm at 1800 metres and more snow forecast this week. This means great conditions for the Half Term week.

if you are still looking to go skiing this season we still have some catered and self catered availability from 26th / 27th March and for Easter.

The Pass’Portes du Soleil MTB Festival 2011…
…an 80km MTB ride featuring 15 chair lifts, 6000m of descent for only 1000m of climbing, 8 food stops and scenery to take your breath away either side of the French-Swiss border.
This year’s event features 9 host resorts:
-In France (Avoriaz, Châtel, Les Gets, Montriond-Les Lindarets and Morzine).
-In Switzerland (Champéry, Les Crosets, Morgins and Torgon).

Registrations open on the 10th February 2011 and more than 6000 riders are expected to take part in this years event which is now the biggest mountain bike event in France.

Let us know if you are looking for accommodation.

Register online from the 10th of February 2011 at 9.00 AM GMT (10.00 AM in France)

We have some last minute fully catered availability in Chalet des Arbres and Chalet Les 2 Vallees during January. Arriving 9th or 16th January for 7 nights for just £395 per person.

Both chalets are in Chatel, Portes du Soleil and are in great locations for both the centre of the resort and nearest lifts.

Check out our web site www.mountainairholidays.co.uk or contact us for details and latest availability: enquiries@mountainairholidays.co.uk

Following great early snow we now have around 40cm - 50cm of quality snow on the mountain in Chatel.

The ski lifts at Pre La Joux will open for the weekend of the 4th / 5th December and then everyday including the Avoriaz link from 11th December 2010.

For an early season, pre Xmas holiday at a great price, we have availability in our catered chalets from Saturday the 11th December. We can offer 7 night or short breaks with flexible arrival and departure dates up until Sunday 19th December.

If you would like quiet slopes and great snow pre Xmas let us know.

The British Journal of sports medicine this year reviewed a range of articles studying whether wearing a helmet for skiing and snowboarding cuts the risk of head, neck and spine injuries - and found strong evidence that it does. Whats more there was nothing to back up the claim that helmet wearing leads to more spine and neck injuries. (article in Dec issue of ski & snowboard magazine)

At Mountain Air holidays we fully support the idea of wearing a helmet for both adults and children. This year for all guests pre booking their equipment hire with us they will not only receive a 10% discount but also FREE rental of a helmet with their skis and boots!

The first snow of the winter arrived in Chatel mid October and more has followed over the last couple of weeks. The weather pattern in prevous winters suggests we should now expect a spell of dry cold weather which freezes the ground, ideal for preparing a long lasting solid snow base.

Since flights have been released into Geneva and the arrival of the first snow bookings have been coming in thick and fast. We now have only limited availability for this winter in our catered chalets, so if you are looking to go skiing this season please get in touch as soon as possible. We still have good self catered availability in our lovely 4 bedroom Chatel du Caire.

Its that time of year in Chatel when preparations really begin for the winter season. The colder weather across Europe this weekend has even brought some snow to the valley, a little early, but a clear sign that winter is not that far away. We are currently renovating some of our bedrooms and bathrooms in Chalet des Arbres creating more space for our guests for this winter and bookings are looking good, with Christmas, New Year and Feb Half Term all now fully booked. You can check out the latest availability for our catered and self catered chalets following this link. http://mountainairholidays.co.uk/accommodation.htm

We have had a really busy summer season, each year mountain biking, walking and family holidays in the mountains seem to get more and more popular which is great to see. However our attention now turns to preparations for the winter season. As winter bookings come in we begin work to prepare for our 7th winter season in Chatel!

Winter 2010/11

As in previous seasons we offer you our 2 fully catered ski chalets and our lovely 4 bedroom self catered Chalet du Caire. All available from mid December 2010 to the end of April 2011.

What New This Winter

Chatel continues the recent huge investment in what is already a superb ski area. Despite seeing around 7 metres of snow fall again last winter Chatel is working hard to guarantee great snow conditions for everyone for many years to come.

Snow Guarantee - A new high altitude resesvoir containing 139,000 cubic metres of water is turned to snow from November using only water and air. The resesvoir has the capacity to make 500,000 m3 of snow!

Resort Opening / Closing Dates 2010/11:

Saturday 4th December 2010 - Ski lits open at weekends in Chatel for winter 2010/11 season.
Saturday 11th December 2010 - Chatel ski area opens everyday for the 2010/11 winter season.
Sunday 25th April 25th 2011 - Chatel ski area and the 2010/11 season closes.