Latest Blog Entries

Ben is doing training in the Giant Slolom at the moment, he was on the BASI slalom course yesterday, on the Les Gets pistes and said they were perfect. In the village the weather was not great at all, and this meant that some people did not go out, but on the slopes he said conditions were perfect - for race training....

Our clients, who have skied at different resorts in the French Alps - some very high, are continuing to report that the pistes in Les Gets are amongst the best in the Alps....

Many people say the best skiing is first thing in the morning before the droves get out... but for me yesterday the best was after 3.30 until the lifts closed. Suddenly a brightish day brightened and everything became golden. There were amazing views from the top of Nyon, with more peaks I don't know the names of, appearing against the horizon....

Yesterday and today we tried the new ski lift at Chamossière... The good news is that this is very fast - one of the fastest lifts we have experienced - and from the top of Chamossière you can ski right down to the area where there are a number of restaurants at the bottom of the Chamossière express - so this is a very long run....

Beautiful picture of Mont Chery mountain taken from Les Chavannes side after the snowfall. Taken from the balcony of Edith in Chalet Hastings....

....after only occasional snow, it has not been snowing nonstop for 17 hours, there were even two roads blocked locally (and they know how do deal with snow in the Alps!). The temperature is currently around minus 3.5 degrees C here so the outlook is good....

Half term has started - one of the busiest weeks of the year in Les Gets - and we had snow! The trees look beautiful and the roofs are covered in snow. After weeks of the piste bashers doing an outstanding job - we can relax as there is good real snow - and the piste bashers can have an easier time at night!...

Ben has been skiing every day in and around Les Gets and he reports that the pistes are excellent. Whilst there has not been mu snowfall recently, Les Gets is very well served with snow-making equipment, also the pisteurs seem to gather every bit of snow they can to ensure that the pistes are in very good conditions. Snow is forecast tomorrow....

March and early April will be a fantastic time to come to Les Gets, the French Boardercross and Skiing equivalent championships are being held in Les Gets, also in early April, there is a week of free music festivals held on the pistes - the way this works is that you have to subscribe - and you are sent a text message with the location of each per...

A couple of weeks ago we had some clients who came to stay with us, after being in Verbier. They said that the piste conditions in Les Gets were much better than in Verbier - where they said it was very patchy, yet in Les Gets, the piste was very good every day of their stay. This is yet another report of Les Gets having better skiing conditions t...

This morning, I sat next to someone on the plane from Geneva to Gatwick, returning from a three day skiing break... He has skied in Chamonix, Flaine and Les Gets/Morzine. His view was that the skiing in Les Gets was the best, discover why!...

To date, the season has been exceptionally busy, after a hard few weeks preparing the accommodation, and the usual series of last minute problems - burst pipes, workmen who in the summer would complete work on Chalets by end Oct, not even starting 'till early December.... by Christmas we were absolutely full and everyone has been working long hours...