Skiing has changed our lives in a big way even in Australia where we have chosen a warmer place to live and work (Brisbane) so that we get the right balance of seasonal sunshine and can still get to the beach. The benefits have included:
- Ability for us to enjoy a wider variety of outdoor activity for much longer and stay in better shape for skiing
- New destinations just a short journey from our doorstep
- Much higher spring temperatures prior to departure for Europe. At 5.30 pm 20th November 2015 the temperature had fallen to only 29 C. following a midday peak of 38 C.
The downside is hard to imagine but contrast this with Sunday 3.30pm 21st November when we arrived in Les Allues.
- Temperature a bracing if not bleak minus 5C
- Around 15 centimetres of fresh snow on the road
- Dark by 5pm
- Night time temperatures plunging to minus 20C
So a 43C reduction in temperature but with it opportunity for bags of fun in the fresh snow which has started for us and Rufus the Alpine Ethos hound (below).
We are looking forward to another great season and the prospect of El Nino Weather patterns providing the right conditions for lots of good snow falls as the season progresses. For now though the picture below says everything about why people go on a winter holiday each year and yes forgo the beach for something just as good or better!
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