Snow on the way...

Well, it’s a case of same old, same old for the past few days. We’ve been going up at lunchtime, and playing around on the slope off the top of Galzig. It’s pretty much a ‘beginner’ slope, but it has a number of hits, lips and rollers down it (sounds like Mick Jagger, come to think of it), allowing us a spot of practice at the aerial stuff. I’ve now learnt that it’s never a good idea for someone to take video, since it’s rather crushing, after sailing majestically through the crisp, winter air, rotating gracefully before touching down and gliding to a halt, to see yourself on a two inch screen, leaving the ground like spring-loaded slug, flying two feet through the air, one foot off the ground, then landing in a heap. Practice, however, makes perfect.

The weather’s been much the same since I arrived: Blue skies and bright sunshine giving a lie to the sub-zero temperatures. In fact, the mercury’s position around the -6˚C mark has been the reason the slopes have stayed in such good shape. In many places, the snow has melted down to the grass and rocks below, but the groomers are all still in excellent condition, so that should be perfect for those of you who prefer to carve from side to side across the piste getting in everybody’s way and pushing the snow into moguls skiers. It’s a bit lacking for the powder-hounds amongst us, though.

However.

I don’t know how you’ve done it, but you lucky people – the folk arriving on Saturday – have somehow sorted yourself some snow. Snow is on the way. According to the weather report, there’s roughly twenty centimetres of snow due in the next two days, so things should be nice and refreshed for the weekend. We need a powder dump, though, for any decent off-piste action. Keep doing the snow dances, and I’m sure we’ll be alright.