The forecast was good for Tuesday and lousy after that so Thursday’s ski outing was two days early. Mervyn, of course, led and only Peter S and Mark 2Ts signed up.
The journey to Champéry was totally uneventful with the only holdup being the queue to buy a lift ticket once we got there. Then it was up to the top of the Champéry lift where we were joined by Stephen – a mate of Mervyns from St Cergue.
The snow was good, the skies blue and we skied to Les Crozets, and on into Avoriaz and many other places before having a late lunch in Les Linderets.
Not much energy after lunch so we basically just skied back to the car and finished about 15:30.
The traffic got its revenge on the way home and we had to leave the autoroute at Aubonne and take the lake road from there on. However we still got home in reasonable time.
A great day out and especially good for being so early in the season, before Christmas!
Mervyn Powell, Peter Strebel, Mark Watts +Stephen (Mervyn’s mate)
