Courmayeur
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Day 5 - We are now in Courmayeur, Italia
... on the easiest of walks so far. Three and half hours later we arrived in Courmeyer, somewhat windswept but dry under our gear. Courmayeur is the most beautiful place - much nicer than Chamonix, which was gorgeous. It is just like a village out of ...
Tour Du Mont Blanc (France to Italy)
... info to give to his family that lives in Seattle. He then told us we were about 3 hours away from our finish line in Courmayeur Italy, and it was long but “mostly flat“. That was at 1:30pm and after three hours we were no where near ...
Day 6 - Courmayeur - Up Mont Blanc Courmayeur
This was our last rest day in Courmayeur. We travelled up 3 cable cars to get to 3800 metres on Mont Blanc. It was a great day. We will miss ...
Day 7 - Courmayeur to Rifugio Bonatti
... incredibly hospitable & we feel that we lived in the lap of luxury. Back to reality & the trail....Heading out of Courmayeur (1226 metres), we had 2 hours of steep uphill to Refugio Bertone (1989 metres), where we caught our breath for a few ...
Metrosexual Italians abound
... hard to believe I am actually doing this. Why didn't I realise it would be this challenging? Luckily today was a rest day in Courmayeur, with time to try and rest the sore muscles in my legs and my mind. I am finding living with twelve other people ...
In love with mountain runners
It's a fact - in Melbourne if I see a man in lycra without shorts covering his parts I feel mildly ill. Italian men are another matter altogether. Well the 'spotiv' types up in the mountains anyway. Whilst we battle our way walking through the alps, we ...
Winter wonderland
... Elisaetta Refuge where we chow down on blocks of cheese and french cured goat meat. From there is an easy flat tarmac walk to Courmayeur, and a few of us even run for the last three kilometres. We are staying in a lovely little hotel, and have a stunning ...
Tuesday
7:30am – another hearty breakfast for a long day ahead on the slopes. 8:20am – leave the hotel to travel by coach to the 'big red box' which takes us up the mountain. 9:30am – lessons began and all groups dispersed with their ...
Trip through the Alps
... even experts have an alpine guide with them when they go. The slopes for everyone else were across the valley back towards Courmayeur. After that I went back to Aosta to catch the train and had planned on wandering around but I was tired and ...
Thursday
... slope (2256m). 3.30pm - Skiing ended for the day and we made our way down the coach. We were dropped off in Courmayeur village so the students could do a little shopping (presents to bring home maybe!!). Most students enjoyed the local delicacies of ...
Ski hire 12.30pm
After arriving in Courmayeur, we were dropped off at the bottom of the slope and took the 'bubble' lift up the mountain to go to ski hire. Once all of the boots and skis/boards were fitted we took the 'red box' lift back down to the ...
Friday
7:30- breakfast- another good breakfast to fill us up for the morning on the slopes. 9:30 lessons started with students shooting off onto the slopes to make the most of the slightly shorter day. Fantastic progress was made by all today. Even ...
Wednesday
7:30am – breakfast. Getting out of bed is taking longer…but they still serve breakfast at the same time. 8:30am – we head off to the slopes on the coach, minus one jacket and one pair of socks as the students fail to get themselves ...
Monday's adventures
Up at 7:00am (most of us!) and a hearty breakfast at 7:30pm. Croissants, cereal and lovely cake with hot chocolate and juice to keep us going until lunch time on the slope. Left for the slope about 9:00am and lessons started at 10:00am where we met our ...
Arrived at hotel 1:30pm
After arriving at the hotel, we unloaded the coach and went to eat a lovely lunch of lasagne. Rooms were then assigned and everybody went to find their room mates for the week. Snowco kit was given out and most students showered before ...
Roman Thumbs, The French Kiss & Watching the Swiss
... the city, gets lost, and soaks in the cultured Roman atmosphere and great weather. The Italian Alps and Courmayeur: We then flew to Turin, in NW Italy, from Rome [about 1 hour]. It is the access point to the Italian Alps and also close to Milan ...
Courmayeur Style
Having not really done a great deal of skiing (zero) or boarding (2 days, 5 years ago) I enbarked on 4 months working on a ski resort in Italy. Such amazing fun and lucky enough to find something I truely love - ...
28*C to 2*C in 2 hours, Mont Blanc...
Decided to take a random trip to Mont Blanc (Monte Bianco from the Italian side) well worth it, set off in shorts an T's, we then had to dig deep into the boot of the car for our winter gear. Got a cable car to the top of the mountain which had some ...
Courmayeur and Chamonix under the Mont Blanc
After a ride along Aosta Valley (Valle d'Aosta) we arrived in Courmayer relatively late afternoon although, up there, it was already dusk, so we hurried to get our chalet, unpack, shower, change and then, of course, all set to go out and explore the ...
Courmayeur
... snow overnight but not as much and the sun was supposed to be peaking out later today so we decided to head back to Courmayeur. I headed off by myself to try conquering the blue runs again and started to get much faster though still having very inelegant ...
Relais d'Arpette
... le groupe devrait tenir les délais sans les trainards de la veille. Après la descente d'1h30 sur le village valdôtain de Courmayeur, transfert en bus à Arnuva, le bout du val Ferret italien, départ au pied du Grand Col Ferret (2 537 m), soit 700 m ...
the amazing Alps
My friend Olivia used to say that the world is an amazing place, how true. My trip through the Alps started with a cable car ride that lifted me up to 3800 meters, crossed a glacier, and brought from the Italian Courmayur to the French Chamonnix. From ...
Skiing in the Alps at MonteBianco
Pasta overload. Terrible cabbage salad Day trip to Chamonix, France for ...
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