Couloir de la Becca

This is short and sweet - but carries medium avalanche risk. Its a great way to make a 3 valleys liason off piste. From the top of the Becca chair (les menuires) climb the slope dead ahead moving diagonally up to the right. About 5 mins later you will gain the ridge and look straight down the couloir into Meribel. The first 30m are a bit steep, but after that it opens out into a massive flank which allows a lot of traffic before its tracked out. At the bottom you can pick up the mount vallon chair which gives access to some other nice options.

Powder in Orelle

We had wonderful end of season skiing this week. Fresh powder on several days. To make the most of it we went to the highest point in the 3 Valleys - Orelle. There are 2 superb descents from the top of the second lift. Either traverse right until the valley opens out on your left - almost any line goes from here. Just follow the valley until you end up back at the bottom lift. Alternately traverse left until you cross the ridge and drop (steeply) into a gully. This is more challenging but a superb mountain line. We went round several times until it was all tracked out and our smiles could not fit into our helmets any more :-) and it was time to head back to St Martin de Belleville for a beer