Corporate Events Blog

Whoever says that Sunday is the day of rest obviously wasn’t in Cham this weekend.  Yes the heavens aligned over Chamonix to give us one of the best days skiing of the season so far.  The skies were clear; the snow was ridiculously fluffy and untracked and the mountains were quiet.  We decided to head to Flegere nice and early to bag front row seats and it was well worth setting the alarm at an ungodly hour.

We started off around the Index and then moved to Floria ending the day in Brevent, where people had obviously been having as much fun as we had.  As we snowboarded and cartwheeled our way around the mountains, the Freeriders Competition participants put us all to shame on the Hotel Face in Brevent (check out the best of the action here http://www.freerideworldtour.com/en/)

Poor February had a lot to live up to with January going an ending with such a bang, but if the start of the month is anything to go by it’s doing very well with great snow and sunny skies, this season just keeps getting better and better.

You have no doubt read or heard about the fantastic snow in the Alps.  Well I returned to Chamonix last week and managed to grab an afternoon on the slopes of Brevent this last weekend and it was fantastic.  Being a fair weather skier, it helped that there was not a cloud in the sky, and considering it was mid December, unseasonally warm, but on top of all that the snow was great.

I was with my Ten80 Events business partner, Tim, and we have not had snow as good as this, so early on in a season since we moved to Chamonix 5 years ago.  This bodes well for the season and its always helpful to have a decent base.  We did a combination of piste skiing, which was excellent, but also ventured off-piste onto the Hotel face, and found some nice powder.

I also find skiing an effective method of clearing one’s mind and gaining clarity of thought.  Put another way, we often do some of our best work out skiing, discussing our corporate events and our future whilst on chairlifts or over a demi at a mountain restaurant.  With the news, all the media and most of the people we know discussing recessions and credit crunch, its good to remember why we moved to Chamonix in the first place, and a session on skis is a highly effective method to achieve this.

Often in Chamonix, and no doubt for other ex-pats in ski resorts and villages around the world, it is all too easy to forget there is a world out there, but sometimes forgetting, even if it is merely for a couple of hours, is no bad thing at all.
From all of us at Ten80 Events, we wish you a merry Christmas and Happy New Year, and for those lucky to be visiting the mountains, Bon Ski !