UCPA Chamonix 2013 day 3 – Les Houches

It was still snowing when I got up. We met at 8:45 and piled onto the UCPA bus to Les Houches. The visibility was a little better, we were skiing in the forest which helped. Red and black runs in the morning working on our carving technique and where we place our body weight.

In the afternoon we skied on black runs, one called Kandahar which had been used for world cup downhill racing in the past, the thought of reaching speeds of 100km an hour flying down the piste is scary… We had a go doing ski cross which was great fun! The snow was really heavy at one point then cleared to blue skies for a short time. We worked on weight transfer some more, skiing with only one ski on, balancing with the other foot in the air. The funniest part was taking the poma lift back up on just one ski!

Changing my boots for a smaller pair was a great move, my feet were snug in the boot now and not moving about giving me blisters!

I felt the burn on my thighs today, which is always a good sign and means I’d been working hard!

Dinner was great again, my room mate and I had gotten a bottle of red wine, to go with the cheeses, very good call! But the dessert was not to be missed, coffee ice cream, I think Chamonix is the the only place I have ever had it!

We went into town for a couple of beers to Chambre Neuf.

Day off for the instructors tomorrow, so we are left to out own devices. The forecast is for a clear sunny day!