From Serre Chevalier to Briançon via Cime de la Condamine: spring sunshine on the climb, powder on the north side and a cheerful crew finding fresh turns.
Yesterday’s crew is back, with two more joining us. We have a lovely group in good spirits! Like Chloé, Cyril and Clém yesterday, Estelle and Stan are getting their first taste of skiing off-piste.
A long day ahead! We use the same little trick as yesterday to save some climbing and get more skiing in. The Serre Chevalier touring pass gets us to the foot of the Col de la Trancoulette without too much effort. From there, we start the long climb towards Cime de la Condamine.
It feels like spring, and the sun gives the clouds no chance. The final stretch is beautiful, with the high peaks of the Écrins behind us!
A light breeze greets us at the summit, so we drop 200 metres for lunch. We ski into a wild bowl on the north side of the Condamine. Not a track in sight!
After lunch, a short steep section wakes us up and takes us onto the north-facing slopes below Rocher Bouchard. There is quite an atmosphere with those big cliffs above us and all that deep powder under our skis!
At the bottom of the valley the slope eases, but the snow gets a little tricky. A good excuse for a few tumbles! Near La Trancoulette we find some more of that nice, easy-to-ski faceted snow, then glide down to the Combes piste.
We’re not done yet! We still have to climb back to the Rocher Blanc chairlift, neatly miss the last chairs and take the blue run down to Briançon. We get the pistes of Briançon to ourselves in the middle of the season. Quite an achievement!
We reach the bar at the bottom of the piste just in time for the end of happy hour. Now that’s good timing!
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