Mixing the crunchy with the smoothie

Jazmine Butcher, making the most of Mondays soft conditions with some nice angles above the fall line on 3500.

The measure of man is not what he will do for himself, but what he will willingly do for someone else. 

In this case we must give credit to our good friend Phil Brown who has been sharing training lanes and fitness facilities with us. Things have been a little tricky in Tignes recently, with stormy weather making a nuisance of itself, skiing today was cancelled, and yesterday was a tough day for all. With some teams only getting 1 or 2 runs in the gates for the day, we managed to stick it out until 1pm with Lynn, having to hike to help pull.

Yasmin Cooper, proving that in tough conditions, if you fight for it, it’s still possible to pull off some great turns.

With the mountain shutting early on Tuesday due to high winds, and a poor forecast for Wednesday we realised very early on in Tuesday morning that Wednesday might be a weather day, after some joint planning Phil phoned to organise the basket ball court at the new Tignes sports hall for this afternoon whilst we booked a provisional hour slot for the morning. This advanced planning ensured that we were ahead of almost every other team on the mountain at ensuring we still had some quality training for today, as well as a lot of fun for the afternoon.

Trainees warming up for the morning track/sprint session.

Shooting some B-ball.

With a lot of snow fallen today, we are anticipating a powder day tomorrow, with the only downside that we may have to dig out our gates for the following days training. But who cares, roll on the powder.