Skiing holiday, March 2005
Moosepig, Alex, Dan, Hannah, Pete, Vic and Chris go skiing in Les Arcs, based in Arc 2000Click on any image to see a bigger version.
How all the best holidays start |
The "bar" on the train to London |
Cheers! |
The bar moves onto the Eurostar |
Pete, Vic, Alex |
Dan, Hannah, Chris |
A nice bar just outside Gare du Nord |
My & Chris's room - a bit cramped. |
View from the chalet window |
View from the Altiport cafe, Arc 1800 |
View from the Altiport cafe, Arc 1800 |
View from the Altiport cafe, Arc 1800 |
View from the Altiport cafe, Arc 1800 |
Altiport cafe, Arc 1800 |
Parapenting |
More Parapenting |
Yet more parapenting |
Outrageous day-glo romper suit!!! |
Hannah having a rest |
My "starter" at Luigi's on chalet host's night off |
Lunch at the Arpette restaurant |
Alex with disintegrated piste map |
Floodlit night skiing on the Marmottes run |
View of Arc 2000 from the top of the Aiguille Rouge |
Mont Blanc from the Aiguille Rouge |
Closer view of Arc 2000 from the Aiguille Rouge |
Top of the Aiguille Rouge cable car |
A mountain! |
More scenery from Aiguille Rouge |
Looking down the cable car run... Where Eagles Dare, anyone? |
Another view of cable car in action |
Yet another view of Arc 2000 from the top |
Top of the Aiguille Rouge black run and Arandelieres red run |
Mountains, valleys, snow... |
More mountains, valleys and snow |
Auguille Rouge cable car top station |
Very real risk of avalanches |
Proof of where we were (as if it were needed) |
Looking back up to the Aiguille Rouge from Chalet del'Arc after skiing down |
Aiguille Rouge from the bottom - you can just see the cable car top station |
The flying kilometre! |
View from chalet at night |
The sight none of us wanted to see - Hannah's last run of the week was in this blood wagon |
Broken nose but no broken spirits - consolation ice cream! |
The Red Rock surprise ice cream in all its glory |
All of us in the couchette on the way home |