 Poster: A snowHead
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Sounds like you were there last year too, how did the 2 seasons compare?
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This is a good question. Honestly, if I zoom out and squint my eyes they were fairly similar, in the patterns of stretches of very warm and dry unseasonal weather interspursed with some nice snow and powder dumps along the way. The early season this year, i.e. Nov and Dec was way better than 2022, and that certainly helped set up the higher altitude base for a much better season up high. The snowline this year was noticeably higher than last however - we live in Mont-Saxonnex, at 1000m across the valley and only had snow at our house a handful of times this season. The mayor here decided to shut down the telesiege at our local ski station, and the sad thing is I don't think it would have been able to open even if the lift was still there. Early on I heard musings that we were heading for a record high year of snowfall above 2000m and a record low below, and while I don't know if that's exactly accurate the general sentiment seems correct.
I got much better at curating my weather forecasts and reading the ensemble charts myself in this second season, which resulted in me being able to really pick and choose my days when the conditions were nice and get some work done on the others haha.
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Samoëns is a lovely village and would happily return
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I totally agree, we've been spending a lot of time in the Giffre valley and have some friends there and Morillon and we really like it. We moved to Mont Sax somewhat on a whim - my wife is French and has roots in the area, but we had never really spent any time there. We always wondered what it would be like to live in a tiny French village, and now we know - it's a bit small for our tastes tbh, although parts of it are lovely. If/when we come back we'd be looking for somewhere with a bit more opportunities for community, better public transportation, and a bit of an ex-pat community as well. Samoens seems to have all of those things and still be tucked away from the hustle and bustle of Cham and Geneva. Plus, if I could walk to the lift, well I would be a very happy man. 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@coldrainsnow, Hope the wife's ACL heals well. Did she do that skinning in Plate?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@BAN, thanks! So far so good. She's got almost full mobility back already so the challenging part will be to keep wearing the brace to protect her graft while it sets, and not do too much.
Yeah, such a silly fall... literally the the last turn before the Refuge de Salles and no idea what happened, she just went down on like a 30 degree pitch. I was behind her and was like "Ca va?" and she immediately said "No...." and I knew it wasn't good. Wish there was a better story, like she botched a 30 foot cliff drop, but that doesn't seem to be how these usually happen.
I'm thankful she got in with this surgeon and the French health care has been top so far. Pretty impressive honestly.
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