Sat 27th - Icy Yeti

Nico & I fancied a change of scene from Avoriaz so we decided to head up to Morzine and Les Gets. The high peaks of Chamossiere & Pointe De Nyon were our first hits. The conditions weren't the greatest. Small amount of powder off the top of Nyon so we cut straight across the piste and dropped into the off-piste. Chamossiere was so so, a little rocky though still enjoyable. Last year we dropped into a shute off the back of the Ranfoilly lift. A small 5 min hike leads to a wicked powder run. We hiked it again just to check out the quality of the snow. A little unsure we dropped in anyway.




The snow looked descent enough to get a nice run. I dropped in an instantly hit a tree. Smooth. Though the rest of the run was deep untracked powder and I punched a nice line through till back onto the piste. Les Gets was next on the list despite the runs being closed. We went down them anyway. Les Gets board park was less than complete. A few boxes were dotted around though due to my previous stack at the Avoriaz park I wasn't in the mood. Getting back to Les Gets was harder than we thought. We ended getting stuck in a muddy field but trudged down and bumped into a Yeti at the badly named "Peak" bar at the bottom of Les Gets.



The run back to Morzine was one of the worst I have ever done. Angled icy pistes are not my idea of fun. I hit a little jump and landed fine but due to having little edge I slipped spun over and smashed my head on the ice. It bloody hurt and really pissed me off. I then slipped onto my knees. Its weird but I felt like I had regressed to a beginner level. We then hit a super section of powder into La Stade back into Plenney in Morzine.

Luke and I planned a quiet beer with Cam and Carson. We failed. In Buddha bar we had a sweet little sofa area. The guys were playing a brutally simple drinking game. Hold a piece of paper in one hand. The other person guesses. If wrong you drink. If you win you get to hide the paper. Cam and Carson had already polished off two Giraffes of beer. We joined in and started playing Spoof. 6 Giraffes later and a little bit of teaming up and we were all fairly pissed. Luke got a sneaky depth charge. I got the drip tray (I only found out a the next day) and Carson lost about 4 times in a row due to everybody else cheating. We left to get cheese toasties back at Cams. We got halve way and got distracted my Pete and Bruce and headed back to the Cavern. Carson is probably the least subtle person I have ever been with. I was chatting to a girl who happened to be a lesbian. I had no intention of pulling her, though Carson felt the need to constantly inform me and the girl in a voice similar to Homer whispering, "She is a Lesbian, You can't shag her. Honestly mate she likes girls." Toasties happened about 3am and were bloody brilliant.