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The past week has offered continuous snowfalls over the Chamonix valley and there is another 99 cm :-) forcasted until Friday! Last weekend the Grand Montets ski area partially opened and judging from the smile on everyone’s faces, the skiing was really good!
Check out these amazing pics of Steph and Asmus enjoying some nice turns in Vallorcine after skinning up. If you want to see more pictures from their day, visit the facebook page of local mountain guide Asmus Nørreslet.
This coming weekend the festive Christmas feeling will definitely be present in Chamonix when the town is turning on their Christmas lights. Visitors and locals will see the town transformed into a Christmas wonderland.
Here at Insted a new session started this week with over 20 motivated students studying french and of course we have done our best to create a nice Christmas feel even at the school!
La session d'Automne (cours de francais) a fini par une soirée de dégustation de vin. Nous avons découvert des bons vins Savoyard et on a passé un très bon moment. Merci à ChaChaCha, les étudiants et les profs!
He's done it again. Another extremely beautiful film by Chamonix local mountainguide and filmer Seb Montaz.
If the previous post of Kaj and Sverre's film didn't get your adrenaline pumping, we guarantee this 14-minute preview of I Believe I can Fly (flight of the frenchies) will!
Professional free skier and former Insted student Kaj Zackrisson has recently released the film Très Bonne Équipe together with his old time skiing partner, companion and friend Sverre Liliequist.
This is a film about friendship, adventure and great skiing. It also features some great Chamonix profiles like photographer Felix St Clair Renard and extreme skier Stian Hagen.
Have a look at this teaser and get your ski adrenalin pumpin'!