Saas Fee ~ Paris
Saas Fee Vistas
We woke to a beautiful dawn and blue skies over the snow covered roofs of Saas Fee.
A beautiful snow-bound Swiss village with slopes stretching up to 3,600m and little electric vehicles winding their way around the streets.
Onto the slopes with our good friends Nerida, Roger, Alex (or some other unidentified blue and yellow ski bandit??) and Amy “the Pink Flash”.
Beautiful sunny day for navigating the resort and exploring the mountains.
Aisling soon getting the hang of riding T-bars between daddy’s legs and learning to ride her first button lifts
All the same, she quickly decided gondolas are the only way for a lady of style to travel!
Luckily our mountain guides Charles and Amy were on hand to guide us towards the best powder on the mountain…
… important when there are tricky crevasses to navigate all over the place.
Saas Fee is not the place for unguided off piste adventures!
Busy days on the slopes can wear out young legs, so tactical rests are key…
As is time spent appreciating the beautiful Saas Fee vistas
On Wednesday evening the predicted snow arrived with bells on. So much so that the resort closed down for a day due to avalanche danger, and the roads in and out were closed for 48 hours.
The result: family fun day in the snow! Snowwomen, tobogganing and snow forts were the order of the day, and a great time had by all.
The Saas Fee ski patrol use helicopters to bomb the slopes and clear avalanche danger, as it’s too hard to navigate around on skis with all the crevasses.
When the heli came in to land in the village in the early morning after the bombing run it sent up a long plume of snow like the smoke from a bushfire.
Once the mountain re-opens, we’re back to the top of the world again:
Charles fired into the powder, gamely taking on a long powder slope solo and living to tell the tale and score “manoeuvre of the day” bragging rights…
Our afternoon chocolate crepes were well earned…
Somehow hot chocolate tastes better above 3000m, and even at 1800m in the village, sliding is the best way to travel
One last sunset vista the day we left to leave us wanting more – incredibly beautiful mountains all around….
Heading to Paris
Saturday and time to leave for our new life (for a little while) in Paris. Plenty of bags from Ireland and skiing, so we made our own baggage trolley out of the suitcases. Aisling in a jaunty mood getting her Paris on….
The train operators had thoughtfully pasted dazzling jigsaw puzzle-quality pictures on the outside of the windows showing amazing vistas of lakes, fields and snow-capped mountains…
Finally made it to Paris and our new apartment!
Tired but happy to be done with suitcases for a while.
New schools, new adventures and the discovery of pastries hitherto unknown to mankind await…