Chamonix Day 7, This time Italy
Apr 16, 2008 By
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Bark Boy finally found his natural habitat. And it was good. Actually it was much better than that. The forecast Thursday night called for up to two feet of new snow starting that night and continuing through Friday. We knew from our week here that skiing most of the areas in those conditions would be a disaster because the bulk of the terrain is above timberline rendering it invisible during a snowstorm. We had heard from others staying at our hotel that the nearby Italian resort of Courmeyeur had a fair bit of tree skiing. Courmeyeur is just on the other side of the Mont Blanc tunnel and our ski pass was valid there. New snow + trees = A Plan.
In the morning we had to hike through town in our ski gear to the train station to pick up the bus to Courmeyeur; 18 Euros round trip. The Mont Blanc tunnel