Here it is - at long last it's finally the day we're off to see Lesley and her mountainous beauties. Woken up far too early - 5:45am, too excited. If I don't get any sleep tonight (will be blaming Dan Black) that should set me up nicely for being up for around 36 hours. One of the reasons we didn't sleep too well was thanks to reading this just before bed:
The weather has been amazing throughout the French Alps this week and
conditions are generally excellent. The Portes du Soleil has had
beautiful sunshine all week and the best riding can be found in the
Avoriaz area. The parks in Avoriaz (110/170cms) are also in very good
shape. In Alpe d’Huez (119/250cms) there is great riding through the
entire Grand Rousses area. All but one lift are open and the pistes are
in lovely condition. 30cms of new snow is expected to fall on Monday,
which means it could be a powder week next week! Over in the Tarentaise
area, some resorts such as Val d’Isere (125/175cms), Tignes
(140/220cms), La Plagne (140/260cms), Les Arcs (69/245cms), Meribel
(52/192cms), Courchevel (110/188cms) and Val Thorens (155/175cms) have
similar excellent conditions. Our rep in Val Thorens said that it was
the best snow they had ever skied on last week. So, all in all a lovely
time to be out on the slopes in France, and things are set to get even
better if new snow falls next week as forecast.
(cont'd) In
France, the warm and sunny weather will last until Sunday, and then the
temperatures will fall and the snow will arrive in abundance. It looks
like it is going to dump in France on Monday!
Holy crapola! With news like that, we immediately packed the diving gear. Fingers crossed, we'll be back in the trees around Deux Tetes sometime Monday with the big Massey. Sweet. 
Well, Fancy That is packed, Alan is tired, the schnitzel is crumbed, yet nobody's heard from the Pope or The Stone. Anyone, anyone, Beneke? Team Rome ready to farm.
over and out for now
Le Sloth