Season opener in Les Houches
After a week of Christmas snow in the Aosta Valley and some great off-piste skiing, Les Houches was pretty bare by comparison but some overnight snow ahead of the BSA Grand Prix provided enough cover for racing. My first U16 race and season opener on the Kandahar Verte piste was tricky as the soft snow quickly rutted with over 60 boys and girls in U16. By run 2 the course was a roller coaster but I managed to stay in ...