Month: November 2024

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Coming up the 12 Days of Christmas Promotion

12 Days of Christmas promo is coming up

Starting on 1st December comes the 12 Days of Christmas Promotion. Each day, Ill be offering one painting at a knockout rate, only for my VIP newsletter followers.

These are paintings I do love a lot, and many of them are decorating my walls at the moment, but now, I am feeling I can let them go to a home that will cherish them as much as I do.

Coming up the 12 Days of Christmas promotion
Coming up the 12 Days of Christmas promotion

Amongst my artwork, there will be pieces of when I have started my art career, doing. My work is majorly made in soft pastels, a medium I have mastered doing mountain portraits.

The paintings will be offered with a sale price for one day only, and will be sold to whoever contacts me first, just by responding to my email.

To be able to participate in this promotion, you have to register to my art newsletter here.

To keep abreast of the ski news – check www.the-ski-guru.com 

Or read my Must-Read Guides to different ski resorts to plan your holidays.

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Pila has postponed its opening of the ski season to Saturday 6th December.

Pila has postponed its opening of the ski season to Saturday 6th December. Photo: Webcam Pila.it

Pila has postponed its opening of the ski season to Saturday 6th December. It was supposed to open this weekend, but they don’t have enough snow for it. Even though when you see at the webcams, it does not look so bad. Actually, it looks pretty good!

Pila, as it is mostly on grassy fields, do not need as much snow to open as, for example, Courmayeur does (as its terrain is more on high mountain which is rockier! You need snow to cover those rocks!). You can read a more detailed explanation of how much snow ski resorts need to open on this past post of mine.

The new ski map of Pila with its cable car replacing the old double Couis 1 on the top, and the skiweg connection from the top of Couis 1 to Couis 2. Courtesy: Pila Spa.
The new ski map of Pila with its cable car replacing the old double Couis 1 on the top, and the skiweg connection from the top of Couis 1 to Couis 2. Courtesy: Pila Spa.

The latest snowstorms have hit Pila, but not as much snow has fallen there, as it has on the Mont Blanc area and on the Cervino. Cervnia is opening more terrain this weekend, as well as Courmayeur.

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New Terrain Opens Today in Breuil Cervinia. On Saturday 30th, Valtourneche, Torgnon and Chamois will open

The Gran Becca (Cervino) illuminated at night. Photo Nicola Cornero- Cervino Ski Paradise. Today New opening on Breuil Cervinia

Today Breuil-Cervinia is opening new terrain, and, on Saturday, November 30, they will also open in Valtournenche, Torgnon and Chamois

Snow has covered well the pistes of the ski resort in Breuil Cervinia -Cervino Ski Paradise allowing it to open more km of pistes. From Breuil-Cervinia to Valtourneche, passing by Torgnon and Chamois, the localities at the base of the Gran Becca, as the Cervino is known, are ready to open for the ski season 24-25.

Matterhorn Alpine Crossing. Photo courtesy: Cervino Ski Paradise. Today more terrain opens in Breuil Cervinia
Matterhorn Alpine Crossing. Photo courtesy: Cervino Ski Paradise. Today more terrain opens in Breuil Cervinia

Today in Breuil-Cervinia the chairlift Crétaz and Campetto will start working next to the lifts Gran Sommetta, the magic carpet of Plan Maison, the Baby skilift, the funicular Breuil-Cervinia-Plateau Rosa and the other three chairlifts of Plan Maison, Fornet and Bontadini. You can ski in the majority of the ski resort, even in the pistes you take to return to the resort, that are the mostly used by winter sports enthusiasts from last weekend.

Lago Blu & the Cervino- Soft Pastels, Pan Pastels and Charcoal on La Carte Pastel- 60 x 80 cm. In my shop.
Lago Blu & the Cervino- Soft Pastels, Pan Pastels and Charcoal on La Carte Pastel- 60 x 80 cm. In my shop.

This Saturday 30th November will open even the departure lifts of Valtourneche and of the joining piste with Breuil-Cervinia, that with Zermatt offers 350 km pistes.

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Review of the Helly Hansen ULLR Freeride Jacket.

Wearing the Helly Hansen ULLR jacket. Photo: Gemma Johnstone.

I had the chance to try the Helly Hansen ULLR Freeride Jacket all this summer and autumn. A great light jacket for all your outdoor adventures, also for skiing when you are skiing up the mountain, as it protects you without the bulk. If you are a bit of a cold bunny, you can always wear a mid-layer for colder days!

The Helly Hansen ULLR jacket, as photographed in Courmayeur.
The Helly Hansen ULLR jacket, as photographed in Courmayeur.

I love its colour, it special pocket to preserve your mobile battery, and the zips you have under your armpits that you can open when you start getting hot going up the mountain.  The pockets are well located and have a good capacity.

I have yet to use it skiing, but in the summer in my hikes, and under torrential rain in all my trips, it worked perfectly well.

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Opening Days of Italian Ski Resorts

Arp - Courmayeur Mont blanc Funivie - Photo: Lorenzo Belfrond. Courmayeur Mont Blanc Opening Days of Italian Ski Resorts.

It is snowing big in the Alps now, so all eyes are looking at the different resorts webcams to see if they will have an early start, or at least, start on their attempted start day. So far it is looking good!

As per Skiinfo and TheLocal.it, here are the opening dates of the different resorts:

Opening days of Italian Ski Resorts.
Opening days of Italian Ski Resorts. My boys on a magic carpet at La Thuile. Photo: The-Ski-Guru

Typical dates of opening is end of November or beginnings of December. But Cervinia is already opened since 26 October, accessing with its lifts to ski on the Swiss side where the glacier is. Now they are opening their own side of the slopes. From 20th November, Plain Maison, Fornet and Bontadini chairlifts open. The Italian ski pass costs EUR 55. You need the Swiss pass to ski on the glacier on top (which is a bit pricier!)

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