3 Vallees of France - Val Thorens is Sick!! - Snowboarding Forum

boomin33 · 04-21-2012, 10:56 AM

Spent 8 years at Snowbird in the 90's and have probably been to a good 50 ski resorts all over the world in the past 20 years. The 3-Valleys, Corcheval, more-so Meribel and especially Val Thorens... Rock. (All Linked together via Trams&Lifts)

just wrapping up 4 months at Val Thorens,, and I tell you... The Season and the powder we are still getting daily is just sick.

*shot from VT today.. you can sort of see how light the powder still is.. **dumping right now for another blue-bird powder day tomorrow.

boomin33 · 04-21-2012, 10:57 AM

shot of my gal about 3 weeks back...

snowklinger · 04-21-2012, 12:40 PM

wow! awesome!

JE VEUX!

Sick-Pow · 04-21-2012, 08:36 PM

$$$$$ More stoke please. Don't stop brining the high altitude pow shots.

video?

03SVTCobra · 04-22-2012, 01:17 AM

Awesome. Was there in the beginning of March.

**killclimbz** · 04-22-2012, 11:04 AM

YES! More pics please. Seems like this year in Eurolandia is one for the books. Need more stoke from there...

boomin33 · 04-23-2012, 12:36 AM

hmm.. I haven't taken too many on-mountain photos, unfortunately. Going to try this Wednesday/Thursday for some end of season shots... if it clears.

do have some powder footage I hope to editing into a video this summer...

anwyway, here are 3 short clips:

Val Thorens 2012 Hero2 Powder run from top of Caron - YouTube

Meribel Powder Run February 2012 - YouTube

Powder @ Val Thorens France April 2012 Cime Caron Hero2 - YouTube

boomin33 · 04-23-2012, 01:01 AM

the playground as it looked when I arrived in January...

boomin33 · 04-23-2012, 01:11 AM

Shot of terrain accessed by main Tram (Caron) - very fast lift to top & holds 120 people

**Actually I'm going to try and take another photo today and replace this one from January.. Much more filled in now

boomin33 · 04-23-2012, 01:18 AM

Better shot of Tram ( but from 2007 ).
May 7th 2007
White-Out on the 5th&6th . Woke on the 7th to Blue Skies and about a foot of settled powder.

5 people on 1st Tram; 12 on 2nd; 20 on 3rd.... just an epic morning with the whole mountain to ourselves....

04-21-2012, 10:56 AM	#1 (permalink)
boomin33 Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Val Thorens, France Posts: 40	3 Vallees of France - Val Thorens is Sick!! Spent 8 years at Snowbird in the 90's and have probably been to a good 50 ski resorts all over the world in the past 20 years. The 3-Valleys, Corcheval, more-so Meribel and especially Val Thorens... Rock. (All Linked together via Trams&Lifts) just wrapping up 4 months at Val Thorens,, and I tell you... The Season and the powder we are still getting daily is just sick. shot from VT today.. you can sort of see how light the powder still is.. dumping right now for another blue-bird powder day tomorrow. Last edited by boomin33; 04-21-2012 at 11:00 AM.*

04-21-2012, 12:40 PM	#3 (permalink)
snowklinger Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: fuck boulder Posts: 2,805	wow! awesome! JE VEUX! __________________ is it late october yet?

04-23-2012, 12:36 AM	#7 (permalink)
boomin33 Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Val Thorens, France Posts: 40	hmm.. I haven't taken too many on-mountain photos, unfortunately. Going to try this Wednesday/Thursday for some end of season shots... if it clears. do have some powder footage I hope to editing into a video this summer... anwyway, here are 3 short clips: Val Thorens 2012 Hero2 Powder run from top of Caron - YouTube Meribel Powder Run February 2012 - YouTube Powder @ Val Thorens France April 2012 Cime Caron Hero2 - YouTube Last edited by boomin33; 04-23-2012 at 12:52 AM.

04-23-2012, 01:01 AM	#8 (permalink)
boomin33 Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Val Thorens, France Posts: 40	the playground as it looked when I arrived in January... Last edited by boomin33; 04-23-2012 at 01:04 AM.

04-23-2012, 01:11 AM	#9 (permalink)
boomin33 Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Val Thorens, France Posts: 40	Shot of terrain accessed by main Tram (Caron) - very fast lift to top & holds 120 people *Actually I'm going to try and take another photo today and replace this one from January.. Much more filled in now Last edited by boomin33; 04-23-2012 at 01:14 AM.*

04-21-2012, 10:57 AM	#2 (permalink)
boomin33 Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Val Thorens, France Posts: 40	shot of my gal about 3 weeks back...

04-21-2012, 08:36 PM	#4 (permalink)
Sick-Pow Veteran Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,229	$$$$$ More stoke please. Don't stop brining the high altitude pow shots. video?

04-22-2012, 01:17 AM	#5 (permalink)
03SVTCobra Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 121	Awesome. Was there in the beginning of March.

04-22-2012, 11:04 AM	#6 (permalink)
killclimbz Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Front Range Posts: 9,166	YES! More pics please. Seems like this year in Eurolandia is one for the books. Need more stoke from there...

04-23-2012, 01:18 AM	#10 (permalink)
boomin33 Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Val Thorens, France Posts: 40	Better shot of Tram ( but from 2007 ). May 7th 2007 White-Out on the 5th&6th . Woke on the 7th to Blue Skies and about a foot of settled powder. 5 people on 1st Tram; 12 on 2nd; 20 on 3rd.... just an epic morning with the whole mountain to ourselves.... Last edited by boomin33; 04-23-2012 at 01:21 AM.

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