This last week has been MUCH MORE LIKE IT!

With morale looking a little low as snow conditions seemed to be getting worse and worse last week, we decided on a day trip to Annecy on Monday with Rob and his cool bus for a change of scene and a few hours' look at the 'real world'.

A brisk (and crazy) February dip in the lake by 3 of the Planet Subzero lads must have been enough to finally convinced the snow gods we were prepared to make sacrifices ...And lo and behold, the very next day, IT SNOWED!!! For a whole day and a whole night. Enough to cover the rocks, make the pistes all fluffy and sweet, and see us suffering through the hangovers and 4 hours sleep to make first lifts with determined smiles clamped to our faces. And so worth it. So worth it in fact that the hard core managed to keep on partying until 6am (but didn't quite get up again in the morning).

Powder mornings ...

Wahhoooooo! Powder time! Finally we've been able to show the guys in the chalet some of what Les Arcs has to offer. We've also been hiking the chicken run - for 2 hours of magical p..o..w..d..e..r and not a soul in sight (goes without saying not recommended without a guide, tranceivers, map, chicken pass etc).

The Naked Huck Fest:

Then the highlight of the week was the Naked Huck Fest! Born from the desire to get everyone doing seasons in the Les Arcs area together and get to know each other, it turned into a massive one ... Big thanks to the Mont Blanc for sorting out the BBQ and beers and to Gordy for building the kickers ... Plus to DJ Chris Cracknell from Chill Chalet for keeping the crowd happy with cool tunes. Not to mention Cheers to everyone from Les Arcs, Vallandry, Bourg and Nancroix for turning up!

The Naked Huck fest was the first ever (non-serious) jumps event held in Vallandry. Aimed at anyone of any ability - with prizes for best jump, best costume, worst crash, most original and most naked ... the turn out was brilliant - and the atmosphere rocked. Check out the Planet Subzero website for full photo gallery, tales from the day, and winners in each category.

Gordy - smooth...	Alex - landing a back-flip	Ocean's 11
DJ Chris	Olly - the NAKED huck fest	Scott - jibbing kid

All in all - a great week. Now settling down to school holidays, dodging kids in helmets, watching lycra clad weirdos in the olympics and making sure we're only on the slopes from 12-2 when the whole of France stops for lunch.

Take it easy - and feel free to send us some more snow - any sacrifice or original idea for contacting the snow gods gratefully accepted ...

Steph

Report from Steph Lightfoot - Natives Resort Reporter in Les Arcs

To find out more about seasons in the snow, check out www.planetsubzero.com

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