The slopes of Morzine and Les Gets closed on Sunday evening and the conditions were pretty good until the final whistle this year. We had fun skiing around the Rosta and Ranfoilly areas but it was pretty clear that a lot of work had gone in to keeping the runs open with minimal snow depth. At 9am the skis were struggling to make an impression in the rock-solid corduroy and yet by 11am we were skiing through mashed potato! All good fun though! The resorts of the Swiss sector closed for the season on the same day, despite Les Crosets originally advertising that it would match the opening dates of Avoriaz and maintain the link via the Mossettes chairlift.

The upper slopes of the Portes du Soleil which will remain open until Sunday 25th April have a snow depth of over a metre in places and there's loads of good end of season skiing to be had. It wasn't even particularly warm up there today and the winter jackets and hats are still needed.

The slopes are very quiet but Avoriaz and Chatel deserve great credit for the extrent of the ski area that they have kept open and the quality of the grooming. At lunchtime we skied all the way to the valley floor at Linga (unusual for this time of year) and the competition piste to the bottom of the telecabine was immaculate. In Avoriaz the Arare and Fornet sectors are holding up well with firm pistes for most of the day, and anyone who booked a very late holiday this season has got lucky (unless they are stuck at an airport due to volcanic ash of course!). With the chairlift at Prodain now closed and the telepherique resembling a cattle wagon at times the best access to the slopes is now via the telecabine at Ardent.

Have a great summer and here's looking forward to winter 2010/11!