Unfortunately that’s not me in the picture above. I’ve no idea who it is but they were certainly throwing some nice moves at the Les Arcs snow park.

I’ve just returned from a week of snowboarding and it really couldn’t have been any better – we had clear blue skies for 95% of the time. Luckily the bad 5% (which really wasn’t tooooo bad) was on Friday afternoon, with large snow clouds drifting in to ruin skiing conditions for the people coming in for their half-term holidays.

I’ve only ever been to Val Thorens and La Plagne before this but Les Arcs was pretty good – certainly better than La Plagne anyway! We stayed at Le Belmont Hotel Apartments in 1800 which was ski-in/out and a 5 minute walk to the shops, bars and restaurants. The only downsides were the slow wee-fee connection (at €20 for your apartment, multiple IPs) and the thick, square pillows which have left my neck at a permanent 45-degree hey-look-I’m-trying-to-watch-a-mobile-video-someone-filmed-in-portrait-mode angle.

For the first time ever on a Thomson / Crystal Ski holiday, we had a rep who went above and beyond the call of duty to make sure our stay was worth the little money we paid. Ellen, thank you for coming to our apartment at 4am to make smoothies for us, it was really appreciated. You earned your Excellent rating and rude drawings on your feedback form. The only gripe I have is that you didn’t provide the lesbian orgy party and fleshlights we vehemently asked for.

Few pics after le cut. More to come tomorrow although I only took my camera out for 2 hours the entire trip!