Ski New Year

If you are thinking about skiing New Year, and you haven't sorted your accommodation out so far, now would be as good as time as any to make the commitment. Already many chalets have been booked, and the real rush comes in August and September, leaving little in October.

Luxury Chalet Chamonix

Six bedroom Chalet Prarion is the best ski in ski out chalet in the valley. This luxury ski chalet sleeps 12 in six en-suite bedrooms and includes a jacuzzi, projection cinema, pool, Games Room, childcare facilities, a chef, chauffeur, childcare service and much more.

The chalet decor blends warmth and character with style and good taste. Leather, oak, and tasteful furnishing ensure this is one luxury chalet experience you won't forget in a hurry.

Family Chalet

If you are looking for a great family chalet, Chalet Prarion in Chamonix has to be one of the chalets high on the list in our view. Situated right on the piste, it boasts a Games Room, Wii, Home Cinema, Projection Cinema, a sunken hot tub, and four staff (professional chef, chalet host, on call driver, children's entertainer), and rightly claims to be the best ski in ski out chalet in the Chamonix Valley. Not convinced, click on the link above and you probably soon will be. And what's more, before you think it's nice but it'll be too expensive, check out their availability page and you might be pleasantly surprised. True luxury for the family at a price many can afford.

Luxury Catered Chalets

Some of the best luxury catered chalets shouldn't be great chalets, providing a great service, they should in our opinion be in a great ski location too. That means either a stones through away from lifts or the ski slopes, or ideally a ski in ski out chalet that is next to the piste. And if you want to be sure that ski in ski out really does mean slopeside, and avoids cross country skiing as some chalets that claim the title, forget to mention the roads, paths, and gardens you will need to cross, we recommend Ski In Ski Out Chalets, the ski in ski out specialist.

Ski In Ski Out

If you are looking for a ski in ski out luxury chalet Chamonix, the best chalet by some way is Chalet Prarion, a six bedroom luxury chalet that features its own Games Room, cinema projection, a luxury hot tub, a professional chef, host, driver, and a childrens entertainer. Yet the prices for up to 12 people range from just £7,200 to £14,500 for the New Year ski week.

Easter Ski

What a great Easter Ski holiday to finish off the season! I say finish off the season, but here in Chamonix there is still plenty of snow and skiing to be had with two weeks left of the season and a reported 355cm at the top station (source Ski Club of Great Britain).

So when people ask me what its like to ski Chamonix at Easter, the facts I guess speak for themselves.

Ski Equipment - Ski Carrier

This week the office has received an interesting device from a company called PortaSki who are based in England.  Basically its a compact set of wheels for your skis, so a ski carrier with wheels is probably its best description.

The device took about ten minutes to fathom, but once we did we really quite liked it. It unpacks neatly in to two pieces. One piece fits neatly on to the top of your skis and acts as a'pull along handle' whilst the other part, the wheels, fits on the bottom of the ski.

In terms of the pro's; number 1 has to be its price at £19.95, we expected it to be twice the price, aimed at the luxury ski market, but far from it - at this price it's aimed very much at the main stream. The compact lightweight nature of the product was also impressive, but still it looked durable, although just too bulky for a pocket and needs either a small bum bag or rucksack to store whilst skiing. And once we had worked it out, it was also easy to fit, and pulled along very well, on all terrain, including spring snow!

So what about its downsides, not many really, and relatively insignificant, particularly when you consider its price. Small points would be the cover that sticks up over the skis (see photo above and right), a rubber suction pad and spring to lay flush with skis may have tidied the 'lid' which seemed slightly out of place sticking up (we thought at first we had fitted it wrong). Such a pad may have also helped reduce the slight movement and occasional misalignment of the device and skis when pulling over uneven terrain. On snow it was pretty impressive, although perhaps a pair of miniature Dyson wheelbarrow balls rather than wheels might have been the coup de grace!


All in all, a great little invention that really does take the pain out of carrying skis and see this as a big winner in all markets, but particularly loved by the luxury ski and family ski sectors.