The drive was tricky with many cars struggling in the heavy snow and snow bound roads. Our snow tyres were fantastic and took us all the way up to Val. We passed cars etc. that had stopped to put their snow chains on (what a bore).
We wondered why it was reasonably quiet when we arrived, although we had to park at the La Daille car park (the furthest away from town) as the others were full.
We took the bus to the other side of town and walked up to the world cup area. A big sign flashed at us from half way up the run saying RACE CANCELLED!!!
Wonderful. So, we headed for a cafe and consouled ourselves with a coffee. This was the best view we got of Val all morning!
The snow continued to fall and the local ESF said that the race would not happen at all today. We walked back to the car (the length of the resort) and began our slow journey back to Bourg.
We had hoped the traffic would not be too bad but we were wrong. It took almost 1.5 hours to get down, mainly due to a coach driver who decided to park his coach on the road in the small town of St Foy!!
We went shopping and then came back to the pad. we plan to go for a swim this afternoon as the clouds are still very solid on the mountain with light snow down here.
Tomorrow should be a good ski day.