Number One Report.

SNOW. It would be impossible to write this week’s report without mentioning snow. Monday was incredibly hot and therefore the snow was very soft and slushy. I was in the Skippy Park with 8 kids. They would go to the top of the rope tow and straight line down to the bottom. No need for a snow plough in such slow conditions. Tuesday was a different matter altogether. The morning was bright and cold. The snow cannons were going full blast, the first time for three weeks. Yesterday’s slush had turned to solid ice after a bitter night. The piste had been groomed so the Skippy Park was lovely and smooth but very firm. My kids were making great snowploughs but were unable to go round the mushrooms, as they just skidded on the ice. The skies darkened and it started to snow. I took the kids to the nearby Refugi for a hot chocolate. By the time we returned, there was a good covering of snow and getting deeper every minute. The going was now so slow that they were back to straight lining down the slope and having great fun with the new snow. It kept snowing all afternoon.

When I got to my hotel down in Erts the police had closed the road to Arinsal, except for 4 wheel drive vehicles and those with snow chains. It snowed all night and in the morning it was blizzard conditions. Sadly the blizzard was so bad that they were unable to open the lifts, so we were stuck in the village for the day. We will all have to work on Saturday to make up the hours in ski school. The QUO VADIS and the BULL were doing a great trade in Full English breakfasts.

It snowed on Thursday night but Friday saw high winds and a lot of people were bussed to Arcalis and Pal. Guests here this week have seen a lot of snow but unprecedented high winds for three days marred their holiday. We try our best to make your visit to ARINSAL as pleasant as possible but we cannot control the weather. It should be great skiing for anyone arriving on Sunday..