Got invited to go skiing in France with a couple of friends this year, a little frosty up on the glacier mid-week but other than that conditions were great!

Back skiing on the North American continent again, for the first time since I started. It's true what they say, there's a different feel to the snow here, drier and more powdery.

Trying France this year - should have brought more sunscreen!

Returned to Val Gardena again, it never disappoints. Particularly stunning view at dusk from the balcony this year.

Our friends are a bit busy this year so we're venturing off on our own and trying Saalbach in Austria. Great skiing, I would say the slopes are a little tougher than we're used to and... watch out for that ice!

Apparently I was too busy skiing to take many photos this year!

I really can't get enough of this place...

Finally got to go skiing again last week as my Italian friends invited me to join them on the yearly excursion. The resort is Val Gardena and it really is perfectly laid out, a circuitous route of some 50km around a table-top mountain in the centre.