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Rachel spent the last weekend of the season in Courmayeur with friends, skiing soft spring snow under Mont Blanc. She told us about afternoons warm enough to ski in a T-shirt, the Italian mountain restaurants they ate at every night, and the red run she rather wishes she had checked the colour of first.
Meet the skier
Rachel Hockman
Intermediate skier · 15 years on the slopes
I grew up skiing the Poconos in Pennsylvania, then rediscovered the sport as an adult in the Alps.
"I would definitely go back, especially because I had such a great time with my friends."
How diverse the people we met were. There were skiers from all over the world, including several advanced skiers spending the entire season in the Mont Blanc region. Meeting people from so many places over après-ski was a real highlight.
We stayed at the Grand Hotel Courmayeur. We had breakfast at our hotel every morning, with a great buffet to fuel us for the mountains. At night, we ate at some adorable Italian mountain restaurants with great wine and bites.
When I accidentally ended up on a red trail. I hadn't skied in eight years, so I'd been sticking to blues, and I was a little overconfident, apparently. I was terrified and took a big fall. But I'm happy to say I got back on the slopes the very next day.
That it would take some time to collect our ski pass and equipment. We lost track of where we needed to go, which meant a later start on our first day. In retrospect, we should've woken up earlier and planned better.
I was in Courmayeur during the last week of the season, so the weather was warm and sunny. By the afternoon, we could ski in just a T-shirt. Mornings had soft, easy snow, though it got a bit choppy by the end of the day.
It was your typical European party: great music, great drinks, and an amazing vibe.
Really just spending time with my friends: driving through the mountains, unwinding at the spa, and of course, the après-ski.
I would definitely go back, especially because I had such a great time with my friends. I'd recommend it for groups of friends of all ski levels. Courmayeur has some beginner slopes, so it's not as intimidating as Chamonix.
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