Sauna house life

ive been in St anton for nearly 2 months now...........

and i love it
living in the wooden shack that we do rocks i mean check out this picture of it!













its a shame about the snow though its a really slow winter weve had maybe 2 or 3 powder days

but weve made the most of them. Even on a transfer day where were not allowed to ride we made a little kicker on the hill down from the sauna house and were hitting it.

I got a sweet picture of old haz ( one of the roomies ) getting a sick nose grab off of it.

 I managed to get out here christmas eve and so had a great christmas day helping out in the 24 man chalet Garry had made a great christmas dinner, including an amazing sausage and herb stuffing that went down a storm and we just beasted out dinner service then headed into town for a few brewskis.


 The big night in St Anton though is new years eve and we hit it hard as we had the next day off.

Its mental with everyone partying in the tiny main street letting off fireworks all around you from the middle of the crowd. We carried the party on back here and poor Kiera passed out pretty early and the first game of rodeo of the year happened.

The picture doesnt do it justice as 5 minutes after this she had ski's snowboards fire extinguishers on her too.

A couple of weeks ago we had a vally rally which basically involves getting dressed up in some fancy dress and then going round the mountain in teams doing challenges and having drinks along the way. As i lacked fancy dress i was handed a fantastic team russia one piece to wear and i wore it with some real style as you can see here.





with the past few powder days we have been hiring the proper avi gear and going hiking and making the most of it. But a day after a huge pow day ange and i had a chilled out ski round just enjoying being on the mountain in the sun


right ive got to go to spar now to go get some minced meat for tonights dinner a tasty lasagne for my american guests. 5 17 year old lads who just want a couple of courses a night of filling tasty food.

U turns or us

Ive had a pretty big u turn since september

I was really not enjoying uni and had no motivation to finish so with the help of the rents i suspended the year ( gives me the option to go back and finish 3rd year in september ) and moved to the alps

I got a job at super short notice as in interview one monday got the job friday and a week later hey your off to france for the winter

it all happened really fast but there i was heading out for training in Val D'Isere and then to work in Tignes as a kitchen / night porter

Val D was a great place to train in and we had a solid couple of nights out as well as a couple of hungover days training. The whole Val D crew were wicked to hang out with unluckily though we didnt have lift passes so couldnt ride. It was like the worlds cruellest strip tease....

And then before you knew it we were heading out to Tignes to move into our ski lodge the lodge was really nice except for the staff accomodation.

It was literally a shoebox with 3 hairy smelly blokes squeezed in. There was no heating ventillation and to get any sun from the 2 tiny windows we were having to go and clear snow it was pretty gross.

Working in the kitchen there when you were on days was a laugh having good banter with the lads and lasses was great and you just got on with it finished rode and worked again.

Nights on the other hand was a wierd experience the only highlights being drunken colleagues climbing in through the kitchen windows to find something to eat.

7 nights on the bounce though really sucked and I wasnt super happy there

luckily Ange's bosses in St Anton needed a chalet host for a 6 person chalet so christmas eve 2013 I finished work and hopped a bus over to Geneva then trains on to St Anton

Ive been here a couple of days now and love it

Only issue is im waiting for a lift pass again bugger