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Drouzin le Mont Amateur Photographers Competions

Calling all Amateur Photographers, residents, visitors and anyone with a camera visiting Le Biot, Le Corbier, L’Arblay or Drouzin le Mont in 2010.

 

The local residents association is running a free Amateur Photography Competition. You can have whatever theme or subject you like. So if you take that perfect photo, something that captures the sense of the moment, the feel of the area or just a great family picture, share it with the all of us that know and love the area. – You may even win a prize!

 

There are a few simple rules:

 

  1. You must be a resident or visitor to the Col du Corbier and Le Biot area during 2010.
  2. All photos must be taken on the territory of Le Biot, the Col du Corbier, Drouzin Le Mont or Mount Ouzon in the Haute Savoie, France.
  3. All photos must be taken in 2010 between I January and 31 December 2010.
  4. You may submit a maximum of 4 Photos.
  5. All entries must be submitted via email to fleuryj@wanadoo.fr by 15th February 2011.

There will be a public screenings of all entries to the Col du Corbier Residents Association Amateur Photography Competition 2010 in Le Biot and Le Corbier with a jury to award prizes.

So when you are out and about in Le Biot, the Col du Corbier, Drouzin Le Mont or Mount Ouzon make sure you have your camera to capture those wonderful moments that you can then share with loved ones, friends and maybe even win a prize or two!

Please note: written permission of the authors will be sought prior to any of the photographs entered in the completion being used for other purposes

 

Any dispute regarding this competition will settled by the office of the Col du Corbier Residents Association  (ARCC).

How to send in your photographs:

To make it easy for you to send and the organiser to process and present your photographs please save and prepare them using the following 5 simple rules:

 

 

 

  1. Reduce file size of your photograph. Why? Most photos will be taken with high resolutions which uses lots of memory and makes a file size very large which can then create problems when emailing them. When you save the file choose the 72dpi setting (DPI = dots per inch)
  2. Save the photograph in JPG format
  3. Keep the size of photo between : Minimum 800×600 Maximum; 1024×768
  4. Each photo must not exceed 200KB
  5. To make sure the organiser knows the photo belongs to you and can contact you; your photos should be identified by the name of the file name using this format: Surname First name – Number (no spaces). JPG

Example; The first photograph submitted by Michel Dupond will have the file name: DupondM-l.jpg (you do not enter JPG as this is added to the file name automatically when you save the photo as a JPG).

Each competitor will title their email entry as: “Concours photo ARCC”

Each competitor must include the following in their email entry:
Their full name, their address and a title for each image

Please send any questions and ideas about the competition to the organiser of the ARCC Amateur Photograph Competition 2010 :
Fleury JC, Assist Castelain Didier email: fleuryj@wanadoo.fr

Good luck!

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Successful ski holiday with young children

We have friends with young children who are keen skiers and want to go on a family ski holiday and yet don’t because they can’t see a way of doing it without a huge effort and cost.

They love the idea of their young children learning to ski when they are young and of being together as a family on the slopes as well as getting a little time for themselves amongst some fresh powder. For most it seems that it’s a long break from skiing until the kids get ‘old enough’.sledging at Drouzin le Mont

Well, if you have a young family and still want to have a winter holiday then we have some tips to help you enjoy your ski holiday that has worked for us and for many of our friends.

Team up with others, it doesn’t have to be another young family; parents and couples without children often help calm, balance and support the whole group.

Choose a family friendly resort, such as Drouzin Le Mont where your accommodation is very close to the nursery area, ski school and the ski lifts. Once young children have had enough, it is best to get back quickly to some where which is warm and comfortable (a hot chocolate in the local restaurant does wonders)

Choose a family friendly resort that is not over crowded, where your children have all they freedom they want and you can easily keep track of them.

Young children benefit from being familiar with an area and skiing the same runs repeatedly, so a large resort with loads of red and black runs are best kept for those days off. Choose a compact resort with a variety of runs that will aid progression. We recommend Drouzin Le Mont and other family friendly resorts close by such as Abondance for beginners and intermediates.

Book accommodation that is large enough to fit everyone comfortably or smaller accommodation for each group which is close by (preferably in the same block). So, when you want or need a day’s rest, you stay relaxed and continue to have a wonderful time.

Take turns in looking after the children while the others get to do their own thing for a few hours or even more.

And most of all: relax, chill and have fun! You are on holiday

We have had two wonderful Christmas’ holidays at Penthouse Les Iris in Drouzin Le Mont with our sister(-in-law), her husband and their three lovely, very energetic and demanding children: two boys now aged 5 and 3 and their younger 1 year old sister and some friends. We split the morning and afternoons, shared the childcare, chores and skiing.

This year, the 5-year-old got to go on the ‘big lift’ with daddy and to ski his first green run. Awesome!

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Superb snow conditions in Drouzin le Mont and the Portes du Soleil

Snow at Drouzin Le Mont, Portes du SoleilThe snow conditions at Drouzin Le Mont and in the Portes du Soleil are superb at the moment. These photos show the conditions at the bottom of Cherveruil and Joux Verte (both red runs). The lowest point in the resort!

If you are looking for some where to rent for your ski holiday; Penthouse Les Iris still has limited availability until the end of March. Alternatively visit www.DrouzinLeMontAccommodation.com the new website for holiday Apartments and Chalets to let in Drouzin Le Mont and the surrounding villages

24th January 2010

Superb snow conditions in Drouzin le Mont - the bottom of Cherveruil and Joux Verte

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Ski-Joering – Combining skiing and horse riding in Haute Savoie

Love Skiing and Horse Riding? Can’t or don’t want to choose between them? Then you will love Ski-Joering! I saw it for the first time just before Christmas when it came to the family friendly ski resort of Drouzin Le Mont here in the Haute Savoie.

ski-joering in the Portes du Soleil, Haute SavoieWhilst the free taster sessions were mostly taken by adventurous children, you can take ski-joering up to completion level.  An ancient means of transport through out Scandinavia, it was introduced to France as a means of accessing ski areas and is now a recognised leisure sport with competitions in the Haute Savoie and beyond.

All you need is basic skis and boots (and warm clothing, gloves and hat) and you can be off along the snow-covered lanes and forest tracks. Steering and control of the horse is easy using the ridged harness and reins. You can even have two people ski-joering behind the same horse.

For those of you how do not know the area; Drouzin Le Mont independent ski resort is about an hours drive from Geneva with easy access to the Portes du Soleil.  Drouzin Le Mont is ideally suited to novice, beginner and intermediate skiers, as well as families with younger children.

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No more fumbling for your lift-pass!!

Drouzin le Mont independent ski resort has not only increased its snowmaking capacity by installing an additional 8 snow cannons this year, it has also invested in a new high tech ticketing system which includes ‘Hands-free’ lift-passes.

The ‘Hands-free’ lift pass system scans your pass and lets you through the turnstile without you having to take your gloves off, find your pass and then put it in to the slot. It means warm hands, less queuing and more time skiing.

PS. Remember Drouzin le Mont opens on 19th December 2009 for the season and the lift passes are exceptional value compared to the standard day adult lift-pass price for the Portes du Soleil. (which is almost 2.5 times as much).

Lift passes:

1 day children 14.5 €
6 days children 83 €
1 day adult 16.5 €
6 days adult 87€

Season adult 150 €
Season children 110 €

Remember: Children under 5 years old and over 70 years ski free!

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Drouzin le Mont ski resort will have loads more SNOW in this year!

Installing snow cannons at ski resort Drouzin le Mont

Installing snow cannons at ski resort Drouzin le Mont

As you know Drouzin le Mont is a family friendly ski resort between Morzine and Chatel, Hautes Savoie, and only an hours drive from Geneva. What you probably won’t know is that there are eight new snow cannons installed ready for the coming winter season.

These new snow cannons at Drouzin le Mont mean that the snow creating capabilities at the resort have been doubled, all the main runs and nursery area will be maintained in better condition and piste closures will be significantly reduced during periods of low snow fall. This all adds to what was already a super resort for families and beginners as well as those more experienced skier looking for more relaxed un-crowded slopes.

The snow cannons are on the lower section of Chervreuil (red run), on Frasse (blue run) and the connecting run from the bottom of the Telesiege Drouzin to the top of Teleski La Frasse. These are left of the nursery area that you overlook from the apartments and chalets.

Check out the area where the new snow cannons are going to be  (you can enlarge the map twice, by clicking each map once – use the back button to return to the webpage):

Piste map Drouzin le Mont with new snow cannons

Piste map Drouzin le Mont with new snow cannons

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Abondance ski resort is reopening after two years

Anyone familiar with the Portes du Soleil and Chablais mountains will know that two years ago Abonance ski resort closed after the local council withdrew funding. There have been rumours of links with Drouzin le Mont and outside developers taking over the running of Abondance. Well the ski resort’s future is secure for the next 12 years at least.

The American entrepreneur Gregory Lynn (aka Woody) Sherwood has done a deal with the local mayor to develop and run the ski resort for the next 12 years under a new company called Abondance Ski Valley (SVA). Rumours are that Woody Sherwood wants to use Abondance ski resort to demonstrate the effectiveness of his new design of snow cannon that can operate in conditions several degrees warmer than anything else on the market.

At present it is unclear whether Abondance Ski Valley (SVA) will continue to have a nominal link with the Portes du Soleil. Nor has there been any comment on a possible link with Drouzin le Mont ski resort.

Abondance, Drouzin le Mont and Saint Jean d’Aulps Roc d’Enfer Ski resorts are three of the satellite resorts to the Portes du Soleil that make a great ski (or snowboard) safari. A different resort every day, ideal to get your ski legs developed or back at a fraction of the price you pay for a Portes du Soleil pass.

posted on the 31st August 2009

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Saint Jean D’Aulps – Abbey d’Aulps by torch light

A stroll by torchlight

Every Monday until 24 August 2009 at 10 pm

If you are in the area on a Monday night then consider taking a torchlight stroll around the historic Abbey d’Aulps. The guided night-time tour of the grounds and vestiges of the abbey last for about 90 minutes. They have created a unique atmosphere that is very different from the daytime. It starts at 10 pm and advanced booking is required Call +33 (0)450 04 52 63. Price: 4 € per person (all ages).
The Abbey d’Aulps is just off the main Saint Jean d’Aulps to Thonon Les Bains Road – D902, a few minutes drive outside of Saint Jean d’Aulps village. There is plenty of parking. From Drouzin le Mont and Penthouse Les Iris it’s about a 10 minute drive to the Abbey d’Aulps.

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Le Biot Sunday market

Le Biot marketI highly recommend a trip to this wonderful local market in Le Biot only a 5 minute drive from Les Iris.

Le Biot village Sunday morning market
Every Sunday morning in the summer (until the end of August) from app. 8am to 1pm .
 
Enjoy a traditional French shopping experience, local Haute Savoie, Rhone Alps produces, cheeses, meats fruit and vegetables and local arts. It gets busy so you park outside of the main village square.
 
To get to Le Biot take the Morzine/ Saint Jean D’Aulps to Thonon Les Bains Road – D902. From St Jean D’Aulps take the D32 that skirts Le Biot (the D32 continues up to Col du Corbier and Drouzin Le Mont). From Thonon Les Bains / Les Jotty direction you cross a bridge and take the D332 (left and immediately right) to Le Biot. This will take you into and through Le Biot Village.

Happy shopping.

 
There are other local markets in:

Abondance

All year round: Savoyard market on Sundays from 9am-1pm in the Village Square

In the summer, Les Baïses: craft market every Thursday from 5-7pm in the village square

La Chapelle

In summer and winter: Friday morning market at the church square

Châtel

Wednesday morning market, in the winter at the Route de la Meurba, below the church. The market is the rest of the year in the church square.

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