Yesterday I had one of my best ski days of the year in St Gervais. Yes, St Gervais in April!!!! It was one of those days, sprinkling of snow overnight at home, crisp and sunny morning. Shall I, shan't I. There have been many occasions when you rush out to discover a dusting of snow over some hideous layer of refrozen rubble, but you have to go out to find out. So it was with no expectations I went out to St Gervais, which is not renowned for its April powder at the best of times, but the Chamonix valley was slow getting open, and its nice to go to the lesser know resorts at this time of year as they are so quiet. This proved to be the case. A leisurely start of 11:30 did not prove too late to enjoy some of the best powder of the year, with simply nobody around. There were enough tracks on the big off piste routes to inspire confidence in the conditions, but no more. It was descent after descent, putting in tracks next to ones previous ones each loop. Sublime.......