Courmayeur, Italy, Report: Searching For Powder One Week After The Big Storm

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Searching For Powder at Courmayeur Ski Resort, Italy

Report from February 18, 2025

We went in search of powder at Courmayeur ski resort in Italy yesterday.

Gondola to gondola to tram to sardine can.

The last tram, Arp, only fits 10 people!

View from my hotel room of the Monte Bianco Massif. image: snowbrains

It’s so cute…

From there we journeyed west on our search.

It hasn’t snowed in about a week and the wind got to a lot of the alpine powder turning it to stone but we knew there would be something soft out there somewhere in Courmayeur’s endless terrain.

F**k Summer Apres ski bar. image: snowbrains

The first zone we crossed had soft, warm powder and was crazy fun and beautiful.

But we weren’t satisfied…

The investigation continued.

Yum. image: snowbrains

Up and over and into a zone Marco had scoped with his drone the previous day.

He guided us to a chute we hoped would be soft.

The upper section was wind-blasted and firm.

Marco and the mountain. image: snowbrains

The lower section held crusty old powder that skied pretty well if you kept your speed up.

Marco ripped it first and showed us how it was done.

I went after Marco and did my best to match his turns.

Get it!? image: snowbrains

It was fun!

I smiled a lot.

Honestly, everything is just one big adventure for me here bouncing around in big, exciting terrain beneath the towers of the Monte Bianco (Mount Blanc) Massif.

Monte Bianco. image: snowbrains

This place is amazing.

The real reason I’m here is that they have a deep base this year.

It’s a trip skiing back to the lifts past the summer homes with 6′ of snow on their rooves.

Grazie, Italia!

Snow Numbers

image: courmayeur, 2/19/25

Forecast

image: snow-forecast.com, 2/19/25

Photos

Da boyz. image: snowbrains
Mini chutes and Marco. image: snowbrains
Martin & Monte Bianco. image: snowbrains
Lunch! image: snowbrains
Marco layered. image: snowbrains
Marco. image: snowbrains
Martin. image: snowbrains
Marco & Bianco. image: snowbrains
Marco cruising. image: snowbrains
Martin in the dark. image: snowbrains
Marco and the mountains. image: snowbrains
Marco sunshine. image: snowbrains
Vista. image: snowbrains
River. image: snowbrains
Happy boys. image: snowbrains
Creek. image: snowbrains
Monte Bianco. image: snowbrains
Summer house. image: snowbrains
Rock. image: snowbrains
Jagged. image: snowbrains
Courmayeur lift. image: snowbrains
Skyway Monte Bianco. image: snowbrains
Courmayeur lifts. image: snowbrains
Happy people. image: snowbrains
Courmayeur village. image: snowbrains
nice view from bed. image: snowbrains
town sewing machine. image: snowbrains
Furniture. image: snowbrains
View from my hotel room of the Monte Bianco Massif. image: snowbrains
View from my hotel room of the Monte Bianco Massif. image: snowbrains
View from my hotel room of the Monte Bianco Massif. image: snowbrains
View from my hotel room of the Monte Bianco Massif. image: snowbrains
View from my hotel room of the Monte Bianco Massif. image: snowbrains
View from my hotel room of the Monte Bianco Massif. image: snowbrains
Old man taking groceries home in downtown Courmayeur. image: snowbrains
Old man taking groceries home in downtown Courmayeur. image: snowbrains
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