Getting back the ski legs

As yet I haven't put much about snowboarding really, though my training log on attackpoint has it all in some detail that means nothing without a piste map. I struggled a bit at the beginning of the week with working out how to board again and getting my confidence back. Not really helped by spending most of December with a series of colds. Now a week or so in, it's coming back to me (though there's still loads I can improve). We had a bit of powder earlier in the week and have been having fun working out how to board in that. One thing I really like Morzine and Portes du Soleil is the sheer size. It doesn't have as many really steep bits like Chamonix but there's lots of bits to find and you can snowboard for miles and miles without skiiing the same piste or going up the same lift. Via the Super Morzine bubble Morzine is linked with Avoriaz and the Portes du Soleil – 12 resorts in France and Switzerland that all link up (no you don't need your passport to go from one to the other). According the piste map that's some 650km of piste – if I can do them all that's more than one km per euro of season pass! On the other side of town (and on the same lift pass) you can go up the older Morzine and Les Gets areas. It sometimes overlooked by more experienced skiers and being easier and more for beginners but there's actually some great bits – especially when there's powder.