1. An injury or being stuck on a stationary chairlift can be a very frosty experience.

2. A long chairlift took us back up to the Col de la Madeleine, with its spectacular view up to Meribel.

3. Since getting off a chairlift without skis is tricky, the gondola is the best way up.

4. Your chairlift can be neatly folded away against the wall.

5. Everywhere else was white: snow-covered trees, snow-covered mountains and my snow-covered skis dangling off the chairlift.

6. A total of 14 people died on the piste including four casualties of the chairlift accident in Carinthia and four heart attacks.