Sadly not so much now as we just don’t get as much snow as we used to. Strangely the one recent year when I couldn’t go to Chamonix (closed due to Covid) was one of the best seasons in years and I actually got a good bit done in Scotland; I have some good ski mountains very close to where I live. But I started doing the seasons in Chamonix simply because it has become so unreliable at home. You should get yourself over to Chamonix, with a cable car taking you to 3800m access to the high mountains doesn’t get much easier!
Your patch skiing reminds me of our typical winter season Scottish skiing. There’s a real art to skiing heather! But I guess we’re drifting off the topic of this site 
