Nordic Skiing: Quick ski at the Col de Porte

Fri, 3 March 2017

Technical

Distance: 7.7 km

Trip Reports

Vertical Climbed: 180 meters (591 feet)

Description

A short ski around the pistes of the Col de Porte. The snow was ok, there has been a bit of fresh and they've repaired the bits that suffered in the high altitude rain. Going was not that fast though. Conditions are probably much quicker earlier on. I had toyed with the idea of coming up before work and nordic skiing or ski touring. However reports of ski touring are of crust, perhaps due to the wind and high altitude rain.

There has been around 5cm of fresh snow yesterday but also rain.

Weather: Warm, 19C in the valley. Foehn wind.

Access: A bit of blown snow on the north side of the col

Country: France Area: Chartreuse Trailhead: Col De Porte

 

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