The only good day of the week was an excuse to take the morning off work to do some chores (cake baking !) and get in an early lunch nordic ski at Chamrousse.

I'd heard that la Feclaz was largely open so motivated myself for a morning trip up. I arrived before 9.30, good as people were only just starting to arrive.

First skate ski of the winter. The 400 meter climb to the crête du poulet and Luisard is always good to get the red blood cells working.

First ski of the 2023/24 season. I only have my classic cross countries skis with me at the moment so the choice was quickly made.

It has been quite a while since I've skied the main pistes at Chamrousse.

Started off on the south plateau. Snow was ok, a bit bare down at the far end where the black was closed but all skiable with no problems.

I had thought about skiing in the morning but was worried with the long period of cold weather that the pistes would be too hard so instead arrived at 2pm.

Trip to la Fecalaz with Muriel, Gregoire and Caroline. Spent some time working with Greg and Caroline on their basic skate / skate one technique then we did a few loops of the green and blue pistes.

Description:The Crêtes du Forez ski area is located on a high plateau in the eastern end of the Massif Central mountains about 40 minutes drive from St Etienne.

DescriptionThe Plateau d'Hauteville, located in the southern part of the Jura Mountains, between 850 and 1234 meters.