The 40cm of fresh snow from yesterday has seen a bit of sun and wind. It was both hard climbing and hard descending.

There is a barrier at 1088 meters after Prabert which normally blocks the road in winter.

I've not had much time for storm chasing this year and missed all the previous powder days.

It snowed on Saturday but also rained to high altitude. I was surprised to see how much the snowline had climbed since last week when it was skiable from 1050 meters.

A real Dent de Crolles. Started from 1030m at the reservoirs just above the hamlet of les Meunires/St Pancrasse and a real bit of skiing in great conditions. AOC Chartreuse approuve.

A quick Charvet under grey skies and very light rain. The snow had changed a lot and was heavy and stickly. Luc was suffering from snow sticking to his old skins.

I wanted to go and have a look at the snow that had fallen. Not much below 1500 meters.

A short tour to test out my spiked winter mountain bike tires. After the source du Sanglier the snow was too deep to cycle.

Missed the turn to the top of the ski lifts at the col de Marcieu. Instead took an interesting looking trail that climbed steeply but had a good surface.

Initially I set out for the whole tour but it started raining - thunder in November.