Snow is back. I heard that le Bessat, around 65km from Lyon, was open but wasn't sure about the snow. In fact pistes were well prepared, especially on the main trail.

I always come up to les Saisies at the end of the season and always end up a bit disappointed as the snow is rarely good, or it goes off very early in the day.

I'd tried to ski the Royale back in 2019 but sections were closed due to lack of snow. Well it was the end of the season.

First nordic ski of the season. Basically did a return along the piste to the Col de la Republique.

The Col de la Loge is nestled in the heart of the Massif Central region of France between Saint-Etienne, Clermont-Ferrand and Lyon.. . It has activities throughout the year.

A last 10k as les Saisies was closing today followed by alpine skiing with Da Boy. Would have prefered to have done another loop as the snow wasn't bad at 10am.

Back for the Etoile des Saisies 2023, my last and only race of a season truncated by lack of snow in the Nordic areas.

DescriptionClose to St Etienne, a domain for locals to cross-country ski (alternative and skating) or snowshoeing on marked and secured trails. There are loipe of different lengths and difficulties.

Final compet. of the season. Basically a tour of the black piste (Justine Braisaz) at les Saisies.

Les Saisies is one of France's largest cross country ski areas claiming around 120km of ski runs between 1550 meters at Lachat (summit of the Crest Voland pistes) and 1850 meters at the top of the Mon