I wanted to explore further along the GTV trail compared to last year when it had not been pisted. Today the prep was excellent.

Tucked away in the far southern reaches of the Jura Mountains, the Nordic ski area of Giron is situated at around 1,000 metres above sea level, the small mountain village of Giron offers sweeping view

Not great skating conditions. It seemed ok at 9.

Return to le Retord as tot wanted to do a bit of alpine skiing but didn't want to stay too long either.

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.

Classic skiing. The return of snow at the Plan des Hotonnes / Plateau de Retord this Sunday after about a month.

Normally I've done a month or more nordic skiing  by the end of December but this year there has hardly been any Christmas snow and conditions in resorts that are open are reported as stony and i

End of season crust skating on the plateau d'Emparis for a bit of fun.

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.

Climb to the refuge was a bit complicated by the lack of snow. I then did a loop around the Cret Luisard for the views.