Before heading out on my ski tour, I covered around 20 km on the plateau d'Arselle loipe, a bit of a return to Wednesday’s “scene of the crime”.

Today’s outing took me to La Féclaz, in the Bauges, better conditions compared to l’Arselle yesterday. The snow was faster, more consistent, and overall better to ski.

On the Plateau de l’Arselle the season is stretching on a little longer than usual.

After the ski touring, I took the opportunity to test a new pair of classic skis, slightly longer than my previous ones (201 cm vs 196 cm), with the hope of improving glide.

Took the train up from Lyon on Wednesday morning, so I didn’t get going until around 10am.

It was the final day of my three-day trip, and I decided to return to the Col de la Ramaz.

I set out from Praz de Lys at 9.10am, heading off on skate skis in the warmth of an already sunny morning.

Resort DescriptionThe Plateau des Glières is one of the most distinctive Nordic landscapes in the French Alps: a high pastoral basin of open meadows, forest margins and enclosing limestone slopes, whe

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