June 24, 2024. Summer skiing is (finally) open

It took a little longer than usual, but at last, the Iseran pass is open. Summer skiing on the Pisaillas glacier too, from 2725 to 3300 meters above sea level, until Friday July 5, 2024 and from 7 a.m. to noon The good news is that with all the snow that has fallen spring, there are many left on the slopes.

It is 15 km from the Pré-Catin and Michka chalets. In addition, the road is beautiful. Just watch out for marmots on the road on the way up 🙂

A ski instructor on the slopes of the Pisaillas glacier
(Photo taken on June 27, 2023)

We are waiting for you here: Bonneval-sur-Arc

It’s ugly, and we’re proud of it

a fly

A rare fly was discovered in Bonneval-sur-Arc. No vulgar name, it only has a Latin name: Bibio lautaretensis, which shows how it plays classy…
Looked at like that, it is not that pretty, but we’re proud of it. What is scarce is more valuable for us. 🙂
https://www.vanoise-parcnational.fr/fr/actualites/une-nouvelle-espece-de-mouche-decouverte-en-vanoise

Do you want to see it in real life? We are waiting for you here : Bonneval-sur-Arc

Bessans resort opens on November 4, 2023

Cross-country skiers, mountains
Cross-country ski trails in Bessans at the beginning of November (photo taken on November 6, 22)

As every year since 2018, the cross-country ski resort of Bessans is the first in France to open its slopes. The first tracks are available by means of snow-farming. The resort stored 16,000m3 of snow at the end of last winter under a thick layer of sawdust and spread it over the biathlon ring this week.

A pile of snow under sawdust

The tracks are open from November 4, 2023 at 8 a.m. for champions and from 1 p.m. for the general public. Wax your cross-country skis, we are waiting for you here: Bonneval-sur-Arc

The Iseran pass is open!

The Col de l’Iseran which allows you to pass from the Maurienne valley (Bonneval-sur-Arc) to the Tarentaise valley (Val d’Isère) is closed in winter and reopens around June. June 9 this year.

We are waiting for you here i : Bonneval-sur-Arc

 

French TV news at Vals

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Sunday January 15, France two 1pm TV news goes to the department of Ariège, to discover a church that looks like a fortress. Notre Dame de Vals is a site built more than 1,000 years ago