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Twelve Days In France: A ski odysseyDay Five. February 14, 1994 | |
Les Deux Alpes | |||
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| Base | 1300m (4264') | Summit | 3568m (11703') |
| Maximum Vertical | 2268m (7439') | Skied Vertical | 1600m (5248') |
Bleah. A fun place in good weather, but it was not. Any images of the mountain found here were snapped in 1993, on a classically sunny day. If you want a rosier picture of the place, there's a whole slew of commercial info on the web regarding Les Deux Alpes.
The mountain was closed above the top of the Jardi Express at 3200m (10560'); thus, the glacier skiing was closed, too. Not that the glacier represents grand skiing -- in fact, it's rather green -- but the funicular up to it is fun, and I really wanted to rack up a 7000'+ descent. Oh, well.
The
wind was whipping at 40-50 mph. Snow. Clouds. Visibility near zero. White out.
I hurt. Too many Pellforthe brunes
the night before.
I was having no fun. Got stuck at the bottom of the Petite Aigulle Téléski for 20 minutes. Too many people skiing too few pistes. They closed the Jardi Express lift at around 2:00 PM, which wiped out skiing above 2600m, which sent more crowds to the bottom. The snow at the bottom was hard and not much fun.
Well, at least it was snowing, so there should be powder somewhere tomorrow. If I can see it.
Back to Day 04 Watched skiing on TV (Tommy Moe wins Gold) or on to Day 06 Chamrouse (site of 1968 Alpine events).
(plan des pistes, 133K)