This afternoon we took a snowshoe hike in the Jura above Crozet. It might have been another beautiful day to ski in the Alps, but we needed a relaxing morning. From the ski station at Crozet (just a ten minute drive), you can buy a pedestrian pass for the telecabine for 6€.
Once above the thin cloud layer, the views across the valley to the Alps were stunning.
As we started, it wasn't nearly as cold or windy as we had expected, partly because we were climbing, but mostly being on the south face of the Jura provided a windblock- until we reached the ridge.
Upward.
Derek, where he belongs, in the snow:
Spending time up on the ridge, we got the full experience of the bise wind. This northern wind has been tearing through the region for the past week, responsible for dropping temperatures, plastering the sides of trees in white, freezing the banks of Lake Leman, and leaving irregular drifts all over the valley.
In the wind.
Snow blowing upward across the mountain.
Blown .
Brrrr. Don't these next two photos look cold?
Part of the hike, we followed tracks frozen into the crusted snow.
Looping back at the end of the afternoon, we scooted down a steep section and made our way back to the telecabine to head home for a warming meal.
Hope you had an adventurous, blue sky, weekend.
