Something of a day off after a busy Christmas and New Year, we did have guests in the B&B and arrivals tonight but we had time to get over to the Col des Mosses and do some nordic skiing in perfect conditions. We parked at the far end of the loops in La Lécherette and skied to Les Mosses where we enjoyed lunch before skiing back.

Conditions on the pistes, nordic and alpine, are perfect right now and it’s fairly quiet so it’s very pleasant to be out and about.

Tags: Col Des Mosses | Nordic Skiing | XC skiing

I’ve been playing around with a ContourHD wearable video camera with the bike and decided to try it for nordic skiing. First I needed to make a head strap for it so I cannibalised an old pair of goggles and made a strap then I gave it a quick go Nordic skiing yesterday.

So, here’s the least “favourited”, least shared video on Youtube right now :

Tags: Cross Country Skiing | Nordic Skiing | youtube

Not too many photo’s from the last few days due to the weather and cold temperatures. On Christmas day we went over to La Sagne to ski down the Vallée de La Sagne, there’s a rail line along the valley running every hour or so and we planned to ski out, find some lunch and then catch the train back to the end station at Les Ponts-de-Martel where we’d left the car.

When we got to La Sagne I wasn’t sure if anywhere would be open so the vending machine might have been an option, a bar of chocolate in a cold waiting room probably isn’t the traditional Christmas lunch though. Fortunately a local hotel was open and we got lunch there.

Next day, Boxing day, was still as cold but clear skies and sunshine makes a large difference so it felt a lot more pleasant. The snow was also much better, it really wasn’t a good glide on Christmas day and today it was much better. We actually found a nice restaurant at Les Attis as well which I’d really recommend for anyone in the are.

After a couple of days of skiing on tracks I took a day to do some Nordic backcountry touring. The area between the Col du Mollendruz and the Col du Marchairuz is great for this, a series of small climbs and descents that’s ideal for nordic touring. I took a long climb from Petra Félix so used the skins I recently cut down from some old skis rather than rely on the fish-scales on my touring skis.

Tags: Cross Country Skiing | Jura | Nordic Skiing | XC skiing