Moléson-sur-Gruyères, 19 February 2005
19th February 2005
Moléson-sur-Gruyères is the closest ski station to the old village of Gruyères which is 3km away. There’s only 30km of skiing but they’ve got a great funicular which whisks you up the mountain in 3 minutes. It ought to be 40minutes from the house but we joined the autoroute just as two snow ploughs were passing which we followed at 40kph for a while so it took an hour. It’s snowing quite heavily so they have to work at keeping the route clear as the rest of Europe travels to their ski holidays.
Conditions are fantastic, loads of fresh snow and although visibility’s not 100% it’s perfectly OK. The high point is the peak of Le Moléson which is around 2000m, in fact it’s quite an impressive peak with a single piste on it, the piste is black and a pretty steep pitch from the summit through, today, some powder before easing out through the trees and returning to the main ski area. It’s pretty wild at the top in the current weather….
There’s some great powder skiing in the trees at the moment, in fact it’s pretty deep in places, so it’s possible to ski from the top down through the trees and meadows off-piste back to the car park.
Which is something I’ve often noticed actually…..
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