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16th March 2017 Skiing: Masella, Spain Wind Direction: Wind Stength: Surf / Sea State: Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: sunny and warm Max Speed: 41.05 (knots - unless stated otherwise) Distance Covered: 47.25 mile (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise) Thursday 16th March – Ski ***** Masella, Spain – Sunny and warm Max 41.05 kts, out 6hrs 20 mins, covered 47.25 miles :) Good night in the car park at the small Spanish ski resort of Masella 1700, up at eight as the carpark started to fill-up. Another perfect day with bright sunshine so the skiing was on:) We didn’t want to get on the slopes too early as our new Italian VW camper friend told us it was icy first thing so had a relaxed porridge breakfast. While I sorted the ski kit out Mag packed a picnic, a selection of goodies she found including hard boiled eggs, a whole pack of cheese, day old bread, cheese fingers, nuts, strawberries and mini choc bars – the complete feast:). Left the van at 9.30 and with few places left in the carpark we thought it would be busy. Walked the short distance to the pass office and as they didn’t do 4 hours we went for a day for 82 Euros including insurance with the ticket being the old-fashioned sort on a metal clip. We went up on the nearest lift which was the Masella Jet and did the runs left and right to get our feet. The snow was a little icy in places but was soon next to perfect with very few people about, just how we like it:) Where they all disappeared to we don’t know!! We then used the only button of the day, the Rasos which took you nearly to the top of La Tosa (2535m). After a bit of a bumpy start on an un-pisted red at the top it turned into a great narrow path, the Isards then into an amazing fast, long and wide red through a fantastic valley with imposing cliffs to the left and pine forest to the right. skiing doesn’t get much better than this:) To avoid the button you could ski down to the Coma Oriola at 1950m, then ski down to the Jumbo Tosa which took you back to the top, it was so good we did this several times! Then with lunch approaching we went to the top of La Tosa turned left onto the blue 2 Estacions which took you towards La Molina where we skied on the Feb 9th, can’t believe it’s that long ago! We found a nice spot for a picnic and devoured the contents of the rucksack and delicious it was:) Suitably refreshed we continued on the outer limit of the resort and the pistes just went on and on to the near deserted La Pia Express. There was a great variety of reds and blues back to this lift which we did before heading back to Masella past the snowpark to the TGV Masella the last major lift we needed to go on to have used them all! Getting well knackered now we finished our top day by doing our two favourite runs from the top of La Tosa left and right both through huge rocky gorges, we got to do one Mag wanted to do, the Panoramica which as its name suggests offered amazing views over to the French Pyrenees and Andorra and I even managed a short black, the Pala Directa. We were dead on our feet and completely shot to pieces so headed back to the van for a well-deserved cuppa and cake. Our Italian friend came to say good bye as he was leaving to see his young son and said he had a smile on his face all day. His parking spot was better than ours so I moved the short distance to be in the sun. Another cuppa and read in the sun, then Mag’s chicken and mushroom surprise for tea as the sun set behind the mountains. A school group on holiday are staying near-by and were in high spirits. A little noisy for a while but they quietened down as it got dark. Time to move off in search of new adventures tomorrow as too knackered to ski two days in a row! Masella is a top resort with some amazing long runs perfect for spring skiing and would recommend it to anyone. Photo Gallery Here |
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