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22nd March 2026 Hiking - Walking: Semnoz Wind Direction: Wind Stength: Surf / Sea State: Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: snow all day until late afternoon then sunny but breezy! Max Speed: Distance Covered: Sunday 22nd March – snowshoe ***** - Semnoz – snow all day until late afternoon then sunny but breezy! We were the only people to stay the night up here which is not a surprise as the forecast snow arrived around 8.30 and lasted until 3.30, the snow ploughs did a wonderful job keeping the road open and passed our van many times, I did stand out in the snow for half an hour to take its pic as it passed the van and then over exposed it!!!! We had a good day in the van, quite exciting really as the snow fell with a good breeze blowing too, we both read loads and Mag did some knitting. Then with the sun starting to break through at 3.30 we thought it was time to brave a snowshoe as a few people had started to arrive including several snow kiters! It had been cold all day barely raising above freezing and there were some good icicles on the van and the top box had a good covering of snow; we had been toasty all day with the diesel heater and we ran the van a couple of times to charge the battery! So, we wrapped up well, put the snow shoes on, the adjustable poles were a pain but was sorted things out and set off to the left aiming for a ski lift just up the way, the scene all round when we could see it was amazing with snow covered trees everywhere, being on the top the wind was quite keen in our faces blowing snow into fantastic little drifts, it was quite deep in places making walking hard but it was good conditions for the snow kiters, one even had his baby on his back! We passed the ski lift and continued to a ridge where we could see the valley below and we were above the clouds, we walked back off piste towards the van, Mag even managed to fall over a few times something she had not done while skiing! We decided to walk up the highest point here the Cret De Chatillon at 1702m for selfie time and to get the most amazing views all round, you even caught a glimpse of Lac Annecy far below! We headed back down to the van past the snow kiters doing some really high jumps. We were hoping for another good sunset like last night but it didn’t happen so Mag made a yummy pasta surprise as the temperature drops below freezing! As for tomorrow our last day in the mountains, if sunny we might have a couple of hour skiing, if not another snowshoe or even a walk round Annecy, it will be a big surprise! Photo Album here |
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