Located in the Southeast of France, Puy Saint Vincent has rugged scenery with mountains peaking at over 4,000 meters. Within the narrow valley setting lies this dream like ski resort, offering 75 kilometers of runs within 1350 vertical meters of terrain. It is a mix of runs which create a fun and encouraging playground for beginners to intermediate skiers, about 75 percent of the marked terrain consists of intermediary wide slopes, enjoyable for all.
Away from the bustle of large-resort mentality, pistes remain well groomed and offer a more clear and free atmosphere. Whether it is gliding through wide forest glades or dominating a slope in complete solitude, Puy Saint Vincent is an ideal getaway for skiers among a beautiful scenic view. Advanced levels will enjoy the tree runs and hidden chutes, as well as a snowpark and halfpipe that remain lit through the evening for freeskiers who are daredevils by night. Night skiing is also available throughout the winter, as a few slopes become illuminated by large floodlights.
A particular plus at Puy Saint Vincent is its seemingly endless stints of fresh runs – untouched powder is a common find for those tired of looking for secret untracked spots at busy mountains. Backcountry ski tours and snowmobile tours are available for experts looking for the ultimate Hautes Alpes terrain.
Perhaps it’s the overwhelming beauty of nature and preserved environment that Puy Saint Vincent is most notable for. Les Ecrins National Park is home to a variety of cherished wildlife, from golden eagle and owls to over 200 types of endangered flora and fauna, creating a breathtaking environment for a number of outdoor winter activities. Over 75 kilometers of cross-country skiing is offered for nordic enthusiasts, as well as snowmobiling trails, snow shoeing areas, dog sledding paths and places for ice climbing.
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For rugged scenery Cape Clear Island, off Cork, Ireland
we are going snow shoeing in connetquot park this weekend
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RT @robneyer A Glen is a narrow valley. A Dale is a broad valley. A Glendale is a ribbon of highways with a stadium next to a strip mall.
Beautiful Scenery? , you have Gorgeous dogs… It must be so exciting being a Musher and living in Alaska.
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OK kids 3am time to unplug. Good Night tweetland Dream of forest glades, scent of lovely blossoming flowers and temple bells
Andorra Skiing, Fantastic Choice for Intermediate and Beginner Skiers
Someone needs to do that here. ? There are millions and millions in spawning season.
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#fd19o95 what a disgrace, there goes all our rare and endangered flora & fauna to be shit on again.
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Maybe I'll go snowmobiling this weekend. I wonder how the trails are? Oh. Nevermind.
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You're in high alpin terrain. (3774 m) Leaving the marked ski runs own risk. Like everything you do in your life.
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lol i hope u had fun?
not at all… ~430m vertical meters included. HR144/176. #run
This Mountain Devil Lizard is a beautiful beast – almost a phantasmagoric combination of flora and fauna in one entity!
These two amazing images show an axis, corner to corner, which(for me) initiates an illusion of slowly rotating motion, almost like the night sky shifting over time. Also, for me, they seem to map out movement over time, a long time, over and through a very familiar terrain. This is a completely different way of showing relationship of self to place, from western painting. Thanks for providing these images, Deborah!
Beautiful! I wish I was there! You are in such a gorgeous location! Cross country? skiing/swimming/biking paradise!
Damn dude, you're amazing.? Props.
Great vid?
“Cities are engines of growth because they “manufacture” wealth. That is why rich economies are predominantly urban, and those economies that are largely rural are poor. Therefore the transition from a poor economy to a rich one depends on the transition of the majority of the population from being rural to urban. The scale and quality of the basic habitation unit determines the success of an economy. A large number of small villages is sufficient for poverty; a number of large cities is necessary for prosperity. Economic growth is both a cause and consequence of urbanization, as can be seen anywhere around the world.”
I both agree and dis-agree with this para. While urban societies definitely are engines of growth, I do not think rural economies are necessarily poor. Isn't agriculture a wealth generator : both in terms of the food it provides to an ever increasing population and also the other raw materials required for industrial growth ?
Further, people work in cities with the hope that they can make enough money some day to get away to some place quieter. There has to be some getaway and I think rural societies provide this ideal getaway. They form the ideal foil, so to speak, for urban areas.
Wouldn't you agree ? I am not sure if you are suggesting that we do away completely with villages. Are you ?
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There were a bunch of places a kid you could lean to ski in the sixties on and off the island. The West Island and Beaconsfield didn't have the greatest topography.
I remembering wanting to get to my skis out (never did) when there was a huge storm and the schools were closed and hike up Mountain Street in Westmount where my friend Marc lived. Instead with we had those rubber boots with no traction. We would run down the sidewalk and then slide down for about 400-500ft.
Murray Hill Park in Westmount was another great place to slide. On Mont Royal there was a few hills plus the Université de Montréal. There was the defunct Boyce Park where the Olympic Stadium is located now. Cabrini Park and then there were the artificial hill in some park like Newman/Parc des Hirondelles, Ignace-Bourget Park then off the island there was Mont Laval and do you remember Mont Soleil on Nuns' Island? An artificial hill with a ski area and a 18 hole golf course, a neighbourhood started with a different type of urban planning. The initial goals on the planner were sacrificed with the urban pressure and large underdeveloped land so close to downtown. The initial golf course disappeared in large parts and the hill removed for greater housing.
Here are the ski area statistics for Montreal and Laval in 1979-80 from Ski Club magazine. This was taken from one of my post in Zoneski back in 2005.
As you can see below, there were still 5 ski areas on the island of Montreal and 2 in Laval and Nuns' Island. The Université de Montréal being the highest with 56 meters, but that 40meters of Mont Soleil is real impressive considering that it was man made (well I think it was).
(vertical in meters and # lifts)
Montréal et les environs:
Centre récréatif du Mont Laval, Laval (Ste-Dorothée) (18m de den. – 3)
Parc du Mont Royal, Mtl (17-1)
Parc Cabrini, Mtl (14-1)
Parc des Hirondelles, Mtl (18-1)
Parc Ignace-Bourget, Mtl (15-1)
Université de Mtl, Mtl (56-1)
Centre de ski Mont-Soleil, Verdun (Ile des soeurs) (40-1)
In huge snow year / storm, there was always a few tracks on the Université de Montréal ski hill. And I'm pretty sure that there been a few diehards that have skied the steeps off the Eastern or Southern faces of Mont Royal. I wouldn't recommend it, but it can be done if you know what you're going.
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#wecanallagreethat nothing beats a great scenic view, when the sun is setting in a pink glow above a bay filled with white sail boats.
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it's so confusing but it looks so cool?
actually no, the airplane was beautiful new very comfortable. however when we saw where the airport was located we were amazed. it is in a very narrow valley.
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Willie – I must take you up on one point. You keep writing about being middle-aged, losing your hearing etc. It's all in your head, man. You don't have to THINK or FEEL “old,” whatever that means.
As Lenny the Scot once said to me during one of those endless stints of guard duty, “You're only as old as the woman you feel”
Apart from that , I like your writing.
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I wish zombies would learn to fight with weapons that lead to, e.g., reforestation – perhaps with giant, pointy seed pods that burst open upon impact with skulls to allow the seeds to fall to the ground and create ferny undergrowths – the weapons thereby affecting the brain by inducing unnatural inclinations to take repose in forest glades.
Dreamt that I was competing in a cross country skiing event…after I crossed the finish line the body still felt amazing..no training!!
Get out and make an adventure with friends or family. Here "BuggetNuster," my longtime friend, take to a high Alpine area for just such an outing and further test a bit of gear and knives in the process. Of course I had to bring my other longtime friend and companion, trained in such terrain, "Allie the Mountain Dog" (my trained female black lab). She is my ever-present wilderness sidekick. We discuss gear, memories, friend relationships, tactical loadouts, flashlights, survival gear, gun, blades, and joke around as we make our way to a cool and scenic bench area for both blade testing, some firemaking, and a simple dinner. Usually deep in snow in November, this area was still waiting for the real snow to fall. This allowed our easier access to this area and we found the beautiful weather and our complete solitude up there much to our liking. Steep hiking and a somewhat technical descent were in store for us on the hike however. This Part 3 deals a lot with the technical aspect of the…
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