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La Chamoniarde mountain conditions report for 29 November 2024.
 
Well it started OK!
 
But as the weather warmed up, the snow disappeared at valley level and is also retreating on southerly slopes. It rained on Thursday 29/11 up to around 2,000/2,300m and the snow cover is waterlogged below that altitude. 
 
Higher up, there was a little snow: around 10cm at around 2,500m and around 15cm of wind blown snow in the high mountains.
 
The snow cover is now generally poor and very patchy, with a total of 35/40cm at 2,000m, and around 70cm at around 2,500m.
 
You can hike up to around 1500m, provided you are well shod and equipped with poles (the paths are still very slippery in the shade and sometimes icy). Small hiking crampons may be useful at the bottom of your rucksack, depending on the slopes.
 
A few ideas: petits balcons nord and sud - Bérard - Chapeau - Dard - Cerro - Floria - Les Granges chalets - Charousse chalets - Lac Vert and Ayères chalets ...
 
If you go higher, put on your snowshoes or crampons as you hike to the Chailloux or Loriaz chalets.
 
In the Le Tour sector, theres a lot of skis on/skis off. In a word, "marginal" below 1,800m.
 
So you can see that the marked ski touring and snowshoeing routes are not yet up and running!
 
The ski lifts are still closed for the time being. Only the Montenvers train will open tomorrow, Saturday 30 November.
 
As far as alpine activities are concerned, Beyond Good and Evil has been visited over the last few days without any further information. No other recent feedback!
 
 

Translated with kind permission from an original report by La Chamoniarde.

Readers are reminded that conditions in mountain environments are prone to (sometimes rapid) change and that they should use their own best judgement when visiting them.