Training Log Archive: AliC

Yay, out for a nice long, sunny ski with Frédéric from the Puy de Pertuyzat. He first had to show off how fast he could go up hills, right. I let him go, we're skiing a marathon tomorrow, after all! Then we had a nice peaceful ski, first around the black loop, then the two blues, and I did one more blue after he decided to go in. Something about tired legs from the Transjurassienne last week...

The snow was that suctiony wet newish stuff, so downhills transitions between shade and sun and vice versa were very tricky. But the sun and warmth made up for the slow snow, in my opinion.

C • 17 miles 2

After a lunch of truffade (kinda like tartiflette, but with the cheese local to here, either Cantal ou St. Nectaire, mmmm potatoes and cheese.... ), I decided to take a short tourist loop on skis with my camera.

Headed back up to the Lac Pavin, which at ~6,000 years old, has the distinction of being the newest crater in France. It was apparently a maar-type explosion, so didn't seep out lava building a volcanic mountain, just kinda exploded where it was, sending debris all over the place and a huge hole that has since filled with water. Pretty cool.

Slideshow of photos from the day:

C • Lac Pavin 2

C • Truffade 3

C • Dilemma 2