The travel combo within a radius of 20 km as well as the excellent snow cover on the Chartreuse massif led to a Sunday of maximum attendance at the Col de Porte. The station, which is closest to Grenoble, was stormed to the point of seeing an unbroken line of vehicles parked along the road. “It’s madness,” admits Didier Bic, the director of the Col de Porte resort. “We had never seen that. Last Sunday, it was already amazing, people parked non-stop to the biathlon stadium (located a kilometer below). And there, while the weather is worse, there are everywhere. “
If the ski lifts are still closed, the resort can turn the carpet for the ski school, while the Nordic area is also full. “We also have a lot of people who come to toboggan, snowshoe, cross-country ski. The problem is that some people park in any way, laugh at the signs. “The lifting of the 20 km radius next Tuesday should allow the people of Grenoble to go and enjoy the more distant mountains, even if the Col de Porte will continue to benefit from this ideal start to winter in terms of snow cover.
–
