Before the snow comes

There is a vicious rumour that the arrival of Winter may be imminent in these parts. I am holding Méteo France responsible. Overnight and tomorrow morning, they are forecasting the first dump of snow of the winter. Quite how much we should expect is anybody's guess - the forecasters always get it wrong, so there's no point them even having a stab! I took this picture at lunchtime today during our roadie ride and the approach of the big black snow-bearing front is unmistakable.So yes, anyway, having seen the forecast and with the added lure of sun and blue skies this morning, we jumped on the roadies and had a quick blast around the Lac de Montbel..... which was nice. 57km/550+/2h24m - full stats on the usual site. The first drops of rain caught us literally as we arrived back in the village and a steady rain is now falling. We couldn't have timed it better.

Yesterday, we did a walk/run up through the Gorges de la Frau to Comus on the Plateau de Sault, which is only some 5kms in distance but a height gain of 460m, the majority of which is in the first 1.5kms! At the end of the gorge, a good, very runnable track leads up to Comus. The light was flat and dull, so these photos are a tad washed out
The run back down the track was fun and the exploration leads us to believe that it would make an excellent snow-shoe outing this winter. Once up at Comus, there are so many possibilities for extending the circuit too, so fun times ahead.