The forecast was significantly nicer north today, so we headed up into the mountains to go skiing. The weekend forecast had promised much snow on Monday, but this didn’t seem to have materialised. There wasn’t much snow on the way up and only a fraction of La Molina is open.

In Masella there is now 11km of skiable piste, but the school parties have arrived, so the lower slopes are quite churned up. Thankfully, they have opened the long top red run, although you have to get up there by button lift. Neither Geoff nor I like them. He had issues staying on them and they play havoc with my crummy knees.

We had anticipated it being very cold and the temperature gauges in Ripoll were giving -4°C. However, when we got to Masella it was overcast and therefore not as cold as we feared. By lunchtime the cloud had cleared, the sun had come out and the cold westerly wind had picked up. The views were stunning, but it did get a bit chilly.

See photos of today.

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